Sprayfoam Pro Newswire

While the world is necessarily focused on COVID-19 and our worsening economy, these crises provide lessons and insights for future work to address the looming crisis of climate change that are worth discussing on Earth Day.

If like many of us, you have been bouncing around from one source of information to the next, SPFA has attempted to curate for you an assembly of the best related information that should assist your sprayfoam business during these challenging times. Check back often as information is quickly changing.

NRCA provides guidance and information on several issues involving Covid-19 to assist in managing business through the crisis. This includes best practices for prevention; links to authoritative information from the Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization and Occupational Safety and Health Administration; legal resources, including key contract provisions; insurance resources; federal financial assistance; employers’ and employees’ rights; and more.  

Once it was obvious that the coronavirus outbreak had become a major threat in the United States, local and state governments began shutting down businesses they deemed nonessential. But even then, most construction work was considered essential in many areas of the country.

 

The debate over facemasks in every company and every home basically comes down to - do we need these, or can we sacrifice some? When your job and livelihood depend upon you having proper respiratory protection, as a professional sprayfoam contractor's does, maintaining a supply of respiratory protection devices is critical. Many of you are still able to work, and that means going to work with your PPE. Do not work without PPE. Any interior work with SPF should be done with fresh-air (SAR) anyway - if you are not currently using a fresh-air system now is the time to start and cut your cord of dependence on cartridge replacement schedules. Frontline medical workers being exposed to COVID-19 also need protection. When the caregivers get sick, there's no care left to give. If you can spare some facemasks or respirators, please find a donation location near you and offer whatever assistance you can.

 

 

To support SPF Professionals through these trying times, SPFA has been busy recording the PCP Exam Prep Courses so that you can listen to them for FREE while we are under “Stay at Home” orders.  The silver lining to the Covid-19 Crisis is that you now have the time to attend classes, and there is no charge for SPFA Members or companies who have employees enrolled in the PCP.  Those eligible will be sent an email with a promo code by the end of day on April 22.  If you don’t receive the code, be sure to check your SPAM folder.  Contact certdirector@sprayfoam.org if you didn’t receive the code or have questions about this promotion.  Another benefit is that you can earn PCP Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for attending these classes! If you don’t fall into either one of these categories, you simply need to enroll in the PCP and you’ll have access to ALL THE COURSES!  There will be at least 7 courses when the recording is complete. We’ll post them as they become available so watch for emails from us!

Job Description:

This special report is to provide basic information on federal legislation and administrative actions in place to help individuals and businesses deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19 virus) epidemic.  Congress passed and the President signed a $2 trillion recovery bill (the CARES Act) on March 27, and specifics on that legislation can be found after the following information on two previous coronavirus bills and administrative actions now in effect.