Charles F. Hines, Senior Instructor
Mr. Hines (Chuck) began teaching for ESTP in 1998. He currently teaches asbestos, lead,
HAZWOPER, confined space and mold classes, and assists with curriculum development. He
came to us with twenty-six years of experience at California State University, Sacramento,
including nine years as Senior Technologist in Environmental Health and Safety where he
provided oversight for the asbestos program and performed air clearance monitoring, served as
the respiratory protection program administrator (he did all of the fit testing, training and
monitoring for over one-hundred employees), coordinated and managed the hazardous waste
program, taught the annual fire safety/fire extinguisher training classes, performed safety
inspections, assisted with the original hazardous materials business plan for the local fire
department and performed miscellaneous industrial hygiene work.
Chuck earned a Master of Arts degree in Education (Behavioral Science), a Bachelor of Science
degree in Business Administration (Personnel Management) with minors in mathematics and
music, and his life elementary and secondary teaching credentials. He did post-graduate work in
English. He completed professional classes in train-the-trainer Confined Spaces, asbestos and
lead; he completed the forty-hour respiratory protection program at NIOSH, and the six-week
Hazardous Materials Management program at U. C. Davis as well as numerous refresher classes
and one-day seminars
Peter Roddy
Bachelor of Arts in Health Sciences, emphasis on Occupational Safety and Health, California
State University, Fresno
Master of Public Administration, University of Southern California
Mr. Roddy has numerous years of teaching and practical experience in health and safety. He
served as a professional staff member with the UC Davis Office of Environmental Health and
Safety with appointments as Adjunct Faculty/Lecturer with the UC Davis School of Medicine
and the UC Davis College of Letters & Sciences. He later was worked as Director of
Environmental Health and Safety with California State University, Sacramento and was
instrumental in introducing the asbestos training program through the CSUS Extended Learning
Program.
In addition to Mr. Roddy’s affiliation with academic institutions, he has provided instruction in a
variety of health and safety topics and has been certified to qualify other to instruct as an
Instructor Trainer with the American National Red Cross and as an Affiliate Faculty member
with the American Health Association. He has conducted Train-the-Trainer programs in
occupational safety and health.
Additionally Mr. Roddy bring to our classroom experiences in asbestos, lead and other health and
safety project management from his involvement with clients including public and private
institutions and residential and commercial property owners.
He brings in excess of 35 years of teaching experience to ESTP.
Rudy Calderon
Mr.
Calderon has
worked in the abatement industry
since 1988. He has been teaching at ESTP
since 2001. He has a wide range of
knowledge from working in the abatement field for so many years. He teaches asbestos and lead classes in both
English and Spanish.
Dan Napier
Master of Science in Environmental Science
Adjunct Faculty, California State University San Bernardino
Mr. Napier wrote the original AHERA Asbestos Worker, Supervisor Training Course work in
1986. His organization has held EPA accreditation for Asbestos Training since the beginning.
He has personally managed more than one thousand asbestos remediation projects. His
experience brings a clear and practical approach to asbestos remediation. Mr Napier did seminal
work involving lead monitoring and consultation. He has been involved in lead mitigation since
the early 1970's. He has directed the mitigation and evaluation of mold exposures since the early
1980's. Mr Napier is one of our instructors that instructs in Spanish. Mr. Napier has qualified
as an expert in the mitigation of microbiological hazards as well as in asbestos mitigation.
Ramon Parra
Mr. Parra has been in the
abatement
industry since 1987. He has been
teaching at ESTP since 2004. He teaches
asbestos classes in both English and
Spanish. He is
currently
working in the abatement industry as a superintendent. He brings knowledge and many years of
experience to the classroom
Arturo
Parra
Mr.
Parra has been in the abatement
industry since 1992. He has just joined
ESTP in 2005. He teaches asbestos
classes in both English and
Spanish. He is
currently working in the
abatement industry as a supervisor. He
brings a wealth of practical experience to the students he teaches
Juan
Saavedra
Mr. Saavedra has been in the abatement industry since 1990. He
has been teaching at ESTP since 2004. He teaches asbestos and lead
classes in both English and
Spanish. The experience he has makes him a well qualified
instructor.
John Davidowski, CAC
Mr. Davidowski was in the US Coast Guards for
26 years, worked at the
University
of
California
in the
Department
of Agricultural and Natural Resources as the principle Environmental
Health
Specialists and founded JD
Consulting in 1997. He has been teaching at ESTP since 2003. He
has taught courses and provided consulting
services for major companies throughout
California
.
David Beadle, CIH
Pepe Arteaga, BS
Mr.
Arteaga has been teaching Lead classes
in both English and Spanish at ESTP since 2003. He worked at
Mare
Island
as the
Health
Physicist/Nuclear Engineer for many years. He does Spanish translation for hospitals and courts cases.
Herminio
Trujillo
Mr. Trujillo has been in
the abatement industry since 1985. He has been teaching at ESTP since
2003 He teaches asbestos and lead classes in both English and Spanish.
He is currently working in the abatement industry as a superintendent.
He has a well seasoned knowledge of the abatement industry.
Francisco
“Paco”
Ponce
Mr. Ponce has been in the
abatement
industry since 1985. Mr. Ponce is our
newest staff member: he started teaching of us in 2005. He has been
assisting with the hands-on
training in the lead classes in both English and Spanish. He
is currently working in the abatement industry as a superintendent.
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