ILDA LSO Class at SELEM 2023 - Reply if interested
As posted in the SELEM sign-up thread, Patrick Murphy (the executive director of ILDA, aka "ILDADirect" here on PL) will be attending SELEM this year. Patrick emailed me this week to say that he is willing to teach the ILDA Laser Safety Officer course while he is in town for SELEM, assuming we have people who are interested in taking the class.
EDIT: We have people who want to take the LSO class, so Patrick has set up a registration link on the ILDA website. Go to https://www.ildamember.com/events and scroll down to the entry for SELEM - August 8th, and then click the "Register" button to sign up and pay for the class.
So, if you are interested in taking the ILDA LSO course, please reply to this thread. Assuming we have some interest in the class, we will do our best to pick a time for the class that will fit everyone's schedule while minimizing any time spent away from SELEM. (We fully recognize that no one wants to miss out on all the SELEM fun!) Patrick said that the classroom portion normally takes about 6 hours - sometimes more - and then on top of that you need to add the time to complete the final exam.
If you've never taken the ILDA LSO course, I highly recommend it. We've been able to host this course 4 separate times at previous SELEMs, and the feedback from those who have taken the course has been overwhelmingly positive. If you'd like more information about the course, you can read about it on the ILDA website here: https://www.ilda.com/LSOcourse.htm
The usual cost to take the course is $649 if you are not an ILDA member, and $525 if you are already an ILDA member. Upon successful completion of the course, ILDA will issue you a certificate and add your name to the published list of people who have completed the course.
Adam
