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OCTC names Healthy at Work Officer

Jeffery N. Hendricks

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (06/02/2020) — To help ensure the health and safety of all students and employees, Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) has named Jeffrey N. Hendricks as the Healthy at Work Officer.

"Jeff is a natural fit for this responsibility. He is adept as organizing, securing and assigning resources. He already knows our campuses so this is a perfect transition" added Scott Williams, OCTC President.

OCTC is taking every precaution recommended by the CDC and the state to ensure our facilities are as safe as possible. The Healthy At OCTC re-opening plan is a phased strategy and requires oversight, by the Healthy at Work Officer. In addition, to his daily duties as OCTC's Public Safety Director, Hendricks will be responsible for duties including:

  • Masks will be required for everyone on our campuses.
  • Classrooms/labs will be spaced for physical distancing.
  • Signage is spaced out to remind everyone of physical distancing and other signage is visible throughout our buildings to reinforce CDC recommendations.
  • All employees will take training before returning to campus.
  • All employees will do an online healthy check-in each day before coming to work.
  • Students will be asked to do a temperature self-check every day before coming on campus.
  • Some common areas will be closed to avoid large groups congregating.
  • Campus maintenance and operations staff will continue to clean and sanitize surfaces, doors and other high touch areas.

Hendricks is a Lt. Colonel in the US Army Reserves with more than 30 years of service. He served as the Provost Marshal/Emergency Services Director for the Kentucky National Guard's Garrison Training Command-KY, Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center, in Greenville, from 2010-2015. In addition, he was deployed and served in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Guantanamo Bay and Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Hendricks has more than 26 years of safety, security, and emergency management experience including serving with the Daviess County Detention Center and the Daviess County Sherriff's Office.

He began his educational journey at Hopkinsville Community College and now holds a Master of Science in Health services and Emergency Disaster Management and Planning, graduating Magna Cum Laude from the Touro University International.

Hendricks and his wife Stacy have been married for 24 years live in Owensboro with their two daughters.

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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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