Expert Teachers

Michael Benedetto

Mike has been an instructor for CHC Training for 10 years, with 16 years of experience in the construction safety industry. He specializes in EPA courses, specifically in asbestos and lead paint for supervisors, project designers, workers, management planners, and building inspectors. He also teaches OSHA safety courses.

Mike’s background is primarily in asbestos and lead abatement supervision, as well as construction safety management. He gained seven years of field experience as an asbestos and lead paint abatement supervisor, and five years as a construction safety manager. He entered the industry at 18 years of age because it allowed him to work his way through college by working part-time, as well as offering room for advancement.
Mike enjoys being an instructor because “teaching gives us the ability to find creative ways to distill complex information into digestible, understandable information from a student perspective.” 

In his free time, Mike loves reading history, weight training, and traveling in his campervan.

Daniel Beaver

Dan has been teaching for CHC Training since its inception in the early 2000s, having already been teaching certification classes since 1991. Such a long-running history has made him a knowledgeable expert in basically all the disciplines in CHC Training’s curriculum. These days, he’s mainly focused on teaching AHERA courses to contractors, supervisors, inspectors, management planners, and project designers. 

Dan started in the construction industry in the late 1970s and has worked as a carpenter framing houses, installing sheetrock, and building cabinets, mainly for schools and commercial buildings. He transitioned from construction to environmental safety in 1987, shortly after AHERA was enacted and has stayed ever since. He has been employed as a Safety Director for large and small firms alike and headed the Environmental Safety Department for Denver Public Schools before making his way to safety training.  

Dan’s favorite part about training is being authoritative. “I get to tell the truth and prove it,” he says. “There is so much misunderstanding out there. I know what the regulations demand and I enjoy providing the correct requirements.”

Outside the classroom, Dan enjoys woodworking, hunting, paddle boarding, and ocean kayaking. He would do woodworking and hunting 24 hours a day if he could.

Frank Hulce

Frank has over eight years of experience as a CHC Training instructor. He teaches asbestos classes for inspectors, management planners, project designers, supervisors, and workers. In the discipline of lead, he teaches RRP and courses for inspectors. Most of his asbestos abatement experience in the field comes from work in schools, and most of that work has been associated with bond programs and mill levies. Frank joined the industry in the spring of 1988, when the recently-enacted AHERA regulation created a new industry with new opportunities to ensure safety from hazardous materials in school environments

When it comes to teaching, Frank likes all of it, especially  the interaction with students. When he manages to make time for a break, you’re likely to find him fly fishing in the great Colorado outdoors.