Meet Your Safety Instructor

Maria Townsend

Maria brings real industrial field experience into the classroom, but she never forgets what it feels like to be the person learning something new. She is approachable, patient and direct—while keeping the professional standards employers expect from a safety instructor.

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Train with Maria

Choose the training that fits your next step.

Whether you are starting your own safety career or helping a crew get ready for the jobsite, Maria will welcome you, answer your questions and help you find the training that fits what you are working toward.

01 • CAREER TRAINING

Construction Safety Program

Live training for students building OSHA and NCCER safety knowledge and preparing for greater jobsite responsibility.

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Fire Watch & Safety Essentials

Practical training for workers who need a stronger foundation before stepping onto a construction or industrial site.

View Fire Watch Training → 03 • EMPLOYER TRAINING

Safety Training for Crews

Group and onsite options built around the employer’s headcount, work, location and project deadline.

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Available to travel for employer training

Maria can travel for eligible group and onsite safety training. Send the crew size, required course, jobsite location and deadline so Rig Right Texas can review the request.

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Clear support for both audiences

A safety instructor students can learn from—and employers can trust with a crew.

Maria’s path began in industrial coatings and field operations before growing into safety leadership. That background helps her speak to people with respect: she understands the work, the pressure of an active jobsite and the importance of explaining expectations clearly.

For Students

Picture yourself in a class where you can ask questions, work through the material and build confidence as you learn. Maria connects each lesson to real jobsite situations and makes sure students feel welcome from the first day.

Clear instruction without talking over students
Real examples from industrial jobsites
Help understanding safety paperwork and field expectations
Support for students building confidence in a new role
Regular safety training for local high-school trade students

For Employers

Maria understands that employee training has to connect to the work. Her background includes daily toolbox meetings, JSA review, equipment inspections, documentation and multi-craft safety support.

Training built for construction and industrial crews
Experience around insulation, painting and sandblasting
Scaffolding and multi-craft hazard awareness
Group Fire Watch and employer safety training support

Confidence in the classroom

Students can see who they will be learning from.

Maria teaches clearly, slows down when students need help and connects safety lessons to the work she has done in the field. Students leave with a stronger understanding of what employers expect on an active jobsite.

Maria Townsend with Rig Right Texas Fire Watch students holding completed training certificates

Industrial field background

She has worked around the crews she teaches.

Maria’s experience includes supporting industrial construction and maintenance work where safety, productivity and communication all have to work together.

Toolbox MeetingsDaily safety conversations tied to the work taking place.

JSA ReviewReviewing job steps, hazards and controls before work begins.

InspectionsEquipment inspections and safety documentation support.

Multi-Craft CrewsExperience supporting insulation, coatings, blasting and scaffolding work.

Experience behind the instruction

Maria brings the jobsite into the classroom.

She uses her experience with permits, JSAs, inspections, PPE, scaffolds, coatings, abrasive blasting and multi-craft crews to give students and employees practical examples they can connect to their own work.

Maria Townsend supporting the Rig Right Texas Safety Program

Professional Experience

Review Maria’s work history.

Open the section below to see the industrial projects and field roles that shaped her safety experience.

View Maria’s industrial résumé

May 2025–Mar. 2026

WISE USA LLC

VG CP2

Led day-to-day safety support for multi-craft industrial work.

Led toolbox meetings for insulation, painting, sandblasting and scaffolding operations.
Reviewed JSAs, equipment inspections and safety documentation.
Monitored field work for safe execution and compliance with OSHA and client policies.
Conducted incident investigations and maintained safety records.

Sept. 2024–Mar. 2025

Turner Industries Group

Cheniere LNG

Supervised field safety across active coating, insulation and scaffold operations.

Reviewed permits to work, JSAs and safety paperwork.
Conducted field audits and delivered safety orientations.
Worked with crews to identify hazards and support safe daily production.

July–Sept. 2024

PK Industrial

VG CP1

Oversaw safety compliance across multiple crafts.

Conducted field observations, safety audits and safety walks.
Verified safe equipment use and work practices for insulation, coating, blasting and scaffolding.
Maintained PPE inventory and supported field crews.

May–July 2024

Apache Industrial Services

Valero West Plant

Performed industrial work directly while maintaining jobsite safety requirements.

Completed surface preparation, sandblasting and industrial painting to SSPC standards.
Inspected scaffolds and verified safe access and tagging.
Supported housekeeping, material handling and waste-disposal requirements.

Dec. 2023–Mar. 2024

Apache Industrial Services

Genesis Project

Coordinated materials, PPE and equipment while supporting crew safety and documentation.

Aug. 2021–Dec. 2023

Hartman-Walsh Industrial Services

Y-12 Facility

Performed industrial coating, sandblasting and surface preparation in a high-security environment while completing safety documentation and SSPC reporting.

Oct. 2020–Aug. 2021

Apache Industrial Services

ExxonMobil GCGV

Supported sandblasting, industrial painting, scaffold inspection, materials management and jobsite safety compliance.

Dec. 2018–July 2020

Kiewit Offshore Services

Offshore Fabrication Operations

Supported offshore blasting and coating work, coordinated materials and paint inventory, and worked safely around scaffold systems in a fabrication environment.

Industrial Safety

Hazard Identification

JSA & PTW Review

Incident Investigation

Field Auditing

Scaffold Safety

SSPC Coatings

Multi-Craft Support

Results students can picture

Training should help people feel ready to move forward.

Students are given live instruction, practical examples and time to ask questions. The goal is for them to understand the material—not simply sit through another required class.

Maria Townsend with Rig Right Texas construction safety students

Credentials and professional record

Qualifications you can verify.

Maria’s training credentials and professional record support the experience she brings to Rig Right Texas students and employer clients.

NCCER Credentials

CSSTCSSSCSSOField Safety

Additional Training

OSHA 30OSHA 510OSHA 500OSHA 7105OSHA 3095CPRTWIC

Continued professional development

Maria’s OSHA 3095 Electrical Standards training adds practical knowledge of arc-flash hazards, energized-work controls and lockout/tagout procedures to her industrial safety background.

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Field knowledge in class

Maria can explain the paperwork and the work behind it.

She has reviewed permits, JSAs, inspections and incident records—and she has also worked around the equipment, materials and crews those documents are meant to protect.

Maria Townsend leading Fire Watch and jobsite safety training at Rig Right Texas

Verified professional record

Maria Townsend’s BuilderFax profile

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Maria Townsend • NCCER Registry ID 27181857
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Ready to train with Maria?

Students can ask about the next safety class. Employers can send the crew size, training need, location and deadline—including requests that require travel.

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