Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program

可持续工作场所联盟（SWA）建议通过其 危险废物管理员培训社区和工人的示范方案 培训方案（HWWTP）。这些弱势群体不太可能知道他们拥有保险箱的权利， 工作场所，他们所做的工作的固有风险，滥用阿片类药物以减少疼痛的危险， 工作场所的伤害，污染或危险材料造成的危害，以及最有效的方法 保护自己免受这些伤害。 该计划的首要目标是通过教导工人如何最好地 在工作中保护自己和社区免受危险材料的危害。 在过去的七年里，SWA及其联盟伙伴一直在领导HAZMAT P.A.C.T.（太平洋） 大西洋和加勒比培训）倡议，并作为该倡议的延续，我们将重点提供 在佛罗里达、波多黎各、美属维尔京群岛和夏威夷开展外联活动。此外，我们将为美国服务。 太平洋岛屿的领土，包括美属萨摩亚、关岛、帕劳和北方马里亚纳群岛。 典型的受训人员将包括补救承包商、现场拆除、碎片清除和紧急情况后处理人员。 清洁工人;使用霉菌、石棉或铅基涂料的工人;以及从事工作的减排工人 在超级基金或布朗菲尔德网站。根据劳工统计局的数据， 在我们的目标地理区域内受雇为建筑工人或危险废物清除工人。 在HWWTP的五年任期内，SWA及其联盟合作伙伴将举办264个课程，培训3，550人 危险材料和废物处理工人，培训接触时间达45 440小时。其中135个 学生将接受培训，成为HAZWOPER培训师。我们估计每个毕业生都会回到工作岗位 每年培训10名hazmat员工，使直接和二级工人的总人数受益 从这个培训项目增加到4900人 在这个HWWTP项目的五年期限内，SWA将开发，测试和发布创新的成人培训 可以用来更好地帮助目标受众在执行工作时减少伤害的方法， 这将对公众健康产生非常积极的影响。

The Sustainable Workplace Alliance (SWA) proposes to reach multiple vulnerable audiences with its model program for educating communities and training workers under the Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP). These vulnerable populations are unlikely to know their rights to a safe workplace, the inherent risks of the work they do, the dangers of misuse of opioids to reduce pain from workplace injuries, the hazards created by pollution or hazardous materials, and the most effective ways to protect themselves from these harms. The overarching goal of this program is to prevent work-related harm by teaching workers how best to protect themselves and their communities from exposure to hazardous materials while at work. For the last seven years, SWA and its alliance partners have been leading the HAZMAT P.A.C.T. (Pacific Atlantic & Caribbean Training) initiative, and as a continuation of that initiative, we will focus on providing outreach in Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Hawaii. Additionally, we will service the U.S. Territories of the Pacific Islands, including American Samoa, Guam, Palau, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Typical trainees would include remediation contractors, site demolition, debris removal, and post-emergency cleanup; laborers who work with mold, asbestos, or lead-based paint; and abatement workers performing work at Superfund or brownfield sites. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are over 83,000 workers employed as construction laborers or hazardous waste removal workers in our geographical target areas. Over the five year term of the HWWTP, SWA and its alliance partners will conduct 264 classes, train 3,550 hazardous material and waste workers, resulting in 45,440 contact hours of training. Additionally, 135 of these students will be trained to become HAZWOPER trainers. We estimated that each graduate will return to work and train 10 hazmat employees per year, bringing the total number of direct and tier two workers benefitting from this training program to 4,900. Over the five-year term of this HWWTP project, SWA will develop, test, and publish innovative adult training methods that can be used to better assist the target audience in reducing harm while performing their jobs, which will have a very positive effect on public health.