Worker Health and Safety Training Cooperative Agreement

描述(由申请人提供) 拟议的项目将在路易斯安那州巴吞鲁日(巴吞鲁日南方大学)、新奥尔良(泽维尔大学深南环境正义中心)、德克萨斯州休斯顿(德克萨斯州南方大学)、密苏里州比洛克西/格尔夫波特(环境与经济正义中心)和佐治亚州萨凡纳(哈兰比之家/环境正义中心)实施少数民族工人培训计划。最初预算期间的费用总额为1384755美元。该项目有两个主要目标：1)与传统黑人学院/大学(HBCU)、通过学徒计划的工会、当地社区组织、当地社区学院和少数族裔拥有的培训机构合作，实施高质量、全面的工人培训计划，以解决社区附近地区的环境补救工作，参与者将被招募、选择、培训和就业；以及2)通过教育和培训，帮助HBCU、社区学院和社区组织促进工人的健康和安全。参与者将从密西西比河化学走廊沿线的社区(包括东巴吞鲁日教区和新奥尔良)招募和挑选，并针对德克萨斯州休斯顿、密苏里州比洛克西/格尔夫波特和佐治亚州萨凡纳的目标社区，这些社区靠近危险废物地点，包括低收入少数族裔居民。参与者的年龄为18岁或以上，必须失业或未充分就业。培训将为选定的参与者提供必要的技能，使他们能够在从事补救工作的承包商那里获得可持续就业机会。培训计划将包括：1)基本技能培训(生活技能、工作准备、学习技能、身体健康、数学、计算机基础知识和咨询)；2)建筑、危险废物清除、铅和石棉消除、霉菌修复和危险废物运输者/CDL准备(为选定的受训人员)方面的技术培训；以及3)职业发展/职业安置援助。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The proposed project will implement Minority Worker Training Programs in Baton Rouge, La (Southern University at Baton Rouge), New Orleans, LA (Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Xavier University), Houston, TX (Texas Southern University), Biloxi/Gulfport, MS (Center for Environmental and Economic Justice), and Savannah, GA (Harambee House/Center for Environmental Justice). The total cost for the initial budget period is $1,384,755. The project has two main goals: 1) to work in partnership with historically Black colleges/universities (HBCUs), unions via apprenticeship programs, local community-based organizations, local community colleges, and minority-owned training providers to implement a quality, comprehensive worker training program that will address environmental remediation efforts in areas in close proximity to the communities from which participants will be recruited, selected, trained, and placed into employment; and 2) to assist HBCUs, community colleges, and community-based organizations in promoting worker health and safety through education and training. The participants will be recruited and selected from communities along the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor (including East Baton Rouge parish and New Orleans), and targeted neighborhoods in Houston, TX, Biloxi/Gulfport, MS, and Savannah, GA, that are in close proximity to hazardous waste sites and encompass a population of low-income minority residents. The participants will be 18 years of age or older, and must be unemployed or underemployed. The training will provide selected participants with the skills needed to obtain sustainable employment with contractors working on remediation. The training program will include, 1) basic skills training (life skills, job readiness, study skills, physical fitness, mathematics, computer basics, and counseling); 2) technical training in construction, hazardous waste removal, lead and asbestos abatement, mold remediation, and hazardous waste transporter/CDL preparation (for selected trainees); and 3) job development/job placement assistance.