WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

加州-亚利桑那州联盟由四所正式成员大学和阿拉斯加健康项目与各组织合作组成，将在五年内为EPA第九区(加利福尼亚州、亚利桑那州、内华达州和太平洋群岛)和阿拉斯加的12,860名工人提供危险废物健康和安全培训。这项EPA-HWWT计划的总成本(直接加间接)为6118,810.00美元。HAZWOPER将提供全方位的课程，包括：危险废物清理和调查、监督和进修课程；处理、储存和处置(TSD)设施和进修课程；第一反应人员操作、事故指挥官、进修、认识课程；DOT运输和进修课程；密闭空间课程；危险意识课程。该联盟还将为Maquiladora工人提供2个培训员培训课程，为NIEHS危险废物工人培训员提供20个培训员培训课程，以及2个国家培训员交流课程。在过去的12年里，接触目标人群的机会已经牢牢确立。此外，将通过社区和部落组织接触到服务不足的人口，以接触到西南部、太平洋信托地区、阿拉斯加和墨西哥边境沿线的有色人种工人。

The California-Arizona Consortium, consisting of four full Member Universities and the Alaska Health Project in collaboration with organizations will provide hazardous waste health and safety training for 12,860 workers in EPA Region IX (California, Arizona, Nevada and the Pacific Islands) and Alaska over a five year period. This EPA-HWWT Program's total cost (direct plus indirect) is 6,118,810.00 dollars. A full range of HAZWOPER courses will be provided including: hazardous waste cleanup and investigation, supervisor and refresher courses; treatment, storage and disposal (TSD) facility and refresher courses; first responder operations, incident commander, refresher, awareness course; DOT transportation and refresher courses; confined space courses; hazard awareness courses. The Consortium will also provide 2 train-the-trainer for Maquiladora workers, 20 train-the-trainer courses for NIEHS trainers of hazardous waste workers and 2 national trainers' exchange. Access to target populations has been firmly established over the past 12 years. In addition, underserved populations will be reached through community-based and tribal organizations to reach workers of color populations in the Southwest, Pacific Trust Territories, Alaska and along the Mexican border will be trained.