WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

由四所正式成员大学组成的加利福尼亚-亚利桑那联盟和阿拉斯加保健项目与各组织合作，将在五年期间为环境保护署第九区（加利福尼亚、亚利桑那、内华达和太平洋岛屿）和阿拉斯加的12,860名工人提供危险废物保健和安全培训。EPA-HWWT项目的总成本（直接加间接）为6,118,810.00美元。提供全面的HAZWOPER课程，包括：危险废物清理和调查、主管和复习课程；处理、贮存及处置（TSD）设施及进修课程；第一反应行动，事故指挥官，复习，意识课程；交通部运输及进修课程；密闭空间课程；危险意识课程。该联盟还将为马奎拉多拉工人提供2个培训教员，为危险废物工人的NIEHS培训教员提供20个培训教员课程，并提供2个国家培训教员交流。在过去12年中，已牢固确立了向目标人群提供服务的机会。此外，将通过社区组织和部落组织向服务不足的人口提供服务，以便向西南、太平洋托管领土、阿拉斯加和墨西哥边境的有色人种工人提供培训。

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.