Hazardous Materials Worker Health & Safety Training (U45)

 描述(由申请者提供)：西部大学联盟(WRUC)培训计划的总体目标是保护工人和社区免受危险材料和危险废物的影响；预防、准备、应对紧急情况/灾难并从紧急情况/灾难中恢复；以及在环境领域和建筑业创造职业道路。WRUC项目通过作为牵头机构的加州大学洛杉矶分校劳动职业安全与健康计划(UCLA-LOSH)、加州大学伯克利分校劳动职业健康计划(UCB-LOHP)、亚利桑那州立大学富尔顿工程学院、环境与资源管理计划(ASU)和华盛顿大学西北职业健康与安全中心(UW)在EPA第九和X地区提供。该联盟自1987年以来一直在开发示范计划，并将在未来五年通过NIEHS的三个组成部分继续这样做：危险废物工人培训计划(HWWTP)、灾害准备培训计划(HDPTP)和环境职业工人培训计划(ECWTP)。WRUC将在1,250个课程中培训15,295名工人和社区成员，总计314,740个接触时间。课程涉及危险废物清理和危险物质处理、储存、运输和处置作业中对工人的危害；加强应急、灾害预防、准备和反应和恢复活动；并提供工作准备和生活技能。WRUC将扩大服务不足人群的服务范围；应对新的和新出现的危险；建设能力以维持培训活动、安全和紧急响应计划；并支持HAZWOPER培训员和紧急响应人员的全国网络。针对加州炼油厂工人和周围社区的安全工作安全社区倡议可以作为该地区以外的典范。1)HWWTP的活动将覆盖整个区域的11,115名危险材料和废物工人和监督员，并加强美墨边境、部落团体和太平洋岛屿的应急能力。一项气候变化倡议结合了技术，以接触到临时工和大量讲西班牙语的户外劳动力。2)HDPT活动将通过与阿拉斯加和太平洋西北部的部落团体以及加利福尼亚州的劳工和社区环境正义团体建立伙伴关系，惠及3575名工人和社区成员。加利福尼亚州是美国最大的港口综合体所在地，炼油厂和化工设施高度集中。3)ECWTP在洛杉矶、西雅图和波特兰的活动将培训和安置605名建筑和环境工作人员。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the Western Region Universities Consortium (WRUC) training program is to protect workers and communities from exposure to hazardous materials and hazardous waste; to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies/disasters; and to create pathways to careers in the environmental field and construction industry. WRUC programs are delivered in EPA Regions IX and X through the UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (UCLA-LOSH) as the lead institution, UC Berkeley's Labor Occupational Health Program (UCB-LOHP), Arizona State University's Fulton Schools of Engineering, Environmental & Resource Management Program (ASU), and University of Washington's Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety (UW). The Consortium has developed model programs since 1987 and will continue to do so in the coming five years through three NIEHS components: Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP), Hazard Disaster Preparedness Training Program (HDPTP) and Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP). WRUC will train 15,295 workers and community members in 1,250 courses for a total of 314,740 contact hours. Courses address hazards to workers in hazardous waste cleanup and hazmat treatment, storage, transport and disposal operations; strengthen emergency response, disaster prevention, preparedness, and response and recovery activities; and provide job readiness and life skills. WRUC will expand outreach to underserved populations; respond to new and emerging hazards; build capacity to sustain training activities, safety and emergency response programs; and support a national network of HAZWOPER trainers and emergency responders. A Safe Jobs Safe Communities initiative for California refinery workers and those in surrounding communities can serve as a model beyond the region. 1) HWWTP activities will reach 11,115 hazardous materials and waste workers and supervisors throughout the region and strengthen emergency response capacity on the US-Mexico border, among tribal groups and in the Pacific Islands. A climate change initiative incorporates technology to reach day laborers and the large Spanish-speaking outdoor workforce. 2) HDPT activities will reach 3,575 workers and community members through partnerships with tribal groups in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest and with labor and community environmental justice groups in California, home to the nation's largest ports complex and high concentrations of refineries and chemical facilities. 3) ECWTP activities in Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland will train and place 605 workers in construction and environmental jobs.