WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

描述：此应用程序涉及NIEHS对以下内容的持续支持： 由新英格兰联合会（TNEC）内的几个小组进行培训。 这些团体包括：马萨诸塞州洛厄尔大学， 协调和主要合作伙伴;和五个劳工委员会， 职业安全与健康（COSH集团）--ConnectiCOSH，MassCOSH， NHCOSH、RICOSH和Western MassCOSH。 它包括培训， 针对私营和公共部门的危险废物工作人员和紧急 五个新英格兰州的响应者-康涅狄格州，马萨诸塞州， 汉普郡，罗得岛，和佛蒙特州。 补助金的主要目标是：（1）培训700名工人 （环境顾问和工程师、危险废物现场工人） 和监督员，工业和公共部门的应急人员， 紧急医疗技术人员和现场视察员和调查员） 每年-五年赠款期内5 000人;（2）进行一次试点 培训计划针对年轻人从不应得的，城市 社区-每年25名工人将获得40小时的现场工人 （3）与两个国际工会（AFSCME和 UAW）协助交付危险废物作业/紧急 对他们的新英格兰成员的反应训练。

DESCRIPTION: This application involves continued NIEHS support for training by several groups within The New England Consortium (TNEC). These groups include: the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, the coordinating and major partner; and five labor-based Committees for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH Groups)--ConnectiCOSH, MassCOSH, NHCOSH, RICOSH, and Western MassCOSH. It involves training that will be for private and public sector hazardous waste workers and emergency responders in five New England states--Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The major objectives of the grant are to: (1) train 700 workers (environmental consultants and engineers, hazardous waste site workers and supervisors, industrial and public sector emergency responders, emergency medical technicians, and site inspectors and investigators) annually-5,000 over the five-year grant period; (2) conduct one pilot training programs targeting young adults from undeserved, urban communities--25 workers per year will be given the 40-hour Site Worker course; and (3) collaborate with two international unions (AFSCME and UAW) to assist in delivering hazardous waste operations/emergency response training to their New England membership.