North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center: HST

描述（由申请人提供）：HST计划为工人提供知识和专业知识，以履行工作职责，避免接触职业有害物质。为了完成这一使命，HST的设计侧重于保护工人免受这些暴露，并利用工作角色和责任的跨学科性质来确定课程。课程由IH、安全、OHN、OM、环境卫生和危险品学科的教师、顾问和从业人员参加和教授，并进行直接的规划监督。理由是工人需要HST培训，以满足安全和法规要求。HST利用工作能力开发全面有效的课程，保护公共和私营部门的雇员和社区。课程和目标是根据NC OSHERC，其他两个区域erc（深南和阳光）以及合作的专业和政府组织的HST需求评估制定的。目标包括：1)每年至少培训450人；2)通过外展、广告和协助参与清理和整治的机构，将对HST目标受众的营销增加50%；3)每3年将少数民族入学率每年提高3%；4)分析和综合需求评估，确定HST课程设置和新发展；5)根据HST需求评估数据的最高评分，在未来3年内开发3门远程教育HST课程。HST提供多层次的课程，从意识到高级认证审查（4小时至5天），通过现场短期课程，非现场合同课程，以及与两个区域ERCs （Deep South和Sunshine）合作的区域会议。NORA跨学科系列每季提供基于网络的研讨会，其中包括HST主题的继续教育学分。与HST相关的是，通过遵守监管要求，通过完成课程并将其转移到工作场所和社区来增加知识和技能，从而改善劳动力和社区的公共卫生和安全。与州和地方机构的联系提供了展示更多支持地区HST需求的HST产品的机会。HST面向从事有害物质工作的人，特别是地方和州政府雇员以及少数民族，并为那些资金有限的学生和团体提供学费减免。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The HST Program prepares workers with knowledge and expertise to perform job responsibilities and avoid exposure to occupational hazardous substances. To accomplish this mission, the HST design focuses on protecting workers from these exposures and uses the interdisciplinary nature of work roles and responsibilities to identify curriculum. Courses are attended and taught by faculty, consultants, and practitioners of IH, Safety, OHN, OM, Environmental Health, and HazMat disciplines with direct programmatic oversight. The rationale is that workers require HST training for safety and regulatory compliance. HST uses job competencies to develop comprehensive and effective courses that protect public and private sector employees and communities. Courses and objectives are developed based on HST needs assessments of NC OSHERC, the two other Regional ERCs (Deep South and Sunshine), and collaborating professional and governmental organizations. Objectives include: 1) Train at least 450 people per year; 2) Increase marketing to HST target audiences by 50% through outreach, advertising, and assisting agencies involved with clean-up and remediation; 3) Increase minority enrollment by 3% for each of 3 years; 4) Analyze and synthesize needs assessment to identify HST course offerings and new development; 5) Develop 3 distance learning HST courses in the next 3 years based primarily on highest ratings from HST needs assessment data. HST provides multi-level courses, from awareness to advanced certification review (4-hr to 5-days), through short courses onsite, off-site contract courses, and at conferences in the region, collaborating with the two regional ERCs (Deep South and Sunshine). The NORA Interdisciplinary series provides web-based seminars quarterly with continuing education credits that include HST topics. HST relevance is that public health and safety in the workforce and community is improved through compliance with regulatory requirements, increased knowledge and skills demonstrated by completing coursework and transferring this to their workplace and communities. Outreach to state and local agencies provides opportunity to present more HST offerings that support regional HST needs. HST is marketed and presented to those working with hazardous substances, especially local and state government employees and minorities, and provides tuition waivers for those students and groups with limited funds.