Worker Health and Safety Training Cooperative Agreement

描述(由申请人提供) 新泽西/纽约危险材料工人培训中心自1987年以来一直是NIEHS的获奖者，该中心正在为四个项目领域申请资金：HWWT、MWT、BMWT和HDPT。对于每个项目领域，中心成员都与目标人群建立了关系，并代表了学术界、劳工和公共部门。该中心的目标是预防和减少在危险废物作业和紧急反应过程中因个人风险而导致的残疾、发病率和死亡率。 第二区域是该中心的重点，拥有1200多个超级基金站点和数千个州站点，正在进行或计划在未来几年进行清理。接受培训的人员包括公共和私营部门的现场工人、工会成员和应急人员。HWWT项目的参与者包括：UMDNJ公共卫生学院、亨特学院、新泽西州警察、纽约州职业安全与健康委员会、纽约州木匠劳动技术学院、布法罗大学和大都会大学。该中心将提供3524门课程，在这项提议的五年内培训71665名学生。 MWT和BMWT项目将提供为期19周的健康和安全、工作技能和建筑行业培训。我们的目标是培养和安置有色人种从事环境修复和评估或建筑行业。MWT项目设在纽约市，BMWT项目设在新泽西州纽瓦克和纽约州格伦科夫。中心成员包括UMDNJ-SPH和Carpenters劳动技术学院。将选择以社区为基础的组织来帮助招募和留住计划参与者。30名学生将分别接受MWT和BMWT项目的培训。 HDPT方案的目标是向公共部门和工会代表提供备灾培训。中心成员包括UMDNJ-SPH、Hunter、NYCOSH、布法罗大学和大都会大学。该中心将提供640门课程，在这项提议的五年内培训6825名学生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The New Jersey/New York Hazardous Materials Worker Training Center, a NIEHS awardee since 1987, is requesting funds for four program areas: HWWT, MWT, BMWT, and HDPT. For each program area, Center members have established relationships with the target populations, and represent academia, labor, and the public sector. The goal of the Center is to prevent and reduce disability, morbidity, and mortality due to personal risk during hazardous waste operations and emergency response. Region II, the focus of this Center, has over 1,200 Superfund sites and thousands of State sites where clean-up is underway or planned for the coming years. The populations to be trained include public and private sector site workers, union members, and emergency responders. Participants in the HWWT program are: UMDNJ-School of Public Health, Hunter College, New Jersey State Police, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, NY Carpenters Labor Technical College, University at Buffalo, and the Universidad Metropolitana. The Center will provide 3,524 courses, training 71,665 students over the five years of this proposal. The MWT and BMWT programs will provide 19 weeks of training in health and safety, job skills, and construction trades. The goal is to prepare and place people of color in environmental remediation and assessment or construction trades. The MWT program is based in New York City and the BMWT program is based in Newark, NJ and Glen Cove, NY. Center members include the UMDNJ-SPH and the Carpenters Labor Technical College. Community based organizations will be selected to assist in recruitment and retention of program participants. Thirty students will be trained in each of the MWT and BMWT programs. The goal of the HDPT program is to provide training in disaster preparedness to public sector and union representatives. Center members include the UMDNJ-SPH, Hunter, NYCOSH, University at Buffalo and Universidad Metropolitana. The Center will provide 640 courses, training 6,825 students over the five years of this proposal.