E-Learning Assisted HAZWOPER Training for Coroners and Medical Examiners

描述(由申请人提供)：即使死者涉及或接近危险材料紧急事件现场，也必须依法适当地进行人类死亡调查。该项目旨在为在危险材料环境中调查死亡事件的验尸官和法医工作人员开展工人健康和安全培训。这一创新的培训将通过电子学习应用程序实施，稍后还将补充针对死亡调查人员工作任务的动手实践。联邦法律，由OSHA危险废物操作和紧急反应(HAZWOPER)规则实施，在29 CFR 1910.120，对危险材料反应和废物地点的工人提出了某些要求和限制。与其他更一般的HAZWOPER培训不同，这项特别的培训将专注于死亡调查人员的相关工作任务，提供实用培训，并为验尸官和法医提供经济实惠的管理。该项目第一阶段的目的是对危险材料紧急情况下的死亡调查人员的工作任务以及可能使这些工人接触化学、辐射和病原体的其他情况进行危险评估。这将导致制定一份死亡调查人员应具备的能力清单，以在危险材料响应期间或在受污染的环境中安全操作。然后将制定详细的培训大纲，以解决这些能力的学习问题。通常，HAZWOPER培训在口头演示和实践练习相结合的情况下更有效，以提炼和强化所展示的技能。该项目的第一阶段将包括研究、开发和评估利用电子教学手段教授拟议课程的口头(讲课)部分的各种方式组合的有效性。这些手段预计将包括书面材料、静止照片、草图、视频剪辑、测验、自动反馈、互动论坛、基于情景的模拟、教师反馈和测试的组合。网上资源库将为学生提供持续的电子学习途径，以供日后参考。评估将通过问卷调查、访谈、测验/测试答案分析和向测试组学生呈现材料的方式的变化来进行。该项目第二阶段预计将把第一阶段开发的电子学习努力与实践培训结合起来，为训练有素的个人提供熟练程度认证，为危险材料雇主(验尸官和法医)提供关于遵守HAZWOPER规定的行政方面的电子培训，以及实施使用电子学习工具，按照HAZWOPER规则的要求提供进修培训。 该应用程序的优先级分数级别为38。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Human death investigations must by law be properly implemented even when the decedent is involved in or near to the scene of a hazardous materials emergency. This project intends to develop worker health and safety training for those staff of coroners and medical examiners who investigate deaths in hazardous materials environments. This innovative training will be implemented by e-Learning applications, to be later supplemented by hands-on practice that is specific to the job tasks of death investigators. Federal law, implemented by the OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) rule at 29 CFR 1910.120, places certain requirements and restrictions on workers at hazardous materials response and waste sites. Unlike other, more general HAZWOPER training, this particular effort will focus on the relevant job tasks of death investigators, provide practical training, and be economical to administer for coroners and medical examiners. The intent of Phase I of this project is to conduct a hazard assessment with respect to the job tasks of death investigators at hazardous materials emergencies and other situations involving potential exposure of these workers to chemical, radiological and etiological agents. This will lead to developing a list of competencies that death investigators should possess to safely operate during a hazardous materials response or in a contaminated environment. A training syllabus will then be developed, in detail, to address the learning of these competencies. Typically, HAZWOPER training is more effective when verbal presentations are combined with hands on practice to refine and reinforce the presented skills. Phase I of this project will include researching, developing and evaluating the effectiveness of various combinations of ways of conducting the verbal (lecture) portion of the proposed course using e-Teaching means. The means are expected to include a mix of written material, still photographs, sketches, video clips, quizzes, automated feedback, interactive forums, scenario-based simulations, instructor feedback, and tests. An on-line resource library will provide continued e-Learning access to the students for later reference. Evaluation is expected to be by questionnaire, interview, quiz/test answer analysis and variation of the means of presenting the material to test groups of students. Phase II of the project is anticipated to be the combination of the e-Learning effort developed in Phase I with hands-on training leading to a certification of proficiency for trained individuals, e-Training for employers (coroners and medical examiners) of hazardous materials site workers on the administrative aspects of HAZWOPER compliance, as well as the implementation of the use of e-Learning tools to provide refresher training as required by the HAZWOPER rules. The application is rated at a priority score level of 38.