Technical Education: Bridging the Gap in Health and Safety in Small Businesses

描述（由申请人提供）：公立技术学院招收和教育全国1100万技术学生中的一半以上，并在提供年轻的 在竞争激烈的就业市场上获得高薪就业所需技能的工人。然而，技术学院没有充分准备学生认识和保护自己免受工作场所的危害。毕业后，从事金属加工和汽车碰撞修理等危险行业的年轻工人主要受雇于小企业，他们很少接受健康和安全培训。假设：技术学院毕业生谁完成与能力为基础的健康和安全培训纳入课程的方案将能够更好地识别工作场所的危险，并从事安全工作的做法时，与毕业生谁没有这种培训。具体目标：本建议的目标是：（1）对两个行业的技术学院课程进行详细分析-金属 制造和自动碰撞修复-以确定如何最好地结合基于能力的安全和健康培训;（2）与教师，学生和企业主的输入，开发，实施和评估基于能力的安全和健康课程的采用;（3）通过以下方式评估新培训材料的有效性并编写反馈：（a）评核学生在识别和补救工作场所的危险方面的知识和技能;（B）收集毕业生自报工作习惯的资料;及（c）进行焦点小组讨论。方法：这些目标将与两所公立技术学院合作完成。将对培训环境进行审计，并评估现有课程是否有适当的健康和安全内容。与教师，学生和行业，能力为基础的安全和健康培训将被开发。在教育计划中将进行定性和定量评估。后续评估将在三个研究生群体进入劳动力市场一年后完成;根据新课程没有学习（第0组），一年（第1组）和两年（第2组）。还将收集有关工作场所安全计划和实践以及安全气候的数据，以控制工作场所对工作实践措施的影响。意义：该提案涉及诺拉与工人培训和小型企业有关的优先事项。目前的现状是，在技术学院内很少或根本没有安全和健康教育，毕业生几乎不可能从这种培训中受益。与大多数工人安全培训是短期的，并以独立的形式提供不同，这项建议将安全和健康知识和技能的交付和评估与整个两年课程的工作相结合。这种方法有助于确保逐步掌握基本技能。创新：这是在技术教育中开发和评估基于能力的健康和安全培训的第一次努力。项目将由一个多学科团队开发，该团队将与行业合作伙伴合作。长期结果：这项工作为基于技能的健康和安全能力培训提供了一个新的模式，以改善安全工作做法，减少与工作有关的疾病和伤害的风险。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Public technical colleges enroll and educate more than half of the nation's 11 million technical students and play a critical role in providing young workers with the skills required to obtain high-paying employment in competitive job markets. However, technical colleges do not adequately preparing students to recognize and protect themselves from workplace hazards. After graduation, young workers in hazardous trades such as metal fabrication and auto collision repair are employed primarily in small enterprises where they rarely receive health and safety training. Hypothesis: Technical-college graduates who complete a program with competency-based health and safety training integrated into the curricula will be better able to identify workplace hazards and engage in safe work practices when compared with graduates who have not had this training. Specific aims: The Aims of this proposal are: (1) conduct a detailed analysis of technical college curricula for two trades - metal fabrication and auto-collision repair - to determine how to best incorporate competency-based safety and health training; (2) with input from faculty, students, and business owners, develop, implement, and evaluate the adoption of competency-based safety and health curricula; and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of, and compile feedback on new training materials by: (a) assessing student knowledge of, and skills related to, identification and remediation of workplace hazards; (b) collecting information on graduates' self-reported work practices; and (c) conducting focus groups. Methods: These aims will be accomplished in a collaborative partnership with two public technical colleges. The training environment will be audited and current curricula will be assessed for adequate health and safety content. In conjunction with faculty, students, and industry, competency-based safety and health training will be developed. Qualitative and quantitative assessment will be conducted during educational programs. Follow-up assessments will be completed for three graduate cohorts one year after they enter the workforce; those with none (Group 0), one (Group 1), and two (Group 2) years of study under the new curricula. Data will also be collected on workplace safety programs and practices and safety climate in order to control for the effect of the worksite on work practices measures. Significance: This proposal addresses NORA priorities related to worker training as well as small enterprises. The status quo fosters minimal or no safety and health education within technical colleges and leaves graduates with little likelihood of ever benefiting from such training. Unlike most worker safety training that is short-term and offered in a stand-alone format; this proposal integrates delivery and assessment of safety and health knowledge and skills with work throughout a two-year curriculum. This approach helps to ensure a progressive mastery of essential skills. Innovation: This is the first effort to develop and evaluate competency-based health and safety training in technical education. Programs will be developed by a multidisciplinary team that engages industry partners. Long-term outcomes: This work provides a new model for skills-based health and safety competency training to improve safe work practices and reduce the risk of work-related illnesses and injuries.