OAI, Inc. Worker Training Program: Hazardous Waste Worker Training (HWWT) and Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP) Consortia

 描述(由申请人提供)：OAI，一个芝加哥社区机构，建议实施HWWT和ECWT联盟。HWWT将针对三个群体：1)资金不足的农村和志愿者应急第一反应者2)过渡和临时工人和高中辍学生，以及3)非工会工人，包括西班牙裔危险废物处理人员。在5年的时间里，HWWT将在19个州培训23,470名学生，产生253,660个联系小时。ECWT将通过培训总共420名参与者，为355人(85%)找到工作，并创造169,440-211,800小时的教学联系时间，帮助芝加哥、达拉斯和堪萨斯城面临多重就业障碍的失业非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、女性、有前科的美国人和退伍军人。意义：这两个联盟都以服务不足的人为目标，并解决公共卫生差距，预防和保护工人、EJ居民及其社区免受危险物质的影响。ECWT回应了弱势居民在建筑/环境劳动力中代表性不足的问题。领导力和能力：审调处自1995年以来一直是WTP的受赠人，由同一名首席调查员领导，他在成人教育、劳动力发展和赠款管理方面拥有32年的经验。她将得到健康和安全专业人员(IH、CIH)和其他具有必要资历和公认专业知识的团队的支持。创新：两个联盟的最佳做法和创新包括：实施社会生态模型(SEM)和经济影响研究评估计划，将气候变化和社区复原力纳入现有课程，以及混合学习。ECWT将继续完善独特的试训选拔程序，并展示校友导师保留战略。HWWT将为越南美甲沙龙工人试行双语培训培训师模式，将危险意识、扫描电子显微镜、3R(减少、再利用和回收)、文化能力和社区复原力整合在一起。方法：HWWT将通过当地同行培训师提供直接培训指导。作为建设当地能力和可持续性的一项战略，它将定制其培训员模式，以满足目标人群的需求。ECWT将提供核心健康与安全课程；职业培训(环境/建筑、商用卡车驾驶/危险物质认可与仓储培训、给水与废水操作以及高级建筑)；核心软技能培训；支持性服务；以及职业指导。环境：在近20年的运作中，审调处创造了一个有利于财团成员之间合作的环境。该方案投资于课堂和实践培训设施以及一系列资源，财团培训员和工作人员在五年赠款期间可以使用这些资源。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): OAI, a Chicago community-based agency, proposes to implement HWWT and ECWT Consortia. HWWT will target three populations: 1) underfunded rural and volunteer Emergency First Responders 2) Transitional and Temporary Workers and high school dropouts, and 3) Non Union Workers, including Hispanic hazardous waste handlers. Over 5 years, HWWT will train 23,470 students in 19 states and generate 253,660 contact hours. ECWT will assist unemployed African Americans, Hispanics, women, ex-offenders, and veterans who face multiple barriers to employment in Chicago, Dallas and Kansas City by training a total of 420 participants, placing 355 (85%) in jobs and generating 169,440-211,800 instructional contact hours. Significance: Both Consortia target the underserved and address public health disparities, prevention, and protection of workers, EJ residents and their communities from exposure to hazardous substances. ECWT responds to the underrepresentation of disadvantaged residents in the construction/environmental workforce. Leadership and Capacity: OAI has been a WTP grantee since 1995, led by the same Principal Investigator who has 32 years of experience in adult education, workforce development, and grants management. She will be supported by a team of health and safety professionals (IH, CIH) and others with requisite credentials and proven expertise. Innovation: Best practices and innovations of both Consortia include: the implementation of Social Ecological Model (SEM) and Economic Impact Study evaluation plan, integration of Climate Change and Community Resiliency into existing curricula, and Blended Learning. ECWT will continue to refine a unique Try-Outs selection process and demonstrate the Alumni Mentors retention strategy. HWWT will pilot a bilingual Train-the-Trainer model for Vietnamese nail salon workers integrating hazard awareness, SEM, 3Rs (reduction, reuse, and recycling), cultural competence, and community resiliency. Approach: HWWT will deliver direct training instruction via local peer trainers. As a strategy to build local capacity and sustainability, it will customize its Train-the-Trainer model o meet the needs of target populations. ECWT will provide Core Health & Safety Courses; Career Specific Training (Environmental/ Construction, Commercial Truck Driving/Hazmat Endorsement & Warehousing training, Water & Wastewater Operations, and Advanced Construction); Core Soft Skills Training; Supportive Services; and Career Guidance. Environment: For nearly 20 years of operation, OAI has created an environment conducive to collaboration among consortia members. The program has invested in classroom and hands-on training facilities and an array of resources, which can be accessed by consortia trainers and personnel during the five-year grant period.