COMMERCIAL FISHING SAFETY TRAINING

描述(由申请者提供)：该项目将加强阿拉斯加海上安全教育协会(AMSEA)的培训、培训员和商业捕鱼安全研讨会的努力。AMSEA的目标是像过去25年一样，继续在阿拉斯加和美国各地建立以港口为基础的渔业安全指导员网络。目标是让渔民拥有可靠的渔业安全指导员，他们了解当地和当地的渔业风险。该项目与工作场所公共卫生的相关性是严重的。商业渔业仍然是美国所有主要职业中职业死亡率最高的，尽管在过去20年里有所下降。最近的联邦培训要求也将增加渔船操作员所需的安全培训的数量。还将要求对渔民进行进修安全培训。该国大部分地区仍然缺乏培训基础设施，无法提供与渔业相关的安全培训并满足新的任务要求。新的培训员参加海岸警卫队接受的48小时强化海上安全教官培训(MSIT)课程，该课程提供海上安全设备和程序、教学方法以及如何在培训和渔业中降低风险的实践。然后，这些教员与经验丰富的AMSEA培训协调员共同教授商业渔民，他们得到指导，直到他们有效为止。AMSEA的工作人员免费为这些新教师提供他们的时间、培训设备和新的教学资源。 这些培训工作的核心是强调以业绩为基础的动手培训。渔民需要完成技能评估，如定期穿上浸水衣，发出紧急无线电信息，在水中扶正和进入救生筏，以及伤亡报告所述的其他技能，这些技能没有正确执行并导致死亡。大约50%的培训工作将在阿拉斯加以外的美国所有海岸进行。这些为期一到两天的紧急演习指挥、冷水求生、稳定/洪水控制等方面的培训将帮助渔民满足新的要求，并向美国数十个偏远港口的数千名渔民提供急需的应急技能。 公共卫生相关性：该项目与特定职业安全领域的公共卫生密切相关。商业捕鱼是美国最危险的职业，可执行性差，培训要求很低，同时对船员或船东操作员没有任何类型的培训资格。该项目将通过培训合格的社区海上安全指导员网络，将基于绩效的安全技能培训带到阿拉斯加周围的遥远港口和整个美国，从而使其能够遵守新的安全培训法规。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will increase the train the trainer and commercial fishing safety workshop efforts of the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA). AMSEA's goal is to continue to build a network of port-based fishing safety instructors around Alaska and the U.S. as it has for the last 25 years. The goal is for fishermen to have credible fishing safety instructors from the fishing industry who know the local area and local fishery risks. The relevance of this project to public health in the workplace is severe. Commercial fishing still suffers from the highest occupational fatality rate of any major occupation in the U.S. despite decreases in the last 20 years. Recent Federal training requirements will also increase the amount of safety training needed by operators of fishing vessels. Refresher safety training of fishermen will also be required. Large areas of the nation still lack training infrastructure to deliver safety training relevant to the fishing industry and to meet new mandates. New trainers take a Coast Guard- accepted intensive 48 hour Marine Safety Instructor- Training (MSIT) course that provides practice in marine safety equipment and procedures, methods of instruction and how to reduce risks in training and fisheries. These instructors then co-teach commercial fishermen with experienced AMSEA Training Coordinators and they are mentored until they are effective. AMSEA staff provides their time, training equipment and new teaching resources at no cost to these new instructors. Central to these training efforts is the emphasis on performance-based, hands on training. Fishermen need to complete an assessment in skills, like immersion suit donning in a timed interval, stating an emergency radio message, righting and entering a life raft in the water and other skills which casualty reports have stated were not performed correctly and resulted in fatalities. About 50% of this training effort will take place outside Alaska on all coasts of the U.S. These short one to two day workshops in Emergency Drill Conductor, Cold Water Survival, Stability/Flooding Control, etc. will help fishermen meet the new requirements and provide much needed emergency skills to thousands of fishermen in scores of far flung ports in the U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project has critical relevance to public health in the particular area of occupational safety. Commercial fishing is the most hazardous occupation in the U.S, with poorly enforceable and minimal training requirements, while at the same time there are no training qualifications of any kind for a crew member or an owner operator. This project would enable compliance with new safety training regulations by bringing performance based safety skills training to distant ports around Alaska and throughout the U.S. by training a qualified network of community based marine safety instructors.