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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training will conduct HWWT and HDPTP programs. The University of Cincinnati requests for HWWT $11,021,001 (total, direct + F&A) for the project period. The University of Cincinnati requests for HDPTP $2,100,109 (total, direct + F&A) for the project period.
In the HWWT program, HAZWOPER training will be provided in eight states of the Midwest and on the Reservation of The Three Affiliated Tribes. We will continue to maintain and update 19 programs while adapting them to new challenges such as methamphetimine lab cleanup and enhancing them to interactive tabletop exercises and e-tools. Change in knowledge and skills and the impact of training will be documented. We will provide 4,919 programs to 94,933 trainees for a total of 673,472 contact hours.
In the HDPTP initiative, we will immediately deliver CERT training, Emergency Operations Center Programs, Hospital Decon programs, introduce a Bioterrorism tabletop and provide on-line training in Crime Scene Integrity and Reporting Environmental Releases. A partnership with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) is initiated to train their members nationwide through a Train-the Trainer program. 30 trainers and 750 participants will be trained in the first year during the direct delivery of the HDPTP initiative. Additional participants will be trained on-line. At the end of the first year, we will have completed the work to multiply the training delivery capabilities of the Midwest Consortium and the ATU for Years 02-05.
Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP)
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
Kirkwood Community College's HMTRI, a current NIEHS awardee, submits this application on behalf of the Community College Consortium for Health and Safety Training (CCCHST). CCCHST membership consists of community colleges partnered with business and industry, universities, and community-based organizations offering a consistent and quality response to the national training need for hazardous waste workers and emergency response personnel.
The goal of CCCHST-HWWTP is to make NIEHS-approved worker training nationally available through more than 100 partners offering hazardous materials instruction (Hazwoper and related 29CFR 1910.120 training) in nearly all states of the nation through a train-the-trainer model program. CCCHST instructors, prepared and supported by HMTRI, will train a minimum 100,000 students, workers, and supervisors in nearly all states of the nation to protect themselves and their communities from exposure to hazardous materials encountered during hazardous waste site cleanup, Brownfields redevelopment, transportation of hazardous materials, and response to spills and releases of hazardous materials. CCCHST members will collectively offer 1,000,000 contact hours of instruction over a 5-year period at the cost of $5,876,499.
The goal of CCCHST-HDPTP is to train a minimum of 10,000 workers and provide a total 30,000 contact hours of instruction in Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Awareness, Response and Recovery courses over a 5-year period at the cost of $1,383,080. The goal of CCCHST-BMWTP is to support three subawardees who will train and place 250 minority youth, ages 18-25, over a 5-year period for environmental jobs. The subawardees are Civic Works, Baltimore; St. Louis Community College, MO; and El Paso Community College, TX. Cost is $$2,281,138.
Since 1992, HMTRI has received NIEHS funding to provide management, instructor training and certification, curriculum, textbooks, instructional aids, quality control, evaluation, and promotion for the members of the CCCHST national consortium, and most lately, the development of distance-supported education.
Hazardous Waster Worker Training Program (HWWTP)
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The AFSCME Training and Education Institute (ATEI) is applying for $5,086,885 in HWWTP funds to train on prevention of and emergency response to the accidental or intentional release of hazardous materials in AFSCME-represented workplaces. ATEI plans to train 9,425 workers over 5 years in programs required by OSHA's HazWOPER standard and other related activities such as confined space entry and trenching safety. The target population for emergency response training includes 800,000 AFSCME members across the country employed in public works (e.g., waste water treatment, road work) and health care who may be on the front lines of hazmat releases, providing programs in English and Spanish. The applicant will also train school custodians and building maintenance staff to safely identify and correct mold contamination problems.
ATEI will expand its pool of peer trainers by targeting train-the-trainer programs in cities with large populations of underserved workers. They will conduct trainer development activities to increase the range of topics covered and work with six other NIEHS awardees to maximize trainer development. Evaluation and curriculum revision activities will continue with their peer trainers.
ATEI will coordinate with consortium members and other awardees. The University of Massachusetts (UMass), Lowell, will continue to lead the evaluation team's activities, analyze long-term impact of training, and train new worker evaluators. The applicant will partner with the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) to address worker and community concerns about toxic chemical exposure and assist in providing training to CBTU's Community Action and Response Against Toxics (CARAT) Teams. ATEI will work with the International Chemical Worker Union's Consortium on mold prevention/control program, and broadcast a satellite teleconference on mold with HMTRI/Kirkwood Community College. Finally, they will participate in a multi-grantee project to conduct regional conferences and assessments on catastrophic event prevention and preparedness.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) :
OAI, Inc. and its Consortium are responding to three programs of the NIEHS Worker Health and Safety Training Cooperative Agreement, RFA-ES-04-005: Hazardous Waste Worker Training (HWWT) Program; ; Minority Worker Training (MWT) Program; and Brownfields Minority Worker (BMWT) Program. The total amount requested for each program is as follows:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
Our objective is to ensure construction workers called upon to work in EPA Superfund environments and also in disaster response, have the training they need to protect their health and safety, and that of their coworkers families, their communities, and the environment. Our target population, who are represented by the 11 international/national construction unions we have assembled for this proposed consortium, perform a vast array of remediation and construction tasks at hazardous waste sites. They also provide essential skills in support of first responders in their role as skilled support personnel.
CPWR is a (c)(3) organization created by the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFLCIO. As such, we are uniquely positioned to carry-out the training programs proposed in this application. We have significant support from our affiliated construction unions and employers, as evidenced by our past performance as an NIEHS grantee. To meet the training needs of our target population engaged in hazardous waste activities, CPWR and its training consortium propose to train 5,080 trainers and workers in Year 1 under HWWT, and 1,000 trainers and workers in Year 1 under HDPT.
With our strong connections in industry as an organization created by Construction Unions, in this application we also propose to continue our MWT program, which also has had tremendous success over the years. We would like to continue programs in Baltimore, New Orleans and Oakland, and start an additional one in Denver, training a total of 95 students in Year 1. Under BMWT we propose to continue our current programs in Boston, East Palo Alto, Los Angeles, and St. Paul. Our programs have been very successful in placing program participants in meaningful jobs in environmental remediation.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The IBT and NLC are applying as a consortium for a HWWT and a HDPT Program cooperative agreement. The total cost over 5 years will be $22,229,917.
The long-term goal is to increase worker and community safety, protect work sites and surrounding communities, and protect vital transportation infrastructure, with respect to the remediation of hazardous waste sites and the transportation of hazardous waste and HazMat via trucks, rail cards, and intermodal shipping containers. The IBTNLC Consortium will use established partnerships with 10 major trucking, railroad and longshore unions to deliver training to 28,473 workers in the HWWT and 2,875 workers in the HDPT, for a total of 31,348 over 5 years. The target population includes remediation and construction workers and supervisors at HazWaste sites, and truck, railroad and longshore workers and supervisors involved in the transportation of HazWaste and HazMat. Under the HWWT the IBTNLC. Consortium will deliver the following types of training that fulfill OSHA and DOT requirements: Hazardous Waste Worker; Hazardous Waste Refresher; Awareness-Level Emergency Response, HazMat Safety and Security; Operations-Level Emergency Response; Construction Safety; and Off-Road and Materials-Hauling Specialized Vehicle Safe Operation. Under HDPT the Consortium will deliver Awareness-Level and Operations-Level Emergency Response and HazMat Safety and Security training with special emphasis on the security of intermodal shipping containers. The consortium will deliver training through 9 fully equipped training centers and will also provide instructors to present training at project sites and local unions. Training will emphasize participatory and adult teaching techniques and will include significant time for hands-on practice and simulated work site activities.
Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP)
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The Center to Protect Workers' Rights is applying for RFA-ES-04-006, Hazmat Training at DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex for a total cost of $2,461,399.
The objective is to ensure construction workers called upon to work on DOE sites have the training they need to protect their health and safety, and that of their co-workers families, their communities, and the environment. The target population, represented by the 11 international/national construction unions the applicants have assembled in this proposed training consortium, perform a vast array in hazardous waste operations, decommissioning and decontamination, transportation, restoration and emergency response activities.
CPWR is a 501(c)(3) organization created by the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO. As such, they are uniquely positioned to carry-out the training programs proposed in this application. There is significant support from affiliated construction unions and employers, as evidenced by their past performance as an NIEHS grantee. To meet the training needs of the target population working in and around DOE sites, CPWR and its training consortium proposes to train 6,499 trainers and workers in Year 1, and 31,930 trainers and workers over the five-year period of the proposed cooperative agreement.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is requesting $1,500,000 during the initial budget period and $7,959,497 for the total period of the HAZMAT Training at DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex Cooperative Agreement. Emergency personnel responding to incidents related to the DOE complex face health and safety challenges involving radioactive and other hazardous materials. Since 1994, an average of 2,200 responders have been injured at hazardous materials incidents annually. Many more suffer serious health effects from toxic exposure associated with fire fighting and EMS response. The effective remedy to combat these challenges is a flexible training program that emphasizes occupational safety and health and OSHA-defined responder training as a key to effective emergency response. The IAFF proposes to continue to implement such a proven training plan. This effort relies heavily on the provision of comprehensive specialized training pertaining to specific response hazards and an efficient Train-the-Trainer approach. It offers course formats which can be customized to the specific hazards faced by a given target audience; uses a combination of the Internet and Advanced Training Technologies (ATT) and regional programs. The estimated 1,000 annual attendees leave the course with the knowledge and the tools needed to implement this program in local fire/rescue departments in and around ten specified DOE sites, as well as other regions upon request. The IAFF is the only national organization serving professional fire fighters and enjoys long standing training partnerships and access with fire/rescue departments across the U.S. Our training curricula are current, focused and ready to be delivered. In addition, we have a highly regarded 85-member professional firefighter/paramedic instructor team trained in using facilitation techniques and problem-based learning to reinforce responder safety and health. It is a state-of-the-art program with a focused safety and health message provided by experienced, committed instructors.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Education and Support Fund (ESF) and the contractors in its consortium, SEIU Local 1199 NY and the Shirley Ware Education Center (SWEC), are applying for a grant under the HWWTP for 5 years at a total cost of $4,229,261 and the HDPTP for 5 years at a total cost of $1,580,584.
Through the unique access provided to the project by the national network of local unions in the 1.8-million member SEIU, the project proposes to prevent acute and chronic injury and illness among workers who are exposed to hazardous materials and wastes in nonintentional and intentional emergency situations. The project will accomplish this by training a total of 7400 workers in 8-hour awareness-level emergency response, 2900 workers in 4-hour awareness-level refreshers, 600workers in 4-hour hazard communication classes, 500 workers in 24-hour operations level training for confined space entry, and 640 workers in 24-hour hospital-based, operations level emergency response. The target population is employed in a wide range of jobs in acute-care hospitals, road maintenance, and waste water treatment. SEIU represents 375,000 workers in acute care hospitals, 10,000 in highway maintenance and 7,500 in waste water treatment. The target population is employed in 40 states but concentrated in California, New York, Maine, and New Hampshire. Training will be conducted by an existing team of 150 specially-trained rank-and-file worker-trainers. The project proposes to train an additional 96 worker-trainers during the 5-year period. Curricula designed specifically for worker-trainers, and appropriate to the technical knowledge of workers in these industries, have already been developed for the awareness-level training and the operations level training for confined space entry. Existing curriculum will be modified for use by worker-trainers for the 24-hour hospital-based operations level emergency response class. Project consortium staff will provide ongoing support for worker-trainers and will hold annual technical meetings for all worker-trainers. The project will also participate in an annual national multi-grantee conference and hold annual external advisory board meetings.
Hazardous Waste worker Training Program (HWWTP)
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) is proposing to participate in the HWWT and HDPT programs. The total first year cost for the HWWT is $2,451,364; and $1,143,600 for the HDPT. The lUOE's objectives are aimed at continually improving the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of the HAZWOPER Train-the-Trainer course and underlying network of local union training programs, and adapting to the changing needs of its target populations.
The HWWTP target audience is 260,000 hoisting and portable engineers nationwide who operate and maintain heavy construction equipment; 100,000 stationary (building) engineers responsible for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, water systems, and critical infrastructure in commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential structures; and workers nationwide in critical infrastructures, such as ports, petrochemical plants, hospitals, schools, and power generating facilities. Over the 5-year period, the IUOE will train 65,560 workers and instructors using its 23 HAZWOPER and safety and health related courses.
The target audience for the HDPTP is the same as the HWWTP, but includes, in addition, 60,000 Transport Workers Union employees that operate subways and public transportation nationwide. Over the 5-year period, the IUOE will train 14,304 workers and instructors using the nine homeland security related courses, including the OSHA Disaster Site Worker courses.
In both programs, the IUOE will explore and pilot the use of Advanced Training Technologies utilizing its consortium members, West Virginia University Safety and Health Extension and Wheeling Jesuit University, to enhance the consistency and efficiency of IUOE training programs, emphasizing "blending learning" in the IUOE 40-Hour HAZWOPER training. With its subcontractor, ATL, IUOE will enhance the evaluation, quality control measures, and use feedback to improve training methods, materials, and delivery.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The IAFF is requesting $3,017,739 ($2,796,218 direct costs and $221,521 F&A) during the initial budget period and $16,013,182 ($14,837,094 direct costs and $1,176,088 F&A) for the total project period of the Worker Health and Safety Training Cooperative Agreement. The IAFF application includes two of the four program areas; Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP) and Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program (HDPTP).
This application addresses two serious emergency responder needs arising out of the events and aftermath of September 11th. A major outcome of the attacks was the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS has promulgated new requirements, one of which is the National Incident Management System (NIMS). They also created new requirements for funding which, in turn, are causing a significant training shortfall in the emergency response community.
In order to operate effectively in this new environment, emergency responders require incident command, safety management training at large-scale incidents and advanced training, especially at the Technician level. Each year of the cooperative agreement, the applicant will train an average of 1,000 students in the technician curriculum and train-the-trainer courses. They will also reach an average of 750 students with an adapted incident management course which emphasizes safety management during disaster response.
The IAFF proposes to implement a proven training plan that strongly and forcefully emphasizes occupational safety and health and OSHA-defined responder training as a cornerstone of professional and effective emergency response. This plan relies heavily on a combination of direct delivery and the efficient train-the-trainer approach; uses a combination of the Internet, Advanced Training Technologies (ATT) and regional programs; and provides the estimated attendees with the knowledge and the tools necessary to operate safely and effectively. These programs help to ensure that emergency responders operate safely in the post 9/11 environment.
Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP)
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund (Laborers-AGC) is applying for the Hazmat Training at DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex, RFA-ES-04-006 to conduct a DOE Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP) at a total cost of $12,204,871 over the 5 years of the program.
The Laborers-AGC DOE HWWTP will train workers engaged in activities related to hazardous materials and waste generation, removal (including demolition and decontamination [D&D] projects), containment, and emergency response within Department of Energy facilities. The DOE HWWTP will provide workers with the necessary skills to work safely in hazardous environments present on DOE remediation projects and during potential emergency situations at DOE. |n addition, the program will promote the Integrated Safety Management system used by DOE; incorporate proven, activity based learning techniques; and support the continuous advancement of worker health and safety. Training includes hazardous waste worker training(exceeding OSHA and DOE requirements); DOE approved and contractor accepted radiological worker training; and other environmental remediation training, health and safety training and specific job skills training as required and requested to meet job-specific tasks. Training will incorporate hands-on simulated exercises, activity based instruction, and the use of advanced training technologies.
Laborers-AGC will use 8 regional training sites and 2 mobile training units to provide training for approximately 20,000 trainees and 500,000 contact hours. Continuation of the existing DOE HWWTP will ensure immediate program initiation and will reduce training and set-up costs. This nationwide training program targets Construction Craft Laborers; other D&D workers; DOE personnel; and DOE contractor employees.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The California-Arizona Consortium (CAC) proposes to train 17,848 hazardous waste/materials workers in EPA Regions IX and X under the HWWT program. The CAC consists of UCLA-LOSH as the lead agency, UC Davis Extension, UC Berkeley LOHP, Arizona State University College of Technology & Applied Sciences and the University of Washington NW Center for Occupational Health & Safety. With over 3,145 active cleanup sites in the 8 states and 4 U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands, there continues to be great need for training. A full range of courses will be provided for workers and supervisors involved in CERCLA cleanup, hazmat emergency response, and hazmat transport. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) courses will be provided as needed. Train-the-Trainer courses will be offered for environmental justice organizations, maquiladora workers along the U.S./Mexico border, and other NIEHS awardees. The CAC will assist with the National Trainers' Exchanges. Access to target populations has been established over the past 17 years of NIEHS funding. The CAC emphasizes outreach to underserved, non-English-speaking workers, those with limited literacy skills, and those who are low income or workers of color. Curricula will be updated, e-learning and WMD modules introduced, and materials translated into Spanish. The Impact Evaluation addresses 2 NORA priority areas.
The proposed HDPT program will expand the scope and target population of the CAC to a new frontline high-risk workforce at West Coast ports. The CAC will develop a model program and train 3,040 workers to identify and respond appropriately in the event of hazmat emergencies or security threats. The CAC will partner with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and coordinate with the Area Maritime Security Committees at the Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, Oakland/San Francisco and Seattle/Tacoma. The CAC will also convene a Community Forum to address occupational or environmental health and security issues related to the transport of global goods from the ports throughout the Southern California region.
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.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The ICWU is applying for 2 programs: HWWT ($2,594,449 Yr1; $13,765,662 Total) and HDPT ($606,253 Yr1; $3,218,678 Total). These programs will reach 2,466 trainees in 145 classes for 55,520 contact hours. This would result in 12,330 trainees in 725 classes for 277,600 contact hours over the 5-year period of the grant. Over the last 17 years, the ICWU Center, based in Cincinnati OH, and its nationwide union Consortium has built a nationally recognized HAZMAT training program specializing in chemical emergency response programs to protect collateral duty emergency responders. The Consortium members are: ICWU, UFCW, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), American Nurses Association (ANA), GCOHC, American Federation of Government Employees, UC and IAM. The long-term organizational goal is to institutionalize a program within member unions and build employer support. The immediate educational goal is to deliver emergency response training to industrial, educational, government and health care workers with collateral duty to respond to chemical emergencies. The long-term educational goal is to provide students with the confidence and problem-solving skills to identify inadequacies in facility chemical emergency response programs. The applicant will evaluate the effectiveness of workplace improvements through pre and post training evaluation. They will expand their programs to protect school and hospital employees who respond to spills within their facilities and protect health care workers from contaminated patients after catastrophic unintentional incidents. Hospital "First Receivers" are recognized by OSHA as covered by the HAZWOPER standard and in need of training. The ICWU consortium will continue the application of blended learning and expand their already substantial multi-grantee efforts into new areas. HWWTP specific aims are to, continue to develop worker-trainers, using Adult Education Techniques; expand Minority Outreach with CBTU and Latino workers; collaborate with other grantees; train industrial workers, government workers, school personnel, non-WMD (weapons of mass destruction) First Receivers; and expand into Spanish language Hazmat training, Chemical Release Software, mold, Worker and Community Outreach and Workplace Shelter in Place. The HDPTP aims include, continuing WMD First Receivers training and expanding to Disaster Site Worker training, Worker and Community Outreach and Workplace WMD Shelter in Place and the use of Chemical Release Software.
Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP)
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC) formed by The Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE), the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and the Labor Institute (together representing over 875,000 industrial workers) will conduct over the next 5 years approximately 3,800 workshops reaching 86,000 workers and community residents with 900,000 hours of training to prevent hazardous substance emergencies and to protect workers and communities should such accidents occur. The model training will consist of courses that meet the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120, address environmental justice and health disparities, and assist worker-trainer development and evaluation. Specific Aims include to, 1) expand model site-based training, called ITS programs, to meld 1910.120-based training into broad, ongoing plant-wide prevention programs. The TMC will add 8 ITS programs per year (total of 40 new sites) to our existing 35 sites resulting in 72 total sites at the end of five years involving an estimated 30,000 workers and managers. In addition, the goals are to, 2) pilot a new Near-miss Initiative working with the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center of the University of Pennsylvania; 3) conduct community/labor workshops with regional environmental justice networks and Latino workers; 4) expand the use of advanced training technologies including web-based lessons learned, e-learning and emergency response simulation programs; 5) use participatory research and evaluation to monitor and strengthen the program; and 6) lead a multi-grantee (seven unions) initiative to work together on trainer, curriculum and evaluation development. With the HDPTP supplement the TMC will help protect workers and community residents from potential exposures to hazardous materials released during terrorist attacks on industrial facilities with large volumes of highly hazardous chemicals, specifically at the 306 Risk Management Program Sites (RMPs) at which PACE and USWA represent 75,000 workers. The TMC will reach 19,700 participants with 192,360 contact hours of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) prevention, preparedness and response training. The TMC will also recruit and train an entirely new, nation-wide, industrial catastrophic incident Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR) Corps composed of 68 experienced workers from RMP sites. The PPR Corps, consisting of credentialed industrial responders, will work with OSHA, and through OSHA, the DHS to assist in OSHA's Regional Emergency Response Plans for high hazard sites. The PPR Corps will train industrial site workers, management and community responders, as well as conduct facility audits to evaluate prevention activities, emergency preparedness, and readiness to create site safety plans in the event of a catastrophe.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The University of Alabama's Center for Labor Education and Research is applying for funding under the NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program. The proposed project aims to improve the health and safety of four populations of workers: 1) members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), 2) Native American tribal members and employees, 3) public safety personnel, and 4) emergency medical service (EMS) personnel and hospital-based first receivers. The program will reduce the likelihood of worker exposures during hazardous material emergency response operations by providing specialized training in topics related to OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.120. CLEAR will offer courses nationwide to members of CWA-a population of over 700,000 workers in telecommunications, manufacturing, health care, publishing, and law enforcement. Training for Native Americans, a population of 2.4 million, will be offered throughout the U.S. to tribal members and employees including tribal police officers, conservation officers, firefighters, environmental officials, emergency planners, and public works employees. The project will target public safety personnel within the southeastern U.S., a population of 162,990 fire and rescue service and law enforcement personnel. The program will also target a population of 14,865 EMS personnel and hospital-based first receivers-including EMTs and nurses, patient care technicians, and other emergency care providers-in Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. All four target populations have in common the potential for exposures to hazardous materials during emergency incidents, the need for hazardous materials training, and insufficient training budgets. Training will be provided using existing curricula and participatory techniques. Courses to be provided include Hazardous Materials Awareness, Operations, and Technician; Incident Management Systems; Basic and Advanced Air Monitoring; Confined Space Rescue; Respirator Fit Testing; Handling Contaminated Patients; Mass Casualty Incident Triage, Clandestine Drug Lab Awareness; Radiological/Nuclear Awareness; WMD Awareness; and Training Techniques. Peer training will be encouraged and supported through a new computer-based Trainer Support Network. The proposed program will train just under 13,000 trainees, not including computer-based training.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) is proposing to participate in the DOE Training Program. The total first year cost for the DOE program is $1,535,234. The ILJOE's objectives are to train DOE site workers to work safely in hazardous waste cleanup, hazardous materials emergency response, disaster response, and related fields.
The target audience will consist of hoisting and portable and stationary Operating Engineers, other skilled trades workers, managers, scientists, engineers, and other workers at DOE sites who are required to have HAZWOPER and related safety and health training. This will include DOE sites located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Richland, Washington, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Granitesville, South Carolina. Over the five-year period, the IUOE will train 11,272 DOE site workers, Operating Engineers, and other workers, including more management and engineering groups, using its six HAZWOPER and safety and health related courses.
The IUOE will use refresher training as the primary vehicle to alert workers at DOE hazardous waste sites to the most recent safety and health developments, particularly deactivation and decommissioning (D&D) issues and homeland security.
With West Virginia University Safety and Health Extension as a consortium member, this application will expand the use of Advanced Training Technologies to enhance the learning experience of the students. Using the proposed subcontractor, ATL, the IUOE will enhance evaluation and quality control procedures to ensure the highest quality in lUOE's DOE training efforts, including a new instructor observation approach.
The IUOE also proposes to formalize a cooperation with International Chemical Workers Union (ICWU) and Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) into an Annual Multi-Awardee DOE Trainers Meeting.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
TNEC is applying to the HWWT program. The primary goal is to provide hazardous waste worker and/or emergency responder health and safety (H&S) training to 800 workers per year for five years in five New England states (MA, CT, RI, NH, VT). The project will train 40% of workers in multiple-day courses (24-hour Emergency Responder or 40-hour Hazardous Waste Site Personnel). TNEC will train 60% percent of workers in Refresher, Supervisor / Incident Commander / NIMS, or Awareness Level ER training, including Hazard Disaster Preparedness training related to chemical, biological, radiation/nuclear and explosive agents (CBRNE) (all 8-hour programs). The intended purpose is to support the implementation of HAZWOPER H&S programs to prevent occupational illnesses, injuries and fatalities, including during emergency response to accidental or deliberate releases of CBRNE agents that could adversely affect workers and neighboring communities. The participatory design of the training, uses empowerment-oriented worker education methodology, and encourages trainees to practice, workplace H&S decision-making.
Specific Aim 2 is to continue and expand several ongoing initiatives by strengthening outreach and marketing efforts to increase its client base of 2,190 private and public sector firms and organizations. It will include collaboration with the OSHA Education Center at Keene State University and the UML Center for Industrial Competitiveness. TNEC will expand partnerships with state agencies and municipalities in need of "all hazards" H&S training for emergency response, public health, and criminal justice personnel. Secondly, the applicant will continue to utilize the integration of existing advanced training technology based training modules and maintain the integrity of hands-on and small group activities with computer and web-based training. These modules will incorporated into emergency response training courses. TNEC intends to incorporate web-based modules for in-class and after-training access, through a partnership with Y-Stress, Inc., a current NIEHS WETP SBIR program awardee. The applicant will also continue to provide 40-hour HAZWOPER training courses for Minority Worker Training Programs, that target low-income young adults from underserved, urban communities, and help to increase their workforce and the employment opportunities.
Specific Aim 3 is to sustain the capacity of TNEC member organizations to lead and support the regional and national H&S movement by supporting and strengthening the capacity of the COSH organizations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island as essential resources for high quality, technically accurate, and educationally appropriate worker-oriented safety and health training, and further enabling them to provide health and safety training to hazardous waste/emergency response workers; continue to strengthen U MASS Lowell's worker H&S education capacities; and continue to build strong links among public health professionals, worker health educators, and labor movement health and safety activists in order to maintain high quality training for hazardous waste workers and emergency responders.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)
A current NIEHS awardee, the HMTRI submits this $2,000,000 five-year application on behalf members of the Community College Consortium for Health and Safety Training (CCCHST) serving Department of Energy (DOE) environmental restoration and waste management sites across the United States. They include, BWXT Pantex, TX; Hanford Site, WA; INEEL,ID; Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, KY; Portsmouth Site, OH; Oak Ridge Operations, TN; and Savannah River Site. SC. The five-year goal is to train a minimum 12,500 workers, technicians, and supervisors, through 75,000 contact hours of training, to protect themselves, their facilities, and their communities from exposure to hazardous materials encountered during hazardous waste site clean-up, in the transportation of hazardous materials, and in the response to releases of hazardous materials. Each year, 2,500 students will successfully complete 250 courses for a total 15,000 contact hours of training. Annually, an average 100courses will be delivered online. HMTRI will support the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN, and Amarillo Community College in Amarillo, Texas as subawardees delivering training at these sites. Aiken Technical College will train at the Savannah River Site but does not anticipate enough training to justify a subaward. The number of CCCHSTDOE providers may increase in future years as new members request participation. HMTRI will provide hazardous materials curriculum for worker training and will develop web-supported learning objects to complement existing curriculum. HMTRI will provide a 1-800 technical assistance line and a website linking all sites, instructors and students. HMTRI will provide centralized record keeping and quality control for the consortium, submitting to NIEHS the number of students trained at CCCHST-DOE sites and their demographic data, conducting site audits, reviewing student evaluations, acting upon the guidance of the advisory committee, and mediating the delivery of training with other NIEHS-supported consortia.
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The Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC), formed by the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical, and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) and the Labor Institute, proposes a model program to train workers at DOE facilities to reduce exposures to hazardous materials, waste operations and incidents. TMC training will consist of 1,714 classes for 40,000 DOE employees who will receive 304,000 hours of training over the 5-year grant period. This training, which conforms to OSHA Standard, 29 CFR 1910.120 (sections p and q), will help workers to protect themselves during emergencies and to implement strategies to prevent potentially deadly accidents. The courses include, a) 40-hour General Site Worker Training classes for Hazardous Waste Site workers; b) 16-hour Incident Investigation Training for labor and management teams and awareness classes for TSD (Treatment, Storage, Disposal) site workers; c) 16-hour Labor-Management Committee Training on Site Emergency Response Plans and Near-miss programs; d) 8-hour Annual Refresher Training required for all site workers to maintain their certification; e) 8-hour Systems of Safety courses at TMC Integrated Training Sites-Integrated Safety Management Systems; f) 40-hour Lessons Learned classes for site worker-management teams; and g) 8- and 12-hour Lessons Learned/Near Miss Identification refresher courses.
Specific Aims are to, 1) develop 44 worker-trainers through annual 40-hour technical training workshops and quarterly site workshops; 2) expand partnerships with DOE site contractors, regulatory personnel and DOE training managers; 3) continue Advanced Training Technology Initiatives (ATTI) that include web-based Lessons Learned training and e-learning; 4) promote a culture of continuous learning by developing a Lessons Learned Initiative that will integrate the TMC ongoing lessons learned program with the DOE's lessons learned system; 5) expand model team-based research and evaluation; 6) expand Integrated Training Site programs that connect training to Integrated Safety Management Systems (ISMS); 7) pilot a new Near-miss Initiative program with the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center of the University of Pennsylvania; and 8) participate fully in the Multigrantee Trainer, Curriculum, and Evaluation Initiative that brings together seven unions to encourage and disseminate innovation through collaboration on training, curricula and evaluation. The TMC also will form a nationally integrated network of support that includes, the University of Massachusetts (UMass) at Lowell for technical assistance and advanced training technologies; the TMC Advisory Board; the Labor Institute for support in developing trainers and producing materials and the New Perspective Consulting Group, Inc. for evaluation.
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The proposed project will implement Minority Worker Training Programs in Baton Rouge, La (Southern University at Baton Rouge), New Orleans, LA (Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Xavier University), Houston, TX (Texas Southern University), Biloxi/Gulfport, MS (Center for Environmental and Economic Justice), and Savannah, GA (Harambee House/Center for Environmental Justice). The total cost for the initial budget period is $1,384,755. The project has two main goals: 1) to work in partnership with historically Black colleges/universities (HBCUs), unions via apprenticeship programs, local community-based organizations, local community colleges, and minority-owned training providers to implement a quality, comprehensive worker training program that will address environmental remediation efforts in areas in close proximity to the communities from which participants will be recruited, selected, trained, and placed into employment; and 2) to assist HBCUs, community colleges, and community-based organizations in promoting worker health and safety through education and training. The participants will be recruited and selected from communities along the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor (including East Baton Rouge parish and New Orleans), and targeted neighborhoods in Houston, TX, Biloxi/Gulfport, MS, and Savannah, GA, that are in close proximity to hazardous waste sites and encompass a population of low-income minority residents. The participants will be 18 years of age or older, and must be unemployed or underemployed. The training will provide selected participants with the skills needed to obtain sustainable employment with contractors working on remediation. The training program will include, 1) basic skills training (life skills, job readiness, study skills, physical fitness, mathematics, computer basics, and counseling); 2) technical training in construction, hazardous waste removal, lead and asbestos abatement, mold remediation, and hazardous waste transporter/CDL preparation (for selected trainees); and 3) job development/job placement assistance.
Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund (Laborers-AGC) is applying for the Hazardous Materials Worker Health and Safety Training cooperative agreement, RFA-ES-04-005 to conduct a Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP - $24,169,912) and a Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program (HDPTP - $2,341,200), at a total cost of $26,511,112 over the five years of the program. Laborers-AGC will train approximately 23,000 trainees under the HWWTP and 2,060 trainees under the HDPTP. Laborers-AGC will use 24 fixed training sites and 2 mobile units to train workers who are, or have the potential to be, employed on hazardous waste sites, who are at risk of exposure to hazardous waste on the job, or who may provide assistance as Skilled Support Personnel (SSP) on disaster sites. Workers will learn to work safely in highly hazardous environments. The trained SSP will learn how an emergency response operation functions, understand the roles of SSP and other participating responders, and obtain an awareness of potential problems and appropriate mechanisms for their resolution. Laborers-AGC's training will meet job and regulatory requirements and help protect worker health and safety during the entire remediation or emergency response. Training includes hazardous waste worker (exceeding OSHA and NIEHS Minimum Criteria requirements)
and other environmental remediation courses, health and safety training and specific job skills courses as required to meet regional and specific job site needs. Training incorporates hands-on exercises, activity based instruction, and advanced training technologies. This nationwide training program targets Construction Craft Laborers; other building trades; and environmental contractor and government personnel. Special outreach and training efforts will focus on recruitment and retention of minority and non-or limited-English speaking workers. Environmental Preparatory, General Construction, and Life Skills training along with social support services provided by community based organizations will help disadvantaged workers succeed in training and job retention.
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The IBT and NLC are applying as a consortium for a DOE Worker Training Grant. The long-term goal is to increase worker and community safety, protect DOE facilities and protect vital transportation infrastructure, during the remediation of DOE sites and the transportation of radioactive waste and chemical hazardous waste from DOE sites. The IBT-NLC Consortium will use established partnerships with 8 major trucking and railroad unions, and established relationships with 4 DOE facilities (HAMMER, Nevada Test Site, Savannah River, Oak Ridge) to deliver training to a total of 18,860 workers over 5 years. The target population includes, 1) remediation site workers and supervisors at DOE facilities; 2) construction workers and supervisors involved in the remediation of DOE facilities, including drivers of specialized off-road and waste-hauling vehicles; 3) truck transportation workers and supervisors involved in the transportation of radioactive waste and chemical hazardous waste from DOE facilities; 4) railroad workers and supervisors involved in the transportation of radioactive waste and chemical hazardous waste from DOE facilities. The IBT-NLC Consortium will deliver the following courses that fulfill DOE, OSHA and DOT requirements: Radiological Worker; Hazardous Waste Worker; Hazardous Waste Refresher; Awareness-Level Emergency Response; HazMat Safety and Security; Radioactive Materials Transportation; Construction Safety; Respiratory Protection; Respiratory Protection Refresher; and Off-Road and Materials-Hauling Specialized Vehicle Safe Operation. The Consortium will deliver training through 8 fully equipped training centers and will also provide instructors to present training at DOE project sites and local unions. Training will emphasize participatory adult teaching techniques and will include significant time for hands-on practice and simulated work site activities.
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The ICWU Center coordinates the delivery of high quality, cost-effective training by 38 worker-trainers, using sound principles of adult education and yearly developing new curricula to meet the site requirements under Integrated Safety Management (ISM) at Hanford, Oak Ridge, Kansas City MO, Amarillo TX, Fernald and Albuquerque. The long-term organizational goal is to continue the institutionalization of the program within member unions, Councils and contractor management at DOE sites, as has been accomplished at Hanford HAMMER, Oak Ridge and Kansas City. As an immediate educational goal, DOE worker-trainers will continue delivering HAZMAT training to thousands of DOE workers who are daily exposed to a wide variety of hazardous substances, meeting ISM requirements.
The long-term educational goal is to provide all students with the confidence, relevant tools and problem solving skills to identify inadequacies in their facilities' hazardous materials programs.
ICWU proposes to yearly conduct 230 classes for 3,351 trainees for 32,840 contact hours (1,150 classes for 16,755 trainees for 164,200 contact-hours over the 5-year period), including trainer development classes. These are 66 One-day Site Refresher classes, 3 One-day Chemical Emergency Response classes, 7 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations classes, 11 RCRA 24-hour classes, 6 Bridge classes, 120 Respirator classes, Trainer Development classes, Consortium DOE Trainers Exchange, and continue minority community outreach. Long-term evaluation includes the continuance of an evaluation project which demonstrates participants' ability to make workplace changes. With regards to Quality Control, quality curriculum will be ensured through compliance with NIEHS, DOE orders and OSHA requirements. Joint Labor-Management goals are to continue to work with, train and market these programs to site management.
Plans for new projects include the following: Annual Multi Awardee DOE Trainers Meeting; Chemical Release Software training; Disaster Site Worker; and train 28 DOE trainers in the 5600 Disaster Site Worker and the 500/510 Construction Worker Train-the-Trainer programs (1,120 contact hours) in order to establish 5 Disaster Site Worker Training Centers. The applicants intend to provide professional level education to active site trainers.
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UAW seeks 5-year funding to train 6,232 participants in 16 curricula for a total direct cost of $4,717,801. This builds on a 15-year effort that trains employees to respond to industrial emergencies and to handle hazardous waste, the University of Michigan evaluates the impact of the training on safety and health. The primary target will be approximately 2,600 smaller units with about 260,000 UAW members. Most are in the automobile, metalworking and transportation equipment sectors. In addition, there are public sector UAW members in waste treatment and transportation. The goal is to reduce illnesses and injuries through hazard recognition, prevention of chemical releases, improved programs and work practices. Objectives include, employing peer trainers with participatory pedagogy and demonstrating their impact on safety and health. The applicant wishes to promote implementation of their model programs beyond their membership.
Specific Aim 1 is to conduct, a) 24- and 40-hour Industrial Emergency Response (IER) courses; b) awareness training in IER, HazMat, and pollution prevention; c) 16-hour, trainings for joint hazardous, material committees; d) Advanced Training Technologies (ATT) modules; e) trainings for joint health and safety committees; f) Operations Level HazMat Refresher; and g) train-the-trainer programs. Aim 2 is to develop new curricula in, a) Tech-level HazMat Refresher, b) Critical Thinking, c) module for forklift operators and shippers/receivers, and d) Small Group Activity Method (SGAM) Instructor Guide. Remaining Specific Aims are to, 3) revise and expand curricula on Pollution Prevention and Sentinel Events; 4) continue to identify high-risk worksites and target work assignments for delivery of training; 5) expand utilization of worker trainers (Local Union Discussion Leaders [LUDLs]) in training delivery; 6) further expand the role of the LUDLs in curriculum development and program evaluation; 7) update instructor guides for SGAM and for the UAW 40-hour IER Technician Level manual; 8) participate in a multi-grantee project to diffuse training innovations such as the sentinel event curriculum; 9) further develop the worker-based evaluation component launched with the: SREP project; 10) continue partnerships with community groups and develop new community partnerships; 11) assure training quality by monitoring trainee perceptions by conducting assessments of new curricula; 12) evaluate the long-term impact of 24 and 40 hour IER training; 13) assess the effectiveness of interventions in changing unsafe workplace communities of practice and the effect of training venues on training outcomes; and 13) ensure the development of staff in competencies related to grant purposes through professional training.
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