Worker Training Program
Each year, the Worker Training Program (WTP) holds technical webinars, meetings, and workshops. These events address scientific, administrative, and regulatory issues related to training workers who work with and clean up hazardous materials and who respond to emergencies involving hazardous substances, including viruses like SARS-CoV-2.
Webinars in our COVID-19 Winter Webinar Series
Webinar 1: Protecting Volunteers from COVID-19 During Natural Disaster Response and Recovery Monday, December 7, 2020
The NIEHS Worker Training Program Fall/Winter Webinar Series presented a 90-minute webinar in Partnership with the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice, Subcommittee on Environmental Justice and Natural Disasters.
This webinar accompanied the new release of the joint AIHA/NIEHS Guidance to Protect Volunteers From COVID-19 During Natural Disaster Response and Recovery.
Webinar recording and presentations will be available soon!
Webinar 2: Addressing the Role of the Vaccine in the Hierarchy of Controls: How to Weed through Misinformation, Mistrust, and Build Impact for COVID-19 Worker Training Programs Thursday, January 14, 2021 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EST Event registration: coming soon!
It is difficult to weed through all the noise online, in the news, on social media, and in our communities about the impact of the vaccine, especially in the workplace. It is also intimidating to interpret data that is presented and available from federal, state, and local organizations including departments of health, academic institutions, and advocacy groups about what the vaccine will mean.
This webinar will address why the vaccine will not be an immediate answer for preventing exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace and what that means for staying true to the industrial hygiene hierarchy of controls. It will help attendees to sort through information, fears, and mistrust and use it to build safer environments for workers.
Webinar 3: Preventing Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Non-Hospital Healthcare Settings Wednesday, February 17, 2021 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EST Event registration: coming soon!
Webinar 4: Managing Inequities and Environmental Injustices Encountered on the Job among Vulnerable Workers Tuesday, March 16, 2021 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EST Event registration: coming soon!
Recurring Webinars
WTP Grantee COVID-19 Updates: Monday, December 14, 2020 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. EST Event registration: Zoom linkUpcoming Meetings
Past Meetings
- Fall 2020 WTP Awardee Meeting and Workshop
- Spring 2020 WTP Awardee Meeting and Emory/NIEHS Workshop
- Spring 2019 WTP Awardee Meeting and Workshop
- Fall 2018 Awardee Meeting and Opioid-Related Hazards in the Workplace Workshop
- Spring 2018 WTP Awardee Meeting and National Trainers’ Exchange
Other Past WTP Meetings and Workshops