Implications for Safety and Health Training in a Green Economy

摘要

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Worker Education and Training Program (WETP) strives to use innovative approaches to educate those working with hazardous materials or responding to emergencies involving hazardous materials. For the past 18 years the WETP, in conjunction with its awardees, has supported the development of curricula and the initiation of training programs throughout the United States. These programs have helped employers meet the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) requirements under CFR 1910.120, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) and made significant contributions toward ensuring protections of public health and the environment. The WETP's program model focuses on educating and training difficult-to-reach populations by addressing issues, such as literacy, appropriate adult education techniques, training quality improvement, and other areas not addressed by the private sector. WETP enhances, rather than replaces, the private sector's training responsibility by demonstrating new and cost-effective training techniques and materials. The WETP held their annual fall conference, October 16-17, 2008.