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Archived News Release--Caution:
information may be out of date.
For more information call: (202) 219-8151.
Three Midwestern educational consortiums and the
University of Washington will offer Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) training courses as newly designated job safety and
health education centers effective Sept. 1.
"By expanding our 'franchised' training centers to 12, we
can significantly increase access to OSHA-developed educational courses,
enabling additional employees and employers to learn how to make their
workplaces safer and more healthful," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for
OSHA Joseph A. Dear.
"Through the education centers we are able to leverage
OSHA resources, making our expertise more widely available in an efficient,
cost-effective way. This approach furthers President Clinton's commitment to
reinventing OSHA and builds on his conviction that it is possible for business
to 'do right and do well'--combining concern for employee safety with
profitability," Dear said.
The four new OSHA Training Institute (OTI) education
centers include: a consortium composed of Northern Illinois University, the
Construction Safety Council and the National Safety Council, which will offer
training in the suburban Chicago area; a consortium including the University of
Minnesota, the Minnesota Safety Council and the University of Cincinnati, which
will offer courses in St. Paul and Cincinnati; a joint project of Eastern
Michigan University and the UAW, which will offer courses in Ypsilanti, Mich.;
and the University of Washington, which will teach OSHA courses at its campus
in Seattle.
Chosen from among 30 applicants, the organizations will
join eight other similar sites to provide additional opportunities for the
private sector and federal agencies to receive training on OSHA standards. OSHA
is authorizing the centers for 13 months initially, but if the arrangement is
successful, the agency may extend authorization for an additional two
years.
Each of the four new centers will offer courses in general
industry covering machinery and machine guarding standards; guides to voluntary
compliance in safety and health; voluntary compliance in industrial hygiene; a
collateral duty course for employees of other federal agencies; and a course
for instructors on OSHA's construction standards. OSHA provides curriculum
outlines, master copies of student handouts and assistance to the organizations
in presenting and or answering questions on OSHA policy. The centers receive no
federal funds, but charge their normal tuition and fees to participants to
support the courses.
Current OSHA Training Institute Education Centers, also
selected through a competitive process, include: Keene State College,
Manchester, N.H.; Niagara County Community College, Lockport, N.Y.; West
Virginia University/National Resource Center for Construction Safety and
Health, Morgantown, W.Va.; Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Ga.; Texas
Engineering Extension Service/Texas Safety Association, Arlington, Texas; Maple
Woods Community College, Kansas City, Mo.; Red Rocks Community College/Trinidad
State Junior College, Lakewood, Colo.; and the University of California, San
Diego, Calif.
Archived News Release--Caution:
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