WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM Building a Sustainable Local- Federal Partnership for Safe, Healthy Green Jobs 2011 Brownfields Conference Philadelphia, PA April 5, 2011 Sharon D. Beard Industrial Hygienist, WETB

WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM 1) Shares insights into the next steps to implement a sustainable national partnership through a collaboration between the NIEHS Worker Education Training Program and the Blue Green Alliance. 2) Speakers will provide highlights and inventory of green jobs programs, share best practices in training, and solicit new partnership recommendations from the audience on this strategy and implementation. 3) Describe how federal agencies and others can better work together, such as the creation of an interagency working group on green jobs.

WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM Sharon D. Beard, Industrial Hygienist, NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program (WETP) Sylvester Servance, Hope Community Outreach Center /New Jersey-New York Consortium Charlotte Brody, BlueGreen Alliance - Director of Chemicals, Public Health and Green Chemistry Timothy Fields, MDB, Inc. - Senior Vice President at MDB, Inc. Building a Sustainable Local-Federal Partnership for Safe, Healthy Green Jobs

WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM Sharon D. Beard, Industrial Hygienist, NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program (WETP) Timothy Fields, MDB, Inc. - Senior Vice President at MDB, Inc. Charlotte Brody, BlueGreen Alliance - Director of Chemicals, Public Health and Green Chemistry Sylvester Servance, Hope Community Outreach Center /New Jersey-New York Consortium Building a Sustainable Local-Federal Partnership for Safe, Healthy Green Jobs

WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM

NIEHS Worker Education & Training Program The NIEHS has conducted health and safety training programs since Focus - provide awards to organizations to develop model worker safety and health training programs for workers engaged in activities related to hazardous waste removal or containment or chemical emergency response 20 non-profit organizations at 100 universities, labor-based safety programs and other institutions. Trained over 2 million workers in all states and US provinces.

History of WETP Training Programs Hazardous Waste (HWWTP) – provides model occupational safety and health training for workers who are or may be engaged in activities related to hazardous waste removal or containment or chemical emergency response; Hazardous Waste (HWWTP) – provides model occupational safety and health training for workers who are or may be engaged in activities related to hazardous waste removal or containment or chemical emergency response; DOE Nuclear Weapons Cleanup Training – targeted for workers engaged in environmental restoration, ER and waste treatment at the DOE’s nuclear weapons complex; DOE Nuclear Weapons Cleanup Training – targeted for workers engaged in environmental restoration, ER and waste treatment at the DOE’s nuclear weapons complex; Brownfields and Minority Worker (B/MWTP) – focuses on delivering comprehensive training to individuals to increase the number of disadvantaged and/or unrepresented minority adults in the environmental restoration and hazardous materials fields with Brownfields sites targeted. Brownfields and Minority Worker (B/MWTP) – focuses on delivering comprehensive training to individuals to increase the number of disadvantaged and/or unrepresented minority adults in the environmental restoration and hazardous materials fields with Brownfields sites targeted. Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program (HDPTP) - enhances the safety and health training of current hazardous materials workers and chemical responders, to train skilled response personnel, to create materials and deliver training to workers responding to a disaster, and to augment prevention and preparedness efforts in a wide variety of high risk settings. Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program (HDPTP) - enhances the safety and health training of current hazardous materials workers and chemical responders, to train skilled response personnel, to create materials and deliver training to workers responding to a disaster, and to augment prevention and preparedness efforts in a wide variety of high risk settings. Advanced Training Technology Program (ATT) –development of Advanced Technology Training products for health and safety training of hazardous materials workers, emergency responders, and skilled support personnel. Advanced Training Technology Program (ATT) –development of Advanced Technology Training products for health and safety training of hazardous materials workers, emergency responders, and skilled support personnel.

WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM Training and Educating Cleanup Workforce – the NIEHS Model NIEHS Technical Workshops Development and use of the Minimum Criteria for Health and Safety Training Gold Standard of Training Peer Worker Trainers Real Life Training Scenarios New Areas of Training – Hazmat Disaster, Avian Flu, Green Jobs, etc. Consortium Approach to Training Formalized training curriculum and tools (Hurricane, Earthquake, Avian Flu) National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety & Health Training Interagency Working Groups and Local Partnership Over 20 Years of Experience

WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM $ 7 Million for Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program Administrative Supplements Target Population for Green Jobs Safety Training Support: –hazardous components of ARRA jobs dealing with potential exposures in regular cleanups, large-scale construction, demolition, brownfields-type redevelopment and public works projects. –emerging green sector jobs - customization of safety and health training in commercial and residential weatherization, alternative energy development, green remediation, green construction and emerging industries like nanotechnology. –for new workers for stimulus projects and emerging green jobs career-enhancement and life skills training –Creation of federal, state and local safety and health training partnerships to support ARRA activities.

Blue Green Alliance The Blue Green Alliance is a national, strategic partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy.

WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM CPWR - Introduction to Green Weatherization/Awareness & Hands-on Training This 40-hour course is for individuals who need an elemental understanding of the ideology, principles, and processes of green building in order to increase their employability in the construction and environmental remediation fields. The course is divided into seven sections: Section 1 Green Building, Section 2 Renewable Energy, Section 3 Sustainable Planning, Section 4 Green Materials & Techniques, Section 5 Waste Management, Section 6 Regulatory Agencies, and Section 7 Weatherization.

WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM More information sources… NIEHS Worker Training Homepage – NIEHS National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training –

WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM Sharon D. Beard, Industrial Hygienist Worker Education and Training Program P.O. Box 12233, MD K3-14 RTP, NC NIEHS

WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM Sharon D. Beard, Industrial Hygienist, NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program (WETP) Sylvester Servance, Hope Community Outreach Center /New Jersey-New York ConsortiumSylvester Servance Charlotte Brody, BlueGreen Alliance - Director of Chemicals, Public Health and Green ChemistryCharlotte Brody Timothy Fields, MDB, Inc. - Senior Vice President at MDB, Inc.Timothy Fields Building a Sustainable Local-Federal Partnership for Safe, Healthy Green Jobs