CROSS-CUTTING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Association for Career and Technical Education
• Jobs for the Future
• National Council for Workforce Education is an affiliate council of the American Association of Community Colleges with a vision of developing and sustaining a premier workforce for the global economy.
• Work-Based Education, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Vocational and Adult Education.
• Workforce Tools of the Trade
• Effective Training: Covering the Bases

OSHA

• There are twenty-eight OSHA-approved state plans operating state-wide occupational safety and health programs. State plans are required to have standards and enforcement programs that are at least as effective as OSHA’s and may have different or more stringent requirements.
• Job Hazard Analysis (OSHA 3071). This OSHA booklet explains what a job hazard analysis is and offers guidelines to conduct a step-by-step analysis.

HAZWOPER

The Community and College Consortium for Health and Safety Training (CCCHST) is administered by one of HMTRI’s partners, the Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE). CCCHST instructors, prepared by PETE and HMTRI, annually train 10,000 workers, technicians, and supervisors to protect themselves and their communities:

• From exposure to hazardous materials encountered during:
  • Waste site cleanup.
  • Disaster site cleanup.
  • Brownfields redevelopment.
• In the transportation of hazardous materials.
• In the response to spills and releases of hazardous materials.

Using a curriculum developed by HMTRI, CCCHST conducts an annual ten-day train-the-trainer program called the GreatEST Institute (Great Environmental Safety Training Institute) to deliver certifications for public and private responders and workers including:

• 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
• 24-hour Industrial Emergency Response
• DOT HazMat
• Confined Space
• Hazard Awareness and Communication
• Disaster Site Worker

GENERAL INDUSTRY OUTREACH TRAINING

• OSHA Outreach Training Program—General Industry
• OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Outreach—Trainer Presentations

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OUTREACH TRAINING

• OSHA Outreach Training Program—Construction Industry
• OSHA 10-Hour Construction Industry Outreach—Trainer Presentations

HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD

• Hazard Communication/GHS

CONFINED SPACE

• OSHA Safety and Health Topics: Confined Spaces

RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

• OSHA Safety and Health Topics—Respiratory Protection

DOT

• OSHA Safety and Health Topics—Trucking Industry

ASBESTOS

• OSHA Safety and Health Topics—Asbestos

LEAD AWARENESS

• OSHA Safety and Health Topics—Lead
• EPA—Learn About Lead

RADON

• EPA—Learn About Radon
• EPA—Learn About Indoor Air Quality

MOLD AND MOISTURE

• OSHA Safety and Health Topic—Molds

FIRST AID AND AED

• OSHA Safety and Health Topics—Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
• OSHA Safety and Health Topics—Medical and First Aid

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Training Requirements in OSHA Standards

• Resource for Development and Delivery of Training to Workers
• Letters of Interpretations
• OSHA Training Standards Policy Statement

ADULT EDUCATION RESOURCES

• Breaking Through: Helping Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed in College and Careers, a joint publication of Jobs for the Future and the National Council for Workforce Education, November 2004.
• Creating Authentic Materials and Activities for the Adult Literacy Classroom: A Handbook for Practitioners, published by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy in April 2003.
• National Association for Developmental Education.
• Planning Programs for Adult Learners: A Practical Guide for Educators, Trainers, and Staff Developers, Second Edition. Published by Jossey-Bass, December 2001.

• Remedial/Developmental Education, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education.

EMPLOYABILITY / LIFE SKILLS TRAINING

Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) and their delivery organizations are organized under many names and organizational structures depending on each state’s approach to employment assistance. Often that assistance includes job readiness and employability skills training.

CareerOneStop Centers, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, are designed to provide a full range of integrated services to help businesses find qualified workers and help job seekers and workers obtain employment and training services to advance their careers. CareerOneStop products include:

• Credentials Center
• mySkills myFuture
• Worker ReEmployment
• Veterans ReEmployment
• Business Center
• Job Search Help for Ex-Offenders
• Disaster Recover Services
• Competency Model Clearinghouse
• CareerOneStop Mobile

Some resources often overlooked, provide employability skills training either directly or as leveraged services.

• Local banks providing financial literacy training.
• Re-entry programs for ex-offenders.
• Veteran’s organizations.
• Public housing authorities.
• Health and welfare organizations.
• County human services offices.
• Private foundations and volunteers.
• Most community colleges offer life skills and job readiness training.