HAZMAT Training at DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex (UH4 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Center For Construction Res And Training, Silver Spring MD

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CPWR DOE HAZMAT Summary/Abstract This application is being submitted by CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) in response to the Funding Opportunity Announcement, RFA-ES-24-002, HAZMAT Training at DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex (UH4), for a Cooperative Agreement to support the development of model programs for the training and education of workers engaged in activities related to hazardous waste generation, removal, containment, transportation and emergency response within the Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Weapons Complex. CPWR is the 501(c)(3) non-profit construction safety and health research and training arm of the North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU), which represents 14 international/national building trades unions and over 3 million workers. CPWR submits this application in coordination and cooperation with a training consortium of 13 international/national building trades unions representing workers employed primarily by contractors and sub-contractors working throughout DOE's nuclear weapons complex. Our proposed program is national in scope, and our major objective is to prevent work-related harm by training construction workers on DOE sites how best to protect themselves and their communities from exposure to hazardous materials encountered during hazardous waste operations, facility decommissioning and decontamination, hazardous materials transportation, environmental restoration of contaminated facilities or chemical emergency response. In partnership with our 13 building trades union training consortium, our specific aims are: 1) train 10,146 students in 768 courses in Year 1 and 50,730 students in 3,840 courses over five years; 2) continue rigorous evaluations of all training courses, to assess students, instructors, curriculum, and outcomes; 3) conduct train-the-trainer programs to continue to grow the pool of trainers available across the United States; and 4) continue training and education for new and current instructors.