National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 5U45ES037431-02

NPETE's Community College Consortium for Health & Safety

Award to NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP/ENVIRONMNTL/TECH/ED for $975,270 by NIEHS to support a national hazardous materials worker training program through community colleges and military family training, spanning 2025-2030.

Description

The goal of CCCHST is to make NIEHS-approved worker training nationally available through over 100 CCCHST organizations, whose instructors are prepared through a Train-the-Trainer model program, offering hazardous materials instruction in nearly all states of the nation. CCCHST instructors, prepared and supported by PETE, will annually train a minimum of 40,000 students, workers, and supervisors to protect themselves and their communities from exposure to hazardous materials encountered during hazardous waste site cleanup, Brownfields redevelopment, transportation of hazardous materials, and response to spills and releases of hazardous materials, offering a minimum of 300,000 contact hours of instruction each year. Each year, PETE and Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC), or another qualified CCCHST institution, will provide an intensive 5.5-day, hands-on Great Environmental Safety Trainers (GreatEST) Train-the-Trainer Institute for up to 20 instructors entering membership in CCCHST, supplemented with Internet-supported instructor training and a virtual waste site; an optional 2.5-day face-to-face Industrial Emergency Spill Response Train-the-Trainer; annual StayFresher training via Zoom for all members, and a 2.5-day annual Conference for 50 CCCHST members. PETE and Barton Community College, KS, will also provide direct worker training for a minimum of 600 Total Military Family personnel at three Midwest bases annually, Fort Riley (KS), Fort Sill (OK), Fort Carson (CO), and via Zoom nationally and internationally for Veterans, soon-to-retire military personnel or family members who need OSHA certifications to enhance employment opportunities.

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