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CPWR has developed a worker training program for disaster site workers based on lessons learned at the World Trade Center and other large scale disasters. This training program is one prong of pre-incident training to create a cadre of skilled support personnel trained to support disaster site rescue, recovery, and cleanup efforts. The other two prongs are the OSHA 10-hour training program and the 40-hour hazardous waste site worker course. The training program is also intended to serve as a ”just in time” training program to train skilled support personnel in a post disaster scenario, where a large number of pre-trained workers may not be available. |
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The goal of this program is to have instructors available in every community to train construction workers who may respond to a disaster as skilled support personnel. In order to disseminate this training program nationally, CPWR has developed a mechanism to train the 4000+ outreach instructors within the building trades unions. These trainers are equipped with a DVD-based training program and are available to conduct worker training at a moment's notice.
CPWR has been working with a variety of public and private partners to train trainers and determine how best to integrate skilled support personnel into local and national emergency preparedness planning efforts. Partners include: NIEHS, NIOSH, OSHA, the fifteen building trades unions and BCTD, IAFF, Alaska Works Partnership, Construction Safety Alliance, many state and local building trades councils, employer associations, and local government emergency preparedness planning officials.
 What's in the DVD
- Technically accurate information about:
- Recognizing Hazards
- Personal protective equipment
- Decontamination
- Incident Command
- Lessons Learned. Interviews with:
- Construction workers and fire fighters who responded to the World Trade Center and
other disasters
- Building Trades safety and health trainers.
- References to OSHA regulations
- Demonstrations on respirator use
- Animations about safety hazards, PPE, and incident command
- Discussion points/charts/questions & answers
- User Guide/Instructor Guide/Navigation Guide/IAFF Incident Command Resource Information
How will this DVD be used?
- 50 master instructors from the Building Trades unions will train more than 4,000 Building Trades outreach instructors.
- Master instructors teach the OSHA 500 program
- Outreach instructors teach the OSHA 10 and 30 programs
Instructors will deliver this training in:
- OSHA 500 and 502 courses sponsored by the National Resource Center and
- Dedicated Train-the-Trainer classes organized through Building Trades Councils International Construction Unions.
Building Trades instructors will deliver this safety & health orientation nationwide to construction workers who may respond to a disaster at a moment's notice - enabling them to reduce their exposure to hazards.
CPWR is developing a national database of Disaster Response instructors.
| Trainers are now in place to train construction workers using the Disaster-Response DVD in every corner of the United States. |
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