Train the Trainer

Sponsored by the Labor Safety and Health Training Project, National Labor College

April 11 - 16, 2010
10:00 a.m. Sunday – 2:30 p.m. Friday
National Labor College at the George Meany Center Campus
Silver Spring, Maryland

WHAT: A six-day "train the trainer" program on workplace health and safety using a participatory popular education approach. Participants will learn the fundamentals of workplace health and safety, with a focus on the topics below. They will also learn how to teach or facilitate classes on these subjects for other union/organization members. Specific topics to be covered include:

·  Worker and Union Roles in Workplace Safety and Health

·  Identifying Hazards in the Workplace

·  Legal Health and Safety Rights of Workers and Unions

·  Record Keeping (OSHA 300 Log) Requirements

·  Introduction to Ergonomics

·  Effective Health and Safety Committees 

This program is different from the OSHA 30 and 10 hour programs and is a good complement to these programs. Much of what is covered in the program can be incorporated in other OSHA training.

WHO: For union and community organization activists, staff, local union health and safety representatives, and apprenticeship trainers who would like to teach workers about workplace health and safety issues. Participants must be sponsored by their union or organization and must agree to do safety and health training in their union or organization. The union or organization must make a commitment to support the participant in doing health and safety training.

WHEN: April 11 – 16, 2010. Participants are expected to arrive on Saturday, April 10 (except for commuters who should arrive Sunday morning). Program begins 10 a.m. on Sunday and ends at 2:30 p.m. on Friday.

COST: A single room for six nights (Saturday-Thursday) and all meals starting with Sunday breakfast through Friday lunch costs $1276. The cost per person for a double room is $814 (in order to be in a double, you need to have a roommate). For commuters, the cost is $280, which includes lunches and dinners. There is no charge for tuition or materials.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Financial assistance is available to cover the cost of the program. Please check on your application if you need financial assistance.

CREDITS: Participants will receive three undergraduate college credits for this course.

HOW TO APPLY:Download the application form, sign it and also have your sponsoring union or organization complete and sign the application. (The flyer and application can be downloaded at http://www.nlc.edu/educational-programs/labor-safety-and-health-training-project).

WHEN TO APPLY: By March 19, 2010

QUESTIONS: Contact Sharon Simon at the National Labor College at 301-431-5414, or at ssimon@nlc.edu.