Steelworkers Charitable And Educational Organization

Programs: The national institute for environmental health sciences (niehs) provides funds to the organization to provide training to usw members, employers and in limited cases to other workers/community members for three designated programs within the niehs worker training program. These designated programs are:1. Hazardous waste worker training program (hwwtp)2. Hazmat disaster preparedness training program (hdptp)3. Department of energy site worker training (doe)4. Environmental career worker training program (ecwtp)5. Worker training program (wtp) ebola biosafety and infectious disease response training6. Hazardous materaials worker h&s training administrative supplement for hurricane sandy response these programs provide training to various usw members and similar workers on safety and health issues concerning hazardous waste. The programs educate usw workers to become trainers. These trainers will, in turn, train other usw workers each year pursuant to epa regulations on hazardous waste health and safety issues and emergency response.

the department of energy (doe) awards funds to grantees to provide medical screening and monitoring to employee and former employees within the doe nuclear weapons complex. The organization receives funds from the doe to provide this service to its members. The organization has partnered with queens college located in new york, ny where it is currently heading up the former worker projects at three gaseous diffusion facilities. The gaseous diffusion project provides medical screening services to members and retirees at various but specific doe facilities. These screening services include lung function tests, chest x-rays, blood and urine and hearing tests and ct scans for eligible individuals. The medical test results are interpreted by physicians at queens college and then communicated to the test participants. In addition to medical testing, the program has continued to refine the knowledge base regarding occupational exposure at the testing sites. All sites are focused on defining the sub-population at the highest risk and assessing the relationship between occupational exposures and occupational disease outcome. The efforts involve several exposure assessment approaches including: (a) group interviewing of retirees and in certain cases current workers to identify exposures and exposure to conditions and process knowledge;(b) obtaining and reviewing health physics and industrial hygiene electronic records;(c) obtaining and reviewing previous relevant hard copy reports and data;(d) assessment of occupational exposure questionnaire data collected during the project.

the organization provides employer management training through two separate programs. The programs are:1) the triangle prevention program (top) is an employer funded joint labor management training program that seeks to fulfill the principles of an integrated training site as promoted by the organization. There is an established per/person training cost associated with the program that is paid by employers to participate in the program. All costs associated with the development, implementation and maintenance of the program are covered by these fees. Additionally, the income from these sites is covered by the niehs rules for program income for those funds collected beyond the immediate incurred costs of the program. These additional funds are utilized to carry out additional trainings according to those approved by the niehs. 2) the osha hands on training program is an employer training program funded joint labor management training program that seeks to fulfill the training requirements of osha outreach training for workers and their supervisors. This training is considered related trainings approved by the niehs pursuant to the grant agreement. There is an establsihed per/person training cost associated with the program that is paid by employers to participate in the course. All costs associated with the development, promotion, implementation, and maintenance of the courses is covered by these fees. Additionally, the income from these courses is covered by the niehs rules for program income for those funds collected beyond the immediate incurred costs of the program. These additional funds are utilized to carry out additional trainings according to those approved by the niehs.

other programs consist of grant operations.