NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training

Objective

The Worker Training Program, congressionally mandated under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) provides cooperative agreements and project grant support for the development, delivery, and administration of model worker health and safety training programs that include classroom-based, online, and hands-on instruction. These programs are intended for workers and supervisors engaged in activities involving hazardous materials and hazardous waste generation, treatment, storage, disposal, removal, containment, transportation, environmental restoration, facility decommissioning and decontamination, and disaster/emergency response.

Who Can Apply

• Nonprofit Organization
• Not-for-Profit Organization
• For-Profit Organization
• Small Business Person

A public or private nonprofit entity, Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education), including tribal governments, that provide worker health and safety education and training, may submit an application and receive a cooperative agreement or project grant for support of waste worker education and training by a named principal investigator. Recipients/grantees may use services, as appropriate, of other public or private organizations necessary to develop, administer, or evaluate proposed worker training programs, as long as the requirement for awards to nonprofit organizations is not violated. Nonprofit organizations which are incorporated under 501(c)(4) are prohibited from receiving grants.

Who Benefits

• U.S. Territories
• Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
• Small business
• Profit organization
• Private nonprofit institution/organization
• Other private institution/organization
• Native American Organizations
• State
• Local
• Public nonprofit institution/organization
• Other public institution/organization

Any public or private entity providing worker safety and health education and training will benefit from this program.

Assistance Types

• Grant
• Cooperative Agreement

Program Contact

Beard1@niehs.nih.gov
(984) 287-3237