NoCal Alliance Expands Workplace Safety Training Programs
DUBLIN, CA -- The OSHA Training Center, located at Chabot-Las
Politas Community College, has formed an alliance with Safety
Center Inc. of Sacramento to
expand each organization's workplace safety training
programs.
The partnership authorizes Safety Center to offer OSHA
standards-based trainer courses, and aligns the OSHA Training
Center with a training organization that has demonstrated a deep
commitment to safety education for over 75 years.
Safety Center Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization founded in 1934 to
reduce injuries, save lives and promote lifelong safety and
health by providing safety education and training through a
variety of community and professional programs. Safety Center's
main campus is located in Sacramento, with satellite locations
in Modesto, Claremont and Citrus Heights, California.
The two also are co-sponsoring an open enrollment OSHA Spanish
Language Trainer Course, and continuing to explore additional
workplace safety training opportunities to provide more options
for students throughout Northern California.
The 4-day program, scheduled for Oct. 18-21 in Modesto, Calif.,
is designed to address employers' responsibility to protect
Latino and other non-English speaking employees from workplace
hazards, and fulfills OSHA's recent directive to provide safety
training in the language in which participants receive their
on-the-job instructions.
On April 28, 2010, Fed OSHA issued a directive requiring its
Compliance Officers to verify that safety training is being
provided in a language and format that the workers being trained
can understand. This directive conforms to the urgent goal
outlined by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis of reducing injuries
and illnesses among Latinos and other vulnerable populations in
the workforce.
By offering this trainer course entirely in Spanish, including
all materials and slides, the OSHA Training Center and Safety
Center Incorporated are working to create a learning environment
that increases the comfort level and maximizes the knowledge of
all participants and ultimately the students they will teach.
