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Training Programs
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Directly below are some websites that might contain information about training programs that focus on occupational safety and health topics:
National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training - Funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' (NIEHS) Worker Education and Training Program (WETP)
Labor Safety and Health Training Project - National Labor College
OSHA Office of Training and Education - develops, directs, oversees, manages and ensures implementation of OSHA's national training and education policies and procedures
WORKSAFE! Scheduled Trainings
Click here for a generic WORKSAFE! trainings REGISTRATION FORM. Fax back to (510) 835-4913 or attach to an email to snoero@worksafe-cosh.org.
DATE: Saturday April 5, 2008 - 9 am - 1 pm
PLACE: UCLA Downtown Labor Center (675 South Park View Street, Los Angeles, CA 90057)
Contact: Matthew Sirolly at matthew@wage justice.org or Sophie Noero at (510) 302-1027 or snoero@worksafe-cosh.org
Click here for the training event flyer. The Legal Committee of the Coalition of Low Wage & Immigrant Worker Advocates (CLIWA) - of which Worksafe is a member - is working to to help car wash workers and improve their working conditions. The effort is led by the Community-Labor-Environmental Action Network (CLEAN) and supported by legal services organizations, community-based groups, and others. Please attend this wage and hour training If you are interested in representing car wash workers before the Labor Commissioner in state court. 3.5 hours of MCLE credit will be provided.
DATE: April , 2008 - 10am - 1pm
PLACE: tba (tba CA)
Contact: Sophie Noero at (510) 302-1027 or snoero@worksafe-cosh.org
Click here for the training event flyer.
WORKSAFE! Trainings on Request
Guide to OSH and Filing a Cal/OSHA Complaint
Program focuses on information about the right to a safe place to work. We provide information you can then provide to your clients so they can help protect themselves on the job from safety and health hazards. We provide a manual for your use and handouts for your clients.
DATE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
PLACE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
Contact: Sophie Noero snoero@worksafe-cosh.org (510) 302-1027
Content: Click here for more information about this training program. MCLE available.
Click here for a generic WORKSAFE! trainings REGISTRATION FORM. Fax back to (510) 835-4913 or attach to an email to snoero@worksafe-cosh.org. BE SURE TO INDICATE WHICH SCHEDULED PROGRAM YOU WISH TO ATTEND. If no program is scheduled that meets your needs, contact us to see if we can schedule something with you and others in your area.
Discrimination & Retaliation related to OSH Activity
DATE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
PLACE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
Contact: Sophie Noero snoero@worksafe-cosh.org (510) 302-1027
Content: Click here for more information about this training program. MCLE available.
Click here for a generic WORKSAFE! trainings REGISTRATION FORM. Fax back to (510) 835-4913 or attach to an email to snoero@worksafe-cosh.org. BE SURE TO INDICATE WHICH SCHEDULED PROGRAM YOU WISH TO ATTEND. If no program is scheduled that meets your needs, contact us to see if we can schedule something with you and others in your area.
Work Comp for Legal Services Programs - Assisting Injured Workers This program is directed at legal services programs or worker organizations that want to know more about the workers' compensation system. Special emphasis is placed on workers' comp for low income and immigrant workers. The focus is on assisting injured workers who cannot retain an attorney so they might secure medical care or temporary disability.
The program includes substantive information about workers' compensation eligibility and "how to" guidance on topics sucah as filing a claim, getting medical treatement for a workplace injury, etc. It also covers how to incorporate workers' compensation into a legal services program.
This 2 hour program can stand alone or be presented at the same time as the workers' compensation retaliation program described below. Written materials are provided. These include a manual with fact sheets and sample letters as well as a powerpoint.
We can also condense both trainings into a VERY quick-talking 2 1/2 hours.
MATERIALS: For the basic work comp program, we provide a detailed manual with fact sheets, sample letters and a power point presentation which legal services can use for client workshops on workers' compensation. Most importantly, we want to work with your legal services office to design a program to assist injured workers that meets your specific needs.
DATE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
PLACE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
Contact: Sophie Noero snoero@worksafe-cosh.org (510) 302-1027
Content: Click here for more information about this training program. MCLE available.
Click here for a generic WORKSAFE! trainings REGISTRATION FORM. Fax back to (510) 835-4913 or attach to an email to snoero@worksafe-cosh.org. BE SURE TO INDICATE WHICH SCHEDULED PROGRAM YOU WISH TO ATTEND. If no program is scheduled that meets your needs, contact us to see if we can schedule something with you and others in your area.
Discrimination & Retaliation Claims related to Workplace Injuries - This program is directed at legal services programs or worker organizations that want to know assist injured workers who suffer retaliation or discrimination because they exercise their rights under the workers' compensation system or who are simply fired as a result of their injury. The program outlines options for injured workers whose employers have retaliated or discriminated against them for exercising rights to workers' compensation or because of their on-the-job injuries. You will learn how to file Labor Code 132a petitions, and to identify and pursue disability discrimination claims related to on-the-job injuries (FEHA or other claims).
This 1 hour program can stand alone or be presented at the same time as the workers' compensation general overview described above. Written materials will be provided during this program.
We can also condense both trainings into a VERY quick-talking 2 1/2 hours.
DATE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
PLACE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
Contact: Sophie Noero snoero@worksafe-cosh.org (510) 302-1027
Content: Click here for more information about this training program. MCLE available.
Click here for a generic WORKSAFE! trainings REGISTRATION FORM. Fax back to (510) 835-4913 or attach to an email to snoero@worksafe-cosh.org. BE SURE TO INDICATE WHICH SCHEDULED PROGRAM YOU WISH TO ATTEND. If no program is scheduled that meets your needs, contact us to see if we can schedule something with you and others in your area.
Understanding Toxics Program is directed at legal services providers who are working on toxics issues (eviction defense, affirmative cases against slum landlords, environmental hazards affecting low income communities, etc.) and need to know something about toxicology. The program includes substantive information about particular substances upon request, eg. for housing, information can be provided regarding arsenic (in playground wood), asbestos, lead, mercury in light fixtures, mold, radon, pesticides & fumigants, residues from cleaning supplies, etc.).
DATE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
PLACE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
Contact: Sophie Noero snoero@worksafe-cosh.org (510) 302-1027
Content: Click here for more information. MCLE available.
Advocacy Avenues for Public Interest Lawyers & Clients (Non-Profits) Program is directed at legal services programs and their non-profit clients who want to be more involved in advocacy work and need to know how they can do this without jeopardizing their 501(c)(3) status.
DATE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
PLACE: please contact us to set up a training to meet your needs
Contact: Sophie Noero snoero@worksafe-cosh.org (510) 302-1027
Content: Click here for more information. MCLE available.
TRAININGS SPONSORED by other groups:
March 1, 8, 15 - 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
San Diego Electrical Training Center, San Diego, CA
To register or for course information, contact Jessica Martinez at (310) 794-5971 or email jemlatin@ucla.edu.
These FREE three-day courses will train you to be a WOSH Specialist. You'll learn about workplace injury and illness prevention, safety rights, hazard control and idenitification, worker's compensation, Cal/OSHA, etc.
Click here for the course flyer.
Worker Occupational Safety and Health (WOSH) Specialist Course - UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program - SAN DIEGO
DATE: April 8 - 10 (Course requires attendance at all three days)
PLACE: UCLA Downtown Labor Center, Los Angeles, CA
Contact: To register or for course information, contact Jessica Martinez at (310) 794-5971 or email jemlatin@ucla.edu.
Content: These FREE three-day courses will train you to be a WOSH Specialist. You'll learn about workplace injury and illness prevention, safety rights, hazard control and identification, worker's compensation, Cal/OSHA, etc.
Click here for the course flyer.
FOCUS ON SAFETY: State Building and Construction Trades Council's 2-day Train-the-Trainer session - NORTHERN CALIFORNIADATE: April 9 and 10, 2008 - 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
PLACE: Ironworkers Training Center, Benecia, CA
Contact: For more information, call Laura Boatman (Project Coordinator) at (916) 443-3302
Content: The SBCTC's Focus on Safety 2-day interactive training includes hazard awareness identification, Cal/OSHA compliance information, updates on personal protection equipment, new training materials, cross-training with people from other crafts, tips on effectively teaching this information to others, and hands-on interactive training.
These trainings are offered for FREE including lunch on both days.
Click here for the event flyer in English
Click here for the event flyer in Spanish
Click here for the registration form in English
Click here for the registration flyer in Spanish
FOCUS ON SAFETY: State Building and Construction Trades Council's 2-day Train-the-Trainer session - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIADATE: April 23 and 24, 2008 - 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
PLACE: Sheet Metal Workers Training Center, City of Industry, CA
Contact: For more information, call Laura Boatman (Project Coordinator) at (916) 443-3302
Content: The SBCTC's Focus on Safety 2-day interactive training includes hazard awareness identification, Cal/OSHA compliance information, updates on personal protection equipment, new training materials, cross-training with people from other crafts, tips on effectively teaching this information to others, and hands-on interactive training.
These trainings are offered for FREE including lunch on both days.
Click here for the event flyer in English
Click here for the event flyer in Spanish
Click here for the registration form in English
Click here for the registration flyer in Spanish
Labor Studies 115: "Worksafe Health & Safety" - UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program - LOS ANGELES
DATE: April 26 and May 3, 2008 - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
PLACE: Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, Los Angeles, CA
Contact: laborcenter@lattc.edu
Content: Taught by worker health and safety experts from UCLA LOSH, this stimulating class examines workplace hazards, government regulations, and organizing strategies for safe working conditions. Students will learn to identify hazards, use Cal/OSHA effectively and build coalitions and Health and Sfaety Committees.
Click here for the class flyer.
FOCUS ON SAFETY: State Building and Construction Trades Council's 2-day Train-the-Trainer session (IN SPANISH) - NORTHERN CALIFORNIADATE: May 7 and 8, 2008 - 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
PLACE: Roofers Training Center, Santa Clara, CA
Contact: For more information, call Laura Boatman (Project Coordinator) at (916) 443-3302
Content: The SBCTC's Focus on Safety 2-day interactive training includes hazard awareness identification, Cal/OSHA compliance information, updates on personal protection equipment, new training materials, cross-training with people from other crafts, tips on effectively teaching this information to others, and hands-on interactive training.
These trainings are offered for FREE including lunch on both days.
Click here for the event flyer in English
Click here for the event flyer in Spanish
Click here for the registration form in English
Click here for the registration flyer in Spanish
FOCUS ON SAFETY: State Building and Construction Trades Council's 2-day Train-the-Trainer session (IN SPANISH) - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIADATE: May 21 and 22, 2008 - 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
PLACE: UCLA Downtown Labor Center, Los Angeles, CA
Contact: For more information, call Laura Boatman (Project Coordinator) at (916) 443-3302
Content: The SBCTC's Focus on Safety 2-day interactive training includes hazard awareness identification, Cal/OSHA compliance information, updates on personal protection equipment, new training materials, cross-training with people from other crafts, tips on effectively teaching this information to others, and hands-on interactive training.
These trainings are offered for FREE including lunch on both days.
Click here for the event flyer in English
Click here for the event flyer in Spanish
Click here for the registration form in English
Click here for the registration flyer in Spanish
UC Berkeley - LOHP - Workers' Compensation Navigator Workshop: Workers' Compensation Navigator Workshop - Click here for the LOHP page on workers' compensation resources. Click here for specifics about the next Navigator Workshop.
DATE: please contact LOHP
PLACE: please contact LOHP
Contact: Carl Brentlinger, Project Assistant cbrent@berkeley.edu (510) 643-2425 and Juliann Sum, Navigator Project Director jsum@berkeley.edu (510) 643-7593
Content: Click here for more information.
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