The LIUNA Training and Education Fund Ebola Biosafety and Infectious Disease Training Program - Project Summary Abstract
The proposed LIUNA Training and Education Fund (LIUNA Training) Ebola/Infectious Disease
(EID) training grant program has two primary aims:
1. To protect worker and public health by addressing the gaps in Ebola and Infectious
disease training identified by NIEHS and others who have conducted such training.
2. To develop and deliver Ebola/Infectious Disease (EID) education and training for
workers at risk of contracting infectious diseases on the job or in responding to
terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
Our network of Laborers International Union of North America labor-management training
facilities will conduct the training using LIUNA Training's third-party accredited processes. The
program will train emergency response, environmental remediation, demolition and construction
workers. It will also expand its outreach to train National Guard, environmental services
workers at hospitals and health care facilities, Indian Health Services workers, janitorial staff in
government buildings and airports, and sanitation workers. The target population includes
workers that have extensive hazardous substances experience and others that have minimal
training in workplace hazard identification and personal protection.
LIUNA Training will partner with the Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America
(LHSFNA), LIUNA National Guard Local 1776, LIUNA Public Employees Department, and
Service Contract Education and Training Trust Fund (SCETTF). LIUNA Training and its partners
will develop and implement a 40-hour EID Operations course, 4-hour EID Awareness training,
28-hour Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) with EID training, and EID Awareness
incorporated into the 8-hour Hazardous Waste Refresher course. The program will train 26
instructors and approximately 2,230 workers located throughout the U.S. Training will address
hazard identification and risk reduction, appropriate response actions, stress management,
personal protection, and decontamination. Training uses activity-based, learner-centered
teaching to engage trainees and move them toward learning objectives. Innovative teaching and
outreach will use electronic platforms (Internet, smartphones, tablets, and computers) to expand
awareness training and response capacity. LIUNA Training will also research opportunities and
mechanisms to immediately inform trained workers of potential or actual incidents.
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