DOE Career Paths through Partnerships, Apprenticeship, and Training - With over 55 years of workforce development experience, LIUNA Training and Education Fund (LIUNA Training) will provide Construction Craft Laborer (CCLs) apprentices and journey-workers at Department of Energy (DOE) facilities with training to: (1) identify job site hazards to protect workers, communities and the environment; (2) prepare for unanticipated job site incidents; (3) support disaster response actions; and (4) build an ongoing culture of safety. As a DOE grantee since 1994, LIUNA Training will continue to train for the unique job conditions, and known, new and unknown hazards and threats facing nuclear sites. The goal remains to provide a broad range of skills and knowledge; reduce and eliminate job site accidents, injuries, and fatalities; increase reciprocity across facilities; and meet required government regulations. LIUNA Training and our affiliated training centers will meet the training and certification needs of CCLs, other trade workers, contractor personnel, and DOE staff. LIUNA Training will utilize partnerships and subject matter expert collaboration to improve and deliver quality assurance, correct health and safety issues, incorporate scientific and technological advances, and share model program successes. Conducted outreach and program acceptance will be open to all qualified individuals. LIUNA Training will provide training on waste containment, reduction, and removal; building demolition, construction and/or reconstruction and renovation; radiation monitoring and decommissioning, as well as requested classes for DOE personnel. Additionally, it will expand the number of courses receiving reciprocity across the DOE complexes. To date, LIUNA Training offers more than 3 dozen environmental, safety and construction related courses for workers, supervisors, and DOE personnel, with 20 of these courses having DOE reciprocity. LIUNA Training’s affiliated subgrantees will provide training at DOE sites in the following states: Idaho, Kentucky, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington. LIUNA Training will also provide on-demand training for identified needs at other DOE facilities. In total, LIUNA Training proposes approximately 126 training weeks for 3,661 trainees during Year 1 and similar levels during Years 2-5. LIUNA Training will continue its tradition of utilizing trained and certified instructors, provide competency-based credentials, and foster effective educational and training models including use of new technologies. Collaborative efforts with the DOE National Training Center, industry, and workforce development organizations will help advance training innovations and improve overall quality and effectiveness of the DOE Worker Training Program at large.
