The objective of this collaboration is to seek areas/topics HSS, the NIEHS, and NIEHS grantees can collaborate with site programs to enhance the safety of site operations through training. The National Training Center (NTC) is the lead for HSS. Federal, contractor and union representatives participate with the NTC and NIEHS in these collaborative efforts.

The OR/YSO Safety Training Workshop conducted in Oak Ridge was the first of a number of planned events across the Department to bring together federal, contractor, and union staff in an effort to increase both efficiencies in safety training at DOE sites and to improve communication and collaboration among these organizations. ORO and YSO have proactively initiated a number of activities to address safety training across the Reservation and are well on the way to realizing improvements. The collaborative teamwork conducted during this workshop and subsequent recommendations highlighted in this report can be used by OR/YSO management as they consider additional enhancements to improving safety training efforts at their facilities.

• Transmittal Memorandum and ORO safety Training Workshop Report (8-21-09)
  
• Oak Ridge Safety Training Collaboration Results-Teams
  
• Workshop Agenda
  
• DOE/NIEHS Training Program Needs Assessment: Health and Safety Profiles
  
• DOE/NIEHS HAZMAT Training Program Needs Assessment: Draft Safety and Health Portrait of Oak Ridge
  
• OSHA Training Rules
  
• NIEHS Worker Education & Training Program: Guidance for HAZWOPER (January 2006)
  
• NTC Safety Collaboration Training Plan and Training Self-Assessment