Washington — In addition to renewing 25 present facilities for its OSHA Training Institute Education Centers program, OSHA has named the Construction Education Foundation in Denver (Region 8) as a brand new member of the community.
OTI Education Centers are a nationwide community of non-profit organizations licensed by OSHA to ship occupational security and well being coaching for all ranges of staff. The facilities educated greater than 42,000 folks in fiscal yr 2022, an company press launch states. The program was established in 1992.
The facilities additionally help with OSHA’s voluntary Outreach Training Program, which educated greater than 3 million folks from FY 2020 to FY 2022. The company doesn’t fund the facilities. Instead, they’re supported by tuition and costs, and supply instructors and services.
OSHA chosen the facilities through a nationwide competitors that “evaluated applicants on organizational commitment, experience and qualifications; staff experience and qualifications; location and training facilities; marketing and administrative capabilities; diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility; and language accessibility.”
The renewed OTI Education Centers:
Region 1
- Keene State College (Manchester, NH)
Region 2
- Atlantic OSHA Training Center, a consortium that features the Rutgers University School of Public Health, Ana G. Méndez University and University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
- Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY)
Region 3
- National Resource Center, a consortium that features West Virginia University and CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training
- Mid Atlantic, a consortium that features the Chesapeake Region Safety Council and Northampton Community College (Bethlehem, PA)
Region 4
- Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, KY)
- University of South Florida (Wesley Chapel, FL)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
- Southeastern OTI Education Center, a consortium that features North Carolina State University and University of Tennessee (Nashville)
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
- Volunteer State Community College (Gallatin, TN)
Region 5
- Mid-America OTI Education Center, a consortium that features the Ohio Valley Construction Education Foundation
- Great Lakes OSHA Education Center, a consortium that features the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Eastern Michigan University and the United Auto Workers Health and Safety Department
- National Safety Education Center, a consortium that features Northern Illinois University and the Construction Safety Council
Region 6
- Texas A&M University Engineering Extension (College Station, TX)
- University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX)
- Mid-South OTI Education Center, a consortium that features the Alliance Safety Council and Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
- Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Region 7
- Great Plains OSHA Education Center, a consortium that features Metropolitan Community College (Independence, MO), Barton County Community College (Grandview Plaza, KS) and the Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice
Region 8
- Mountain West OSHA Education Center
Region 9
- University of California, San Diego
- Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
- California State University, Dominguez Hills (Carson, CA)
- Chabot-Las Positas (Pleasanton, CA)
Region 10
- University of Washington (Seattle)
