The Center for Public Health Workforce Development is authorized by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to provide occupational safety and health training for workers in Region 2 (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.) The Atlantic OSHA Training Center (AOTC) is one of 27 locations nationwide that have been given offcial OSHA Training Institute (OTI) distinction. Every year, we provide training to thousands of workers across a wide range of industries. We also train the next generation of health and safety educators through our Outreach Training Program. Creating WORKERS TODAY Protecting
2021-2022 was an important transition year for the Rutgers OSHA occupational safety and health program. After COVID-19 necessitated that all training, outreach, and administrative activities shift to remote delivery in 2020, we were able to gradually shift some of our training back in-person throughout 2021 and 2022. However the majority of our programs continued remotely to meet COVID-19 protocols. The Center spent a tremendous amount of resources assessing how our students are acclimating to COVID-19’s new remote learning environment. Their overwhelming positive feedback encouraged us to continue offering virtual training. In recognition of the quality training the Center provides, OSHA awarded two targeted-topic Susan Harwood Training Grants and an American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant to the Center. The targeted training topics were: Protecting Workers from Infectious Diseases: Applying Injury and Illness Prevention Programs to Biological Hazards (2020-2021) and Choosing Alterative to Fall Hazard Controls (2021- 2022). The ARPA award was Managing Respiratory Protection Programs for Airborne Infectious Diseases and Contamination (2021-2023). These courses cover timely topics and are offered at no cost to workers in general industry and construction. Our outstanding team of instructors continue to innovate and inspire safety and health learners. The Center’s administrative staff is the heart of our of operations, overseeing the Center’s administrative reponsibilities, responding to student inquiries, and continuing to find ways to improve efficiency and serve more trainees.
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