October 25-26, 2010
NIEHS Main Campus (Research Triangle Park, NC)

Purpose and Scope of the Workshop
The Worker Education and Training Program's (WETP) Fall 2010 awardee meeting and workshop was held October 25-26, 2010 on the NIEHS Main Campus, in Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC.
This workshop reviewed the current issues relating to the various components of the newly awarded cooperative agreements. Issues relating to basic hazmat training and how the programs have grown and developed since their inception; hazmat and disaster response update to discuss lessons learned from the Gulf oil spill and how they relate to what we've learned about training from previous disasters; environmental remediation and the green jobs issues--what do we really expect from these Stimulus Programs; environmental training and Environmental Justice--expectancies and current issues; and the direction of the DOE program given the series of collaboration training meetings that have been held around the complex.
Agendas
- Fall 2010 Awardee Meeting Agenda (103KB)
- Fall 2010 Workshop Agenda (122KB)
Attendees
Presentations
Click on the links below to view the presentations from the Fall Awardee Meeting and Workshop.
Awardee Meeting:
Monday, October 25, 2010
Time | Topic |
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9:00-10:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions, NIEHS and Clearinghouse Updates 2010 WETP Awardee Meeting Back to the Basics Welcome Presentation (812KB) Joseph "Chip" Hughes, Sharon Beard, Ted Outwater, Jim Remington, Kathy Ahlmark, NIEHS Deborah Weinstock, NIEHS National Clearinghouse/MDB, Inc. |
10:00-11:15 a.m. | Overview of programs and new directions |
11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions How to manage your DMS and 508 compliance needs Business Official Meeting |
Workshop:
Monday, October 25, 2010
Time | Topic |
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2:00-2:30 p.m. | Welcome (2MB) Joseph "Chip" Hughes, WETP, DERT, NIEHS |
2:30-3:45 p.m. |
Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program
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4:00-5:00 p.m. |
Lessons Learned from Working with the Department of Energy (DOE)
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Time | Topic |
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9:00-9:15 a.m. | Welcome Deepwater Horizon Disaster: NIEHS Response (1MB) Gwen Collman, NIEHS, Division of Extramural Research and Training |
9:15-10:30 a.m. |
Where Are We Going with Green Jobs?
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10:45 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. |
Disaster Response -- Has Anything Really Changed (332KB)
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1:30-2:00 p.m.. | Anthony DePalma, author of City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance, and 9/11 |
2:00-3:00 p.m.. |
Environmental Training and Environmental Justice (685KB)
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3:00-4:00 p.m.. |
It's All About Metrics
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Workshop Documents
Meeting Photos
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