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Worker Training Needs in Preparation for Impacts of Climate Change
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Joy Lee Pearson, MA,
NIEHS National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training/ MDB, Inc, Washington, DC
Outdoor workers, such as those in the construction, energy, public service industries, and some indoor workers, such as manufacturing production industries, are among the populations that will be more severely impacted by the consequences of climate change, especially since they are more frequently exposed to hazardous materials and/or hazardous environments. Climate change will alter how these workers operate and, consequently, how they are trained for their daily work. In order to best protect workers from climate related hazards, workers need to be trained to identify climate-related health hazards and how to best mitigate these hazards. To better understand how workers should prepare and train for the impacts of climate change, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences released a report, “Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment.” This goal of this poster will be to help worker organizations, worker training programs, and communities to better plan for the health impacts and programmatic changes due to predicted changes in the global climate.
Learning Areas:
Occupational health and safety
Learning Objectives:
Define anticipated training needs for workers who will be impacted by climate change related hazards.
Identify existing training resources available from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Worker Training Program.
Explain the health impacts and hazards that climate change will have on workers.
Keyword(s): Climate and Health, Training
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have 6 years of experience working at the NIEHS National Clearinghouse for Worker Training and Education, and have authored several reports on worker training issues.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
