Doing it old school: peer-led occupational safety training in the U.S. construction industry

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• Personal Author:
  Sinyai C ; Stafford P ; Trahan C
• Description:
  Many labour organizations that sponsor occupational health and safety training champion "peer training," preferring instructors drawn from the shopfloor over academically credentialed experts. But peer training is hardly new: in the skilled trades, master craftsmen have instructed apprentices since the Middle Ages. Building on the apprenticeship model of education, the U.S.-based construction unions have created a network of more than 4,000 peer trainers who provide occupational health and safety training to up to 100,000 men and women in the building trades each year. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Education Men Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Safety Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Humans Labor Unions Models Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs Professional-workers Safety-education Teaching Technical-personnel Training Work-environment Work-organization Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1916-0666
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046769
• Citation:
  McGill J Edu 2013 Fall; 48(3):605-612
• Email:
  csinyai@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  McGill Journal of Education
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202098/cdc_202098_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 132.37 KB ]