How will the Directorate of Construction advance construction safety and health training and education for the construction industry?
The Directorate of Construction and the OSHA Training Institute are working together to revise and update several construction training courses, including the OSHA 500 course. The Directorate also participates in other training activities as instructors and course reviewers. ASSE members who work in the construction and demolition industry consider multi-language workplaces a key issue, one that expands beyond just English versus Spanish. How will OSHA and the Directorate of Construction work together to address multi-language workplaces this year? The Directorate of Construction is working to coordinate OSHA’s multi-pronged approach to improving safety and health for and providing outreach and assistance to the Hispanic and other communities for which English is a second language. The Agency established a Hispanic Workers Task Force in August 2001 dedicated to pursuing creative solutions to improve the agency’s outreach and to prevent fatalities among Hispanic workers. That initiative
