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Summary of Successes and Recommendations for Improvement from the Washington Navy Yard Case Study Report
Asbestos news: Successes of Washington Navy Yard Job Training program
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Asbestos-related news: Read how the Washington Navy Yard’s Superfund Job Training program has met with success in training and employing young adults in the Washington, D.C. area.
The Washington Navy Yard’s Superfund Job Training Program was largely met with praise from the trainers, employers and students of the program.
By overcoming earlier problems plaguing the program through flexibility and innovation in the classroom, such as addressing employer dissatisfaction with trainees’ lack of work ethics and how to conduct themselves appropriately in the business place, the program has excelled beyond initial expectations.
Interviewed graduates said the program was worthwhile. Students have gained high paying jobs through their broad range of skills and workplace experience. Both employers and trainees have benefited from the free SuperJTI training.
Most of the trainees normally could not afford the requisite and often expensive hazardous waste training necessary to obtain jobs with upward mobility.
Employers have benefited from their relationship with the trainers of the program by having instant access to a readily trained workforce. Since the original review of the program in December 2000, the program has addressed and overcome many of the earlier identified problems including:
SuperJTI program coordinators need to find additional avenues of employment for trainees other than just the nearby Superfund site. To date, the program trainer has successfully networked with more metro-wide private contractors which is where an overwhelmingly majority of the graduates find their work. Trainers have also been better about coordinating class graduation with work availability.
Several trainees were required to have pre-employment physicals before an employer would hire them. Trainees are now provided free pre-employment physicals. Another addition to the program is the provision of fitness tests, required by many employers, at no cost to the trainee.
SuperJTI participants need further instruction on how to conduct themselves in a business environment. Since 2000, the “soft skills” part of training, has been significantly increased and now consists of how to prepare a resume, interview skills and how to handle workplace problems. Personal finance and diversity education have also been added to the program as have math and reading refresher courses.
One recommendation for improvement identified by the interviewees included the following. The program should consider a full-time position for a program coordinator to track and follow-up with graduates for employment status and contact information.
One trainer mentioned that too often an employer will call to request graduates for work but the trainer will be unable to provide very many graduates since he does not have recent contact information or know if a graduate is actively seeking work.
Courtesy of the EPA
see also:
Washington Navy Yard Superfund Site
Washington Navy Yard Superfund Job Training program on asbestosAsbestos-related job-training news at Washington Navy Yard Superfund
Asbestos employers’ feedback, Washington Navy Yard
Asbestos news: Washington Navy Yard Report on employer feedbackAsbestos news: Employer feedback from Washington Navy Yard report
Washington D.C. shipyards
Workers at Washington DC shipyards were exposed to asbestosImportant information on asbestos for Washington DC shipyards workers
