# Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program

> **NIH NIH U45** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2020 · $1,211,558

## Abstract

HWWT Program Summary/Abstract
The overall goal of the Western Region Universities Consortium (WRUC) Hazardous Waste
Worker Training Program (HWWTP) is to provide workers and supervisors in the Western U.S.
who handle hazardous materials/wastes with the knowledge and skills to protect themselves,
their coworkers, and their communities from exposures that could lead to illness and injury.
This goal will be accomplished through a broad outreach and education program involving our
four university-based programs targeted to workers and supervisors involved in Hazardous
Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) activities at cleanup sites, at
hazardous waste generators and TSD facilities, and those who handle or transport hazardous
materials in California, Arizona, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, along the U.S.-Mexico border,
and in U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands. In the coming five-year grant period, WRUC will train
2,887 workers and supervisors each year in 172 English and Spanish courses for a total of 28,176
contact hours. The Consortium places a priority on reaching workers from underserved
populations across our region using proven adult education methods to impart knowledge and
skills to help workers protect their own health and the health of their communities. WRUC will
also conduct initiatives that respond to emerging topics of concern, including training for
healthcare workers with potential occupational exposure to airborne infectious diseases and for
workers exposed to extreme outdoor heat and other climate-related hazards. And WRUC will
expand safety training capacity for pre-apprenticeship programs in Los Angeles, Oakland, and
Seattle, and will enhance disaster preparedness for workers at manufacturing facilities
(“maquiladoras”) on the U.S.-Mexico border. These aims will be achieved through collaboration
with a wide range of government agencies, private sector employers, labor and community
groups, tribal organizations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10059149
- **Project number:** 2U45ES006173-29
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** LINDA L DELP
- **Activity code:** U45 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,211,558
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1992-09-01 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10059149

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10059149, Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (2U45ES006173-29). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10059149. Licensed CC0.

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