EPA Job Training

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Job Training Program is prepared to recruit, train, and place local, unemployed and under-employed residents with the skills needed to secure full-time employment in the environmental field. Participants will matriculate through a series of training and become certified in various areas which will assist in securing full-time employment in the environmental field upon completion.

Length	6 weeks; Monday- Friday 8AM-4PM

Cost	Free

Prerequisites	18 or over; Desire to Work in EPA Field; Birth Certificate; Driver License/State ID; Social Security Card

Certification(s)	Upon completion of training and successfully pass certification examination, you could earn certification in: OSHA 10 Certification; HAZWOPER Certification; Forklift Certification; Asbestos Worker Certification; CPR/First Aid Certification

Available Southern University at Shreveport CEUs Certificates per training specialization.

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate knowledge of forklift training fundamentals and regulations. Understand safe operating procedures and eliminating potential hazards. Identify forklift components and their functions. Understand forklift stability characteristics, limitations, inspection, and care. Understand methods to perform safe loading, unloading, and stacking procedures.
Demonstrate knowledge of identifying, defining, and describing asbestos and explain associated health hazards. Illustrate how to protect against asbestos hazards.
Understand the purpose of OSHA and its role in regulating occupational safety.
Identify hazardous materials existent in the workplace and the possible methods, symptoms and preventative measures of exposure.
Demonstrate knowledge of materials, compounds and mixtures that may present flammable, explosive, chemical or radiological hazards
Demonstrate how to check a person who is responsive for life-threatening and non-life-threatening conditions. Demonstrate CPR and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for a person who is in cardiac arrest. Keep Apply and Secure Document Table

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Contact Information

Dr. John K. Galiotos
Dean Workforce Development & Associate Professor of Chemistry
PI EPA Brownfields Region 6 Workforce Development Job Training Project
Southern University at Shreveport
3050 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Shreveport, Louisiana 71107
Tel. 318-670-9571
Fax. 318-670-6413
Cell 713-501-6800
Email: jgaliotos@susla.edu
Web. http://www.susla.edu

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610 Texas St., Suite 400
Shreveport, LA 71101