NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association announced yesterday it’s been selected by the U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to receive a $160,000 Susan Harwood Targeted Topic Training Grant for the 2020-2021 program year. The program awards grants to nonprofit organizations on a competitive basis. Awards are issued annually based on congressional appropriation.
The topic to be addressed is Fall Prevention in the Construction Industry, with an emphasis on small cell deployment safety practices that are necessary to understand in order to keep workers safe while building and maintaining next generation wireless sites. The new curriculum to be developed by NATE will include detailed instruction on small cell deployment safety practices.
It will focus on Personal Protective Equipment, job hazard pre-surveys, temporary traffic control, equipment and testing for electrical hazards, fiber optic safety basics, ladder safety and fall hazard equipment, bucket truck/aerial lift operations, material handling, buckets/rigging, rooftops, RF hazards, confined spaces, working in the general public, dropped tools and working alone. In addition, the curriculum will include pertinent OSHA information regarding employer responsibilities, worker rights, and whistleblower laws and complaint procedures (including time constraints).
“The Susan Harwood Grant has been an invaluable asset for NATE and is an integral component of the association’s workforce development initiatives,” said NATE Project Coordinator Kimberly Elliott. “NATE is elated to leverage the Susan Harwood Grant in 2021 in order to host free 5G-Small Cell Deployment Training to industry employers and employees. The timing is right to facilitate this training as NATE members are on the front lines of 5G deployment and related network densification activities in the United States,” added Elliott.
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