Palassis John, Schulte Paul A, Sweeney Marie Haring, Okun Andrea H
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA.
Int J Occup Environ Health. 2004 Jan-Mar;10(1):90-8. doi: 10.1179/oeh.2004.10.1.90.
In a voluntary national effort, U.S. industry, education, labor, and government have initiated the development of standards for job skills and competencies in jobs in 15 economic sectors. The aim of the skill standards is to maintain a globally competitive workforce. Efforts to include occupational safety and health knowledge and skills as core elements in these standards are described. The first skill standards to include occupational safety and health competencies were developed for the manufacturing sector, evaluated by 3,800 workers in 700 companies, and published. National skill standards can stimulate extensive training in occupational safety and health, with resultant application to a larger percentage of workers than ever before.
在美国全国性的自愿行动中，美国的工业界、教育界、劳工界和政府已着手制定15个经济部门工作岗位的技能和能力标准。技能标准的目的是维持一支具有全球竞争力的劳动力队伍。文中描述了将职业安全与健康知识和技能纳入这些标准核心要素的努力。首批纳入职业安全与健康能力的技能标准是为制造业制定的，由700家公司的3800名工人进行了评估，并已发布。国家技能标准能够激发职业安全与健康方面的广泛培训，从而使更多工人受益。
