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Using Problem-Based Learning to Develop a Future Labor Force of Environmentally Knowledgeable and Safety-Certified Workers

Implementing Organization

Mobile Area Education Foundation

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$125,000

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program (NASEM - GRP)

Funding Program

NASEM Gulf Research Program Grants

Details

Project Category

Science

Project Actions

Other Workforce Development and Job Creation

Targeted Resources

Human and/or Institutional Capacity

Project Description

This project team will work to cultivate future safety leaders for the energy and maritime workforce in Mobile by creating an environmental health and safety leadership program for high school students. This program will train students in risk analysis, occupational safety regulations, emergency scenarios, and leadership skills. The project team plans to assess the program’s performance and share lessons learned, empowering other schools and training organizations to use this work to develop their own student safety leadership programs.

Contact

Jabaria Jenkins
None
jjenkins@maef.net
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Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

None

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