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  • Title: Enhancing occupational safety and health through use of the national skill standards.
    Author: Palassis J, Schulte PA, Sweeney MH, Okun AH.
    Journal: Int J Occup Environ Health; 2004; 10(1):90-8. PubMed ID: 15070031.
    Abstract:
    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.
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