cTRAIN Titles
In addition to providing custom training development services for your organization, NwETA offers standard training content packages for purchase. These training packages have been developed through grant funding and much of it has been evaluated and the results published in peer reviewed journals.
Training Content Titles
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Description of Titles
Orientation to Work in Vineyards
Content included the history of vineyards, Oregon wine industry, work activities through the seasons, work clothing and gear, sunblock and water, eyewash, toileting cleanup, structure of work in a vineyard, working in a team, supervision, respect for others, working hard, vineyard policies, actions in case of injury, WPS poster, workers compensation, informing work when employee is sick and cannot work
Hazard Communication (HazCom)
Content included Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), Where you will encounter hazardous chemicals at your workplace, things you must know in an OSHA inspection, types of hazards and health effects, Written hazard communication plan, hazcom training requirements, labels and labeling secondary containers, warning signs, dangers of enclosed areas, signal words, Global Harmonization System (GHS).
Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
Content followed the requirements in the EPA manual, How To Comply With the Worker Protection Standard For Agricultural Pesticides: What Employers Need to Know (EPA 2005). Information included hazards of agricultural chemicals, primarily pesticides, signal words caution and warning, labels, re-entry intervals, precautions and the WPS poster.
Winter Skills and Safety (Vineyard)
• Skills – proper pruning of vines, treating damaged trunks
• Safety – warmup, slips and falls, carrying tools safely, hypothermia prevention
• Personal Protection - wet weather clothing, gloves, safety glasses
Spring Skills and Safety (Vineyard)
• Skills – setting up and fixing trellis systems for growing vines, tying growing vines to catch wires, removing buds, pulling pruned vines, clearing debris, growing a new plant from an adjacent existing plant, straightening trunks.
• Safety – warmup, slips and falls, pesticide issues and WPS reminders, recognizing and avoiding poison oak
• Personal Protection – gloves, long sleeved shirt, long pants
Summer Skills and Safety (Vineyard)
• Skills – trimming vines with machetes; removing leaves, suckers, excess grapes, and debris
• Safety – water consumption, sunblock, recognizing and avoiding poison oak warmup and issues of bending, pulling, twisting, extension
• Personal Protection – caps, long sleeves and long pants, sunglasses