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Safe Schools is a project supported by the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Career and Technical Education, to assist schools in reducing risk to occupational safety and health hazards in secondary school and work microenvironments in which NJ adolescents spend time. The project is administered by the Center for School and Community Health Education at UMDNJ-School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Public Education and Risk Communication Division of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI).

Safe Schools involves a number of outreach components designed to support teachers, administrators, safety and health designees, structured learning experience/career orientation coordinators, county apprenticeship coordinators, cooperative education coordinators and those involved in school-to-careers. The following is a list of the current Safe Schools outreach components:

	Safe Schools: a health and safety check.  This is a manual of checklists covering environmental and occupational safety & health regulations for secondary occupational and career orientation programs in New Jersey public schools.  The manual is updated twice per year.
	Required training for supervising structured learning experiences (includes registration fee):
		NJ Wage and Hour and Wage Payment Course (1 day)
		NJ Child Labor Laws, Regulations and Hazardous Orders course (1 day)
		Federal Wage and Hour and Child Labor Laws, Regulations and Hazardous Orders course (1 day)
		OSHA 10 Plus (2 days)
		Designing and Implementing Student Training Plans course (3 days)
	Free occupational safety and health training
		General Occupational Safety and Health Courses
		Safety & Health Workshops for Small Businesses
		Training Courses for Becoming an Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer
	Resources for authorized teacher trainers
	Semiannual newsletter
	Injury and illness tracking
		Summary Reports by Fiscal Year
		NJDOE Incident Reporting Guidelines
	Training needs assessments
	Project evaluation
	Special projects
		development of a model safety and health plan for schools
		development of a guidance document to help schools assess occupational safety and health risks when placing students at worksites
	Assistance with safety and health questions