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NWACC named Region VI OSHA Education
Outreach Center Affiliate

BENTONVILLE (Tuesday, April 1, 2008) – The University of Texas at Arlington has selected NorthWest Arkansas Community College to serve as a U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Education Satellite Training Center.

This new addition by the UT Arlington Division for Enterprise Development will serve safety and health instructional needs of the federal government in Arkansas.

The OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Centers programs are a key role within OSHA’s safety and health mission. The centers will offer a full complement of OSHA training courses to help insure employers a safe and healthful work environment and enable employees to recognize, avoid, and prevent unsafe and hazardous work practices.

Additionally targeted programs provide community outreach, opportunities in Spanish and other languages, as well as youth initiatives designed to educate the emerging work force.

Training delivered at NWACC Bentonville campus will help ensure employers that employees receive standardized, verifiable health and safety training that includes industry specific topics with an emphasis on the highest risk activities, said Cindy Hammons, Program Director for NWACC OSHA/EPA and Environmental Regulatory Science programs.

“This designation from Region VI training Institute is a testament to the expertise and reputation we have on this campus,” Hammons said. “NWACC is honored to have been chosen as a satellite training center for the Region VI OSHA Education Center and we look forward to working with the Arkansas safety community in delivering these courses.”

Courses will be available immediately. The first course catalog for this new training program will be available in April. Open enrollment course offerings will be published on The University of Texas at Arlington Web site: http://www.uta.edu/ced

For more information, call the UT Arlington Division for Enterprise Development “800" number at 1-866-906-9190, or Cindy Hammons at 479-936-5178.

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