About OSC Readiness Training
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to host its 15th Annual On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) Readiness Training Program from February 6 through February 10, 2012. The training program continues to ensure the readiness of EPA OSCs nationwide by focusing on EPA's efforts to implement EPA's National Approach to Response and build partnerships with local, state, and other Federal responders but also with members of EPA's Response Support Corps.
Various EPA offices work as a team with OSCs from across the country to develop training specifically for OSCs by OSCs. They include:
- Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER)
- Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
- Regulation and Policy Development Division
- National Decontamination Team (NDT)
- Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI)
- Technology Innovation and Field Services Division
- Environmental Response Team (ERT)
- Office of Research and Development (ORD)
- National Homeland Security Research Center
- Office of General Counsel
- Office of Public Affairs
Objectives
The objectives of the OSC Readiness Training Program are to:
- Enable OSCs to maintain and develop the knowledge and skills essential to their successful job performance
- Provide a diverse learning experience that OSCs can attend in a single week at a single location
- Achieve inter-regional networking among OSCs as well as increase the effectiveness and efficiency through cross-regional communication
- Showcase regional case studies, current tools, and resources available to OSCs
- Provide training opportunities for other Removal and Emergency Response Support personnel to interact with OSCs, and to learn and understand their roles and responsibilities during emergency and removal responses
- Ensure consistent training for a national approach to response
For More Information
It is EPA's policy to make reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities wishing to participate in the agency's programs and activities, pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. ยง791. Any request for accommodation should be made to the specified registration contact for a particular program or activity, preferably one month in advance of the registration deadline, so that EPA will have sufficient time to process the request.
For more information or if you require special assistance, please contact
Tetra Tech at (703) 390-0703 or by e-mail at oscreadiness@tetratech.com.