Proposed Framework for Developing and Evaluating Total Worker Health® Education and Training Programs

  A constantly changing work environment and a shortage of occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals may bring new challenges to the field. Some OSH professionals will be asked to perform roles they are not formally trained in nor have the expertise needed to fully address evolving hazards and implement necessary interventions.[1] [2] [3] To be successful these professionals will need to have an expanded set of knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that shifts expertise from a specific discipline to expertise that is cross-disciplinary, multifaceted and integrated. One way to address this challenge is through the holistic Total Worker Health®