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Abstract
Many labour organizations that sponsor occupational health and safety training champion “peer training,” preferring instructors drawn from the shopfloor over academically credentialed experts. But peer training is hardly new: in the skilled trades, master craftsmen have instructed apprentices since the Middle Ages. Building on the apprenticeship model of education, the U.S.-based construction unions have created a network of more than 4,000 peer trainers who provide occupational health and safety training to up to 100,000 men and women in the building trades each year.
Résumé
Plusieurs syndicats offrant des formations en santé et en sécurité au travail valorisent la formation par les pairs et favorisent l’embauche de formateurs issus du plancher de l’usine, au détriment d’experts universitaires. Or, cette façon de faire n’est pas récente. En effet, dans le domaine des métiers spécialisés, les artisans forment les apprentis depuis l’époque du Moyen Âge. Se basant sur le modèle éducationnel de compagnonnage, les associations syndicales du domaine de la construction ont créé un réseau regroupant plus de 4 000 formateurs-travailleurs qui donnent une formation en santé et sécurité au travail à plus de 100 000 travailleurs et travailleuses du domaine de la construction par année.
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Acknowledgements
Preparation of this article was supported by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) grant U60OH009762. The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIOSH.
Biographical note
CLAYTON SINYAI is an instructor at the National Labor College and Communications Associate at CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training. He is a member of Laborers Local 11 in Alexandria, Virginia
PETE STAFFORD is Executive Director of CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training and Director of Safety and Health for the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department.
CHRIS TRAHAN is Deputy Director of CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training.
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Note biographique
CLAYTON SINYAI est formateur au National Labor College et est chargé aux communications du CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training. Il est aussi membre du syndicat des Laborers, section 11 à Alexandria, en Virginie.
PETE STAFFORD est directeur exécutif du CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training et directeur de la sécurité et santé pour l’association syndicale du département Building and Construction de l’AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations).
CHRIS TRAHAN est directeur adjoint du CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training.