Data Entry System Provides Central Repository for Training Materials
The ask: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Worker Training Program (WTP) needed a web-based system for WTP grantees across the country to enter and retrieve their individual, program-related training data. This data entry system also had to integrate with the existing National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training (Clearinghouse).
The solution: MDB staff designed, developed, implemented, maintains, and provides technical and user support for the NIEHS WTP Curricula Information and Data Management System (DMS). The DMS was designed to work with the Clearinghouse website as a complete system for entering, storing, retrieving, searching for, and disseminating data, information, and training materials about hazardous waste worker training.
During the design phase of the system, MDB staff worked with both WTP staff and grantees to conduct a thorough evaluation of the previous system, uncover detailed requirements for both immediate and future functionality, and develop prototypes to simulate the system’s “look and feel.”
Notable outcomes: The DMS currently contains information on the more than 279,000 training courses conducted by WTP grantees. This information provides the basis for congressional data calls and justifications, data analysis and evaluation projects, State Profiles, and WTP Program summaries, and, most importantly, tells the story of the history, growth, and impact of the Worker Training Program.
