John S. Romasko Training Center & Laborers AGC Apprenticeship, Training & Work Preparedness Trust of Montana

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Updated On: Jan 10, 2025

Welcome to the website for the John S. Romasko Training Center for Montana, Laborers AGC Apprenticeship, Training & Work Preparedness Trust of Montana, Laborers AGC Pension Trust, and the Laborers AGC Health and Welfare Trust !!

Please feel free to browse through past newsletters or see current training schedules so you can sign up for classes that interest you. If you don't see the class you are interested in, just email us at trainingcenter@montanalaborers.com and tell us what class you would like to see us schedule. You can also email us to register for a class on the current schedule.

Schedule of Training Classes see the training schedule tab, top left.

Apprenticeship classes are in the works. Keep checking for progress.

OSHA has revised its Hazard Communication Standard to align with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. Two of the more significant changes in the revised standard are the use of new labeling elements and a standardized format for Safety Data Sheets (formerly known as MSDS). The new label elements and the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) requirements will improve worker understanding of the hazards associated with the chemicals in their workplace. OSHA is phasing this in over several years. The first deadline was December 1, 2013. By this time you should have received training in the new labeling elements such as product identifiers, the signal words DANGER and WARNING, the 8 pictograms that will be used, as well as hazard and precautionary statements that will be used on the new labels. You should have also received training on the format of the new Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

For those of you who have not been trained, we are offering this HAZARD COMMUNICATION training several times in each area of the state. Last year we offered this training in conjunction with other classes you were attending. We will do the same this year. That means if you are signed up for any class you will as part of that class receive Hazard Communication training also. It will not be necessary for you to attend a separate Haz Com class.

The important thing is you need to understand the new labeling elements and the new formats for Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINED, PLEASE ATTEND!

The JATC commits to the following Equal Opportunity Pledge:

“The JATC will not discriminate against apprenticeship applicants or apprentices based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, genetic information, or because they are an individual with a disability or a person 40 years old or older. The JATC will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship and will operate the apprenticeship program as required under Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 30.” and Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship Montana State Plan.