ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN

THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BOSTON NORTH, BOSTON SOUTH AND THE SPRINGFIELD OSHA AREA OFFICES
AND
MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF VOCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS
AND
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS-MASSACHUSETTS
AND
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STANDARDS/OSHA CONSULTATION PROGRAM
AND
OSHA TRAINING INSTITUTE EDUCATION CENTER, REGION 1/KEENE STATE COLLEGE

Since entering into an Alliance on July 11, 2005 and renewed on July 11, 2008, August 6, 2015 and February12, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Boston OSHA Area Office North, the Boston OSHA Area Office South, the OSHA Springfield Area Offices and the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators (MAVA), American Federation of Teachers-Massachusetts (AFT-MASS), Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards/ OSHA Consultation Program (DLS), and OSHA Training Institute Education Center, Region 1/Keene State College (KSC OTI Education Center) have worked together to improve workplace health and safety by sharing information, guidance, and access to training resources that address occupational hazards, and promoting understanding of the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

OSHA and MAVA continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to improve safety and health practices and programs in American workplaces, and commit to continue their work together through an Alliance Program Ambassador relationship.

In recognition of this ongoing commitment, OSHA will continue to foster an active relationship with MAVA by:

• To share information on OSHA's National/Regional/Local Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, and opportunities to participate in the rulemaking process.
• To share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• To convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on workplace hazards faced by the entry level and youth workforce to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
• To encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by having each school with an OSHA authorized Outreach Trainer conduct at least one (1) hour outreach program for students annually. OSHA and the DLS will provide assistance and guest lecturers to authorize outreach trainers/teachers conducting the OSHA outreach classes for vocational students.
• Maintaining the organization's status as Alliance Program Ambassador on the agency's public webpage.

MAVA will continue to foster an active relationship with OSHA by:

• Provide expertise to develop training and education programs for vocational-technical education students and educators regarding safety and health hazards in the workplace and to provide expertise in communicating such information to students and educators.
• Deliver or arrange for delivery of occupational safety and health standards courses offered through the OTIEC, Region 1 (510 OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry and 511 OSHA Standards for General Industry) to enhance teachers' working knowledge of the OSHA safety standards to enhance curriculum for the benefit of students in all vocational classes. Along with mandatory experience using the OSHA standards in work history, the OSHA 510 and 511 are also prerequisites needed to take the Outreach Trainer Course.
• Deliver or arrange for delivery of OSHA Outreach Training courses (OSHA 500 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Construction) that authorize teachers to conduct the Outreach Training Program 10 and 30 hour classes at their respective schools. NOTE: Only OTIEC authorized instructors who meet the minimum instructor qualifications of the Directorate of Training and Education (DTE) may conduct OSHA standard and authorized Outreach Trainer courses.
• Participate in on-going teacher professional development by supporting teacher conferences and events enhanced by attendance and presentations by OSHA and DLS personnel.
• Work together to develop information on recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and provide expertise in methods of communicating information (for example, printed documents, electronic and social media, eTOOLS and APPS available at recognized agency websites.
• Share information among personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding best practices, effective approaches, and publicize the results through outreach by OSHA, DLS, OTIEC, MAVA, and AFT-MASS developed materials, training programs, workshops, seminars and lectures.
• Promote and encourage MAVA and AFT-MASS Member participation in OSHA's cooperative programs and trainings, as applicable to schools.
• Adhering to requirements laid out in the Alliance Program Directive regarding the prohibition on promoting or implying the agency's endorsement of their policies, products, or services, including acknowledging that they will not receive any preferential treatment related to any statutory function of the agency.
• Abiding by all terms and conditions for the use of the Alliance Program logo as specified in OSHA's Guidelines for Use of the Alliance Logo.

OSHA's cooperative programs provide organizations an opportunity to participate in a voluntary, collaborative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA's initiatives, outreach, communication, training, and education. These programs have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and participants. By entering into this Ambassador relationship, OSHA is not endorsing or promoting, nor does it intend to endorse or promote, any of that organization's products or services.

This Ambassador relationship will remain in effect for the duration of an ongoing cooperative association and a good faith effort by all parties to meet the intent of this document and its underlying policies. Any signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided the terminating signatory gives 30 days' written notice to the others. Termination by one signatory will not nullify the Ambassador relationship with all signatories, except for OSHA; OSHA may terminate the Ambassador relationship as a whole, or its relationship with one or more individual signatories.

Signed this 1st day of April 2024.