Acknowledgements
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This resource was made possible in part by the permission granted through Long Beach City College (LBCC) Electrical Technology Department to make the Elect 253 Construction Safety Workbook available to the OER Commons via Libretexts and as a direct result of a grant funded through the ASCCC Open Educational Resource Initiative (OERI). The Construction Safety Workbook was repurposed as a textbook, reorganized to include new chapter overviews and revised to include additional chapters on Valuing Work, Walking and Working surfaces, Safety and Health Programs, Managing Safety and Health, Medical and First Aid. The repurposing allows use across all skilled trades disciplines, is equity minded and culturally responsive when and where appropriate.
The author would like to thank Allison Murray, LBCC OER Liaison for direction and support in submitting the 3rd round ASCCC OERI Grant Proposal, Suzanne Engelhardt, LBCC Professor Electrical Technology for supporting this effort as the lead college, and Crystal Nasio Dean of Instruction, Workforce & Economic Development Barstow College for offering content support for the grant proposal. The author would also like to thank as this effort would not have been possible without the collaboration and contributions from William O’Neil, Professor Industrial Electrical Technology-Chaffey College, Paul VanHulle, Professor Manufacturing Technology-Norco College, Joshua Oneal, Professor Welding Technology-Barstow College, and Greg Ling, Professor Advanced Transportation Technology- LBCC. Thank you to Steve Tomory-Rio Hondo College Professor of Automotive Technology who supported the proposal development but was not able to work on developing the resource.
A special thank you is also extended to Deans’ Gene Carbonaro-LBCC CTE and Yolanda Friday-Chaffey BAT, and Department Chair Farshid Mirzaei-Norco BEIT in acknowledgement and support of this effort.
Thank you to Addie Hosier OSHA Authorized Outreach Trainer for OSHA content review and copy editing, Sheila Lynch, Professor of Art and OERI Cares Grant Project Lead-Rio Hondo College for the timely counsel and my lessons learned as the CTE Liaison supporting the grant writing and review process, and Michelle Pilati Corselli ASCCC OER Initiative subject matter expert for resource documentation.
Finally, the patience, encouragement, direction, and help provided by Suzanne Wakim the ASCCC OERI Grant Project Coordinator and Libretext Project Team members Delmar Larsen, Jennifer Rogers, and Cristina Moon was invaluable in ensuring the success of this effort and all have my deepest gratitude.