Health Education

The New England Consortium (TNEC) is the New England region’s model worker health and safety training organization. Since 1987, TNEC has delivered hazardous waste site operations and emergency response training to over 15,000 workers. TNEC is one of 20 national programs administered by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Based in the UMass Lowell School of Health and Environment and in collaboration with the University's Department of Community Health and Sustainability and the Department of Work Environment, TNEC draws upon a wealth of worker health and safety knowledge.