Vocational Rehabilitation also provides vocational assistance to injured workers whose workers compensation claims have been admitted by the insurance carrier. The SCF also administers the asbestosis program and the supplementary benefit and second injury reimbursement programs. This division assures conditions of employment, safety standards, apprenticeship programs and wages comply with legal requirements. It administers programs for Safety Grants, Labor-Management Safety Committee, Violence Prevention and Logsafe , and conducts educational safety and health seminars. Provides outreach and education to employers and employees.
Apprenticeship provides technical assistance to employers developing apprenticeship programs.
It also provides schools, guidance and veterans counselors, and other business and industry groups information regarding program requirements, selection criteria and general information about conducting quality apprenticeship programs. The General Support Division reports to the Deputy Commissioner. It provides the infrastructure for the overall operations of the Department of Labor and Industry. The Bureau of Labor Statistics survey section conducts nationally standardized surveys of employers to generate work-related injury and illness incidence rates.