HAZWOPER Site Operations

  • Overview
  • Course Content
  • Requirements & Materials
Overview

HAZWOPER Site Operations

Course Description

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) standard requires all employees, supervisors, and managers working at or responding to  hazardous waste sites to receive training prior to engaging in hazardous waste operations or spill response. You will end the week of training with two, full dress-out drills and corresponding debriefings. A mandatory examination is conducted before the end of the course and a special-numbered certificate is issued to those who successfully complete the course and pass the exam.

Course Content

HAZWOPER OVERVIEW

CHEMISTRY OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING

TOXICOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS

CONFINEMENT, CONTAINMENT, AND SORBENTS

DECONTAMINATION WALK-THROUGH

SCBAS AND ENCAPSULATED SUITS

PATCHING AND SPILL CONTAINMENT

DECONTAMINATION

DOT REQUIREMENTS

ICS/NIMS

ICS ORGANIZATIONAL EXERCISE

AIR SAMPLING AND MONITORING

ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING

COMMUNICATIONS “DO’S AND DON'TS”

EXAMINATION

DRILLS

DRILL DEBRIEFING

Requirements & Materials

Important Information

This course requires medical clearance. Please complete the Medical Form.

Materials

Required

  • Seasonally appropriate clothing such as shorts or t-shirts for warm weather or jeans and sweatshirts for cold weather
  • Steel-toed shoes or boots
  • Hard hat
  • Safety glasses

Provided

  • Course notebook
  • Handouts
  • U.S. Department of Transportation’s Emergency Response Guidebook
  • Gloves, suits, and breathing apparatus

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for industrial emergency response teams; health and safety professionals; environmental engineers and technicians; hazardous-waste generators and transporters; treatment, storage, and disposal facility personnel; and educational, regulatory, and military units.

OSHA professionals working on jobsite

What You Will Learn

  • HAZWOPER Overview
  • Site safety and health programs
  • Hazard communication
  • Hazardous materials chemistry
  • Respiratory protection
  • Chemical protective clothing
  • Toxicology and medical surveillance
  • Biological agents
  • Confinement, containment, and sorbents
  • Department of Transportation (DOT) regulatory overview
  • Decontamination
  • Air sampling and monitoring
  • Environmental sampling and monitoring
  • Incident Command System (ICS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS)
  • Appropriate hands-on field exercises
OSHA Professional in Hazmat Suit

How You Will Benefit

  • Practice skills that are necessary for hazardous waste sites and hazmat emergency responses.
  • Suit up in protective equipment, including self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and totally encapsulated chemical protective suits.
  • Gain hands-on experience with other hazmat equipment.
  • Gain introductory practical experience with Incident Command.
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    Taught by Experts in the Field
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The solid OSHA curriculum, fueled with hands-on training, and a strong professional network builds you for a successful safety career.

- Rodrigues "Rocky" Smith
Safety Manager

TRAIN AT YOUR LOCATION

We enable employers to provide specialized, on-location training on their own timetables. Our world-renowned experts can create unique content that meets your employees' specific needs. We also have the ability to deliver courses via web conferencing or on-demand online videos. For 15 or more students, it is more cost-effective for us to come to you.

  • Save Money
  • Flexible Schedule
  • Group Training
  • Customize Content
  • On-Site Training
  • Earn a Certificate
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