Health, Safety and Environment

Hazwoper

HAZWOPER 40 Hour Online OSHA training and certification and HAZWOPER 8 Hour Annual Refresher training for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

Hazwoper

The award winning HAZWOPER Training Series provides employees with information the OSHA Regulation requires them to receive to work safely with hazardous substances, particularly in cleanup operations. By combining various programs in the series, training packages can be configured to help meet all of the OSHA HAZWOPER training requirements.

The courses are divided into a number of logical sections, each with its own quiz, so information is easily understood. The interactive formats allow trainers to collect employee performance information which can be organized through a powerful relational database and provides record keeping and tracking report capabilities.

The DVD programs contain a Presenter’s Guide, Employee Quizzes, Scheduling and Attendance Forms, and Training Certificates.

Languages: Programs are available in English and Spanish.

Formats

  • Web-based E-learning
  • DVD
  • Micro Learning (3-5 minute courses)
  • Adaptive Learning

The HAZWOPER Annual Retraining Package provides employees with the information they need to refresh their understanding of the HAZWOPER regulation, as well as the major areas covered by the regulation. The four programs in the Series are used as the basis for the eight hours of annual retraining mandated by OSHA.

Topics Covered

  • Introduction to HAZWOPER Retraining
  • HAZWOPER: Understanding Chemical Hazards
  • HAZWOPER: Personal Protective Equipment and Decontamination Procedures
  • HAZWOPER: Exposure Monitoring and Medical Surveillance

The HAZWOPER: 40-Hour Training Package provides employees with the information they need to understand the major areas covered by the regulation. The package of twenty programs provides the comprehensive information needed by employees who are exposed to hazardous substances as a routine part of their jobs, the people who supervise and manage them, and the HAZMAT Incident Commander.

Topics Covered

  • Understanding HAZWOPER
  • Understanding Chemical Hazards
  • The Emergency Response Plan
  • The Site Safety and Health Plan
  • HAZMAT Labeling
  • Confined Space Entry
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Medical Surveillance Programs
  • Monitoring Procedures and Equipment
  • Accidental Release Measures and Spill Cleanup Procedures
  • Safety Data Sheets in HAZWOPER Environments
  • Handling Hazardous Materials
  • Work Practices and Engineering Control
  • Respiratory Protection
  • Fire Prevention
  • Dealing with the Media in Emergency Situations
  • Safety Orientation
  • Electrical Safety in HAZMAT Environments
  • Heat Stress
  • Decontamination Procedures

The HAZWOPER: Emergency Response, Awareness Package provides employees with the information they need to understand the major areas covered by the regulation. The package of two programs thoroughly covers information that every HAZMAT worker should know.

Topics Covered

  • Understanding HAZWOPER
  • The Emergency Response Plan

The HAZWOPER: Emergency Response: HAZMAT Technician Package provides employees with the information they need to understand the major areas covered by the regulation. The package of eleven programs provides the basis for the special training required for HAZMAT Technicians.

Topics Covered

  • Decontamination Procedures
  • Understanding Chemical Hazards
  • The Emergency Response Plan
  • Understanding HAZWOPERHAZMAT Labeling
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Accidental Release Measures and Spill Cleanup Procedures
  • Medical Surveillance Programs
  • Safety Data Sheets in HAZWOPER Environments
  • Respiratory Protection
  • Monitoring Procedures and Equipment

The HAZWOPER: Emergency Response: Operations Package provides employees with the information they need to understand the major areas covered by the regulation. The package of four programs is aimed at workers who contain HAZMAT releases.

Topics Covered

  • Understanding HAZWOPER
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • The Emergency Response Plan
  • Accidental Release Measures and Spill Cleanup Procedures

The HAZWOPER: General Training Package provides employees with the information they need to understand the major areas covered by the regulation. The package of twelve courses provides the basis for the special training required by OSHA for HAZMAT employees who are unlikely to be exposed to hazards in excess of permissible exposure limits.

Topics Covered

  • Decontamination Procedures
  • Understanding Chemical Hazards
  • The Emergency Response Plan
  • Understanding HAZWOPERHAZMAT Labeling
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Medical Surveillance Programs
  • Confined Space Entry
  • Monitoring Procedures and Equipment
  • Accidental Release Measures and Spill Cleanup Procedures
  • Handling Hazardous Materials
  • Work Practices and Engineering Controls

The HAZWOPER: Supplemental Training Package provides employees with the information they need to understand the major areas covered by the regulation. The package of eight programs is aimed at workers who must wear respirators, or who have already had general 24-hour training and are moving to jobs requiring them to complete 40-hour training.

Topics Covered

  • Safety Orientation
  • Safety Data Sheets in HAZWOPER Environments
  • Heat Stress
  • Fire Prevention
  • The Emergency Response Plan
  • The Site Safety and Health Plan
  • Dealing with the Media in Emergency Situations
  • Electrical Safety in HAZMAT Environments

The All 23 HAZWOPER Program Package assists facilities in complying with the employee training requirements of OSHA’s HAZWOPER regulation (29 CFR 1910.120), and helps employees avoid exposure to hazardous materials. This package provides the comprehensive information needed by employees who are exposed to hazardous substances as a routine part of their jobs, the people who supervise and manage them, as well as HAZMAT Incident Commanders.

Topics Covered

  • Introduction to HAZWOPER Retraining
  • Personal Protective Equipment and Decontamination Procedures
  • Exposure Monitoring and Medical Surveillance
  • Understanding HAZWOPER
  • The Emergency Response Plan
  • The Site Safety and Health Plan
  • HAZMAT Labeling
  • Confined Space Entry
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Medical Surveillance Programs
  • Monitoring Procedures and Equipment
  • Accidental Release Measures and Spill Cleanup Procedures
  • Safety Data Sheets in HAZWOPER Environments
  • Understanding Chemical Hazards
  • Handling Hazardous Materials
  • Work Practices and Engineering Controls
  • Respiratory Protection
  • Fire Prevention
  • Dealing with the Media in Emergency Situations
  • Safety Orientation
  • Electrical Safety in HAZMAT Environments
  • Heat Stress
  • Decontamination Procedures

The HAZWOPER: Accidental Release Measures and Spill Cleanup Procedures Program discusses the plans and procedures necessary to safely contain and cleanup a hazardous materials spill.

Topics Covered

  • The Hazard Communication Program
  • The Emergency Response Plan
  • The five levels of HAZWOPER emergency response training
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Site characterization
  • Spill cleanup
  • Decontamination procedures

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Planning for Emergencies
  • Levels of Training
  • PPE Part 1
  • PPE Part 2
  • Characterization and Containment
  • Spill Cleanup
  • Decontamination and Medical Surveillance

The HAZWOPER: Confined Space Entry course helps employees understand how to reduce or eliminate potential exposure to hazardous materials in confined space work environments.

Topics Covered

  • Definitions of confined spaces
  • Hazards encountered in confined spaces
  • OSHA’s Permit-Space Entry Program
  • Duties and responsibilities of the entry team
  • Atmospheric testing
  • Protecting entrants in hazardous atmospheres
  • The use of lifelines in rescue operations

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Confined Space Regulation
  • Entry Supervisor
  • Attendant
  • Rescue Entrant
  • Authorized Entrant
  • Atmospheric Monitoring
  • Protecting Entrants in Hazardous Atmospheres

The HAZWOPER: Dealing With The Media In Emergency Situations program helps employees understand the importance of building a good relationship with the media and how to deal with the media during an emergency situation.

Topics Covered

  • Establishing a relationship with the media before a crisis occurs
  • The duties and responsibilities of the Public Information Officer (PIO)Early response to the media during an incident
  • Insuring the safety of the media
  • Unauthorized communication with the media
  • The consequences of rumours and misinformation

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • How to Establish a Good Press Relationship
  • PIO in Action
  • Employee Responsibility
  • How to Handle the Press

The HAZWOPER: Decontamination Procedures program helps employees understand how to reduce or eliminate potential exposure to hazardous materials in their work environments.

Topics Covered

  • Work practices
  • Engineering controls
  • Personal protective equipment
  • The exclusion zone
  • The contamination reduction zone
  • The contamination reduction corridor
  • Decontamination equipment and solutions
  • Decontamination procedures

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • The Exclusion Zone
  • The Contamination Reduction Zone
  • Decontamination Equipment
  • The Contamination Reduction Corridor
  • CRC Follow-Up Procedure

The HAZWOPER: Electrical Safety in HAZMAT Environments program helps employees to understand the hazards associated with the presence of uncontrolled energy in hazardous materials environments, and how to reduce or eliminate these potential hazards.

Topics Covered

  • Arcs, sparks and high temperatures
  • The National Electrical Code’s three HAZMAT classes
  • Engineering controls
  • Safe work practices
  • Intrinsically safe electrical systems
  • Isolating machinery
  • Purging, inerting and pressurization
  • Confined spaces
  • Uncontrolled electrical sources

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Arcs, Sparks and Heat
  • The National Electric Code
  • NEC Class I Areas
  • Engineering Controls and Work Practices
  • Purging and Inerting
  • NEC Class II Areas
  • NEC Class III Areas
  • Dealing with Electricity During a HAZMAT Incident

The HAZWOPER: The Emergency Response Plan program helps employees understand how emergency planning can reduce or eliminate potential exposure to hazardous materials in crisis situations.

Topics Covered

  • The purpose of an Emergency Response Plan
  • The Chain of Command
  • Responsibilities of the Incident Commander
  • Responsibilities of the HAZMAT Specialist
  • Responsibilities of the HAZMAT Technician
  • Responsibilities of the First Responder
  • Communication procedures and the buddy system
  • Personal protective equipment

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Chain of Command
  • Communications
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safe Work Practices
  • Training

The HAZWOPER: Exposure Monitoring and Medical Surveillance program discusses various types of exposure monitoring equipment and techniques. The product also reviews the concept of medical surveillance and how it is used to evaluate the health of anyone who regularly works around hazardous materials.

Topics Covered

  • Definition of medical surveillance
  • Medical examinations
  • Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs)
  • The written medical opinion
  • Medical records

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Medical Surveillance and Removal
  • Categories of Examination
  • Recordkeeping

The HAZWOPER: Fire Prevention program helps employees to understand the special hazards that can be created when hazardous materials catch fire and what can be done to help prevent this from occurring.

Topics Covered

  • The three components of fire
  • Sources of ignition and types of fuel
  • The four classes of fires
  • Approved storage containers
  • Safety measures to take during a chemical spill
  • Using fire extinguishers
  • Evacuation procedures

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • What Causes Things to Burn?
  • Classes of Fires
  • Preventing Fires
  • What to Do When There’s a Fire

The HAZWOPER: Handling Hazardous Materials program helps employees to understand the nature and behaviour of hazardous chemicals, and how to reduce or eliminate potential exposure to hazardous materials in their work environments.

Topics Covered

  • Physical hazards
  • Flammables/combustibles/explosives/oxidizers
  • Corrosives and irritants
  • Toxic substances and carcinogens
  • Acute and chronic health effects
  • Container labels and Material Safety Data Sheets (SDSs)
  • Basic first aid for injuries caused by chemicals
  • Emergency response
  • Spillage/leakage/accident procedures

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • What is a Hazardous Chemical?
  • Physical Hazards
  • Health Hazards
  • Health Hazards: Chemical Classes
  • Labels, SDSs and Hazardous Materials Regulations
  • First Aid
  • Emergency Response Information

The HAZWOPER: HAZMAT Labeling course helps employees understand different labeling systems and how to use these systems to reduce or eliminate potential exposure to hazardous materials in their work environments.

Topics Covered

  • Where hazardous materials labels are used
  • OSHA labeling requirements
  • Common labeling systems
  • DOT Hazard Class Labels and Placards
  • The Hazardous Materials Identification System (HMIS)
  • Target organ information labels
  • The National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA)
  • Labeling System
  • Hazardous waste labels

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Labeling Requirements
  • Labeling Systems
  • DOT Labels
  • HMIS Labels
  • NFPA Labels
  • Hazardous Waste Labels
  • Marking a Container of Hazardous Waste

The HAZWOPER: Heat Stress course helps employees understand the need to guard against heat-related illnesses and what steps they can take to protect themselves in their work environments.

Topics Covered

  • How the body reacts to heat
  • The role of fluids and minerals
  • Preventing heat-related illnesses
  • Heat rash, heat exhaustion and heat stroke
  • Recognizing symptoms
  • First aid
  • Acclimatization

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Body Heat Management
  • Fluids and Minerals
  • Heat Stress
  • Heat Stroke in a Contaminated Area
  • Other Heat Stress Control Methods

The Introduction to HAZWOPER Retraining course reminds employees who deal with hazardous materials of the importance of identifying, evaluating and controlling chemical hazards.

Topics Covered

  • Background of the HAZWOPER Regulations
  • The Site Safety and Health Plan
  • The Emergency Response Plan
  • Site characterization and the site control program
  • Systems of controls and standard operating procedures
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Exposure monitoring
  • Decontamination and Medical Surveillance Programs

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • What is Hazardous Waste?
  • Introduction and History of HAZWOPER
  • Site Safety and Health Plan
  • PPE: Levels of Protection
  • Standard Operating Procedures
  • Exposure Monitoring, Decontamination and Medical Surveillance
  • Emergency Response Personnel: Training Levels

The HAZWOPER: Medical Surveillance course discusses various types of medical surveillance and how it is used to evaluate the health of anyone who regularly works around hazardous materials.

Topics Covered

  • Definition of medical surveillance
  • Medical examinations
  • Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs)
  • The written medical opinion
  • Medical records

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Medical Surveillance and Removal
  • Categories of Examination
  • Recordkeeping

The HAZWOPER: Monitoring Procedures and Equipment course discusses the importance of detecting hazardous materials, as well as the equipment and procedures used in the process.

Topics Covered

  • Detecting hazardous materials
  • Direct-reading monitoring instruments
  • Sampling collection devices
  • Hazards that are Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH)
  • Confined spaces
  • General on-site monitoring
  • Perimeter, periodic and personal monitoring

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Monitoring Tools
  • Using Monitoring Equipment
  • Site Characterization
  • General On-Site, Perimeter and Periodic Monitoring
  • Personal Monitoring

The HAZWOPER: Personal Protective Equipment course instructs employees on the selection and use of personal protective equipment (such as chemical protective clothing and respirators) in environments where hazardous materials are present.

Topics Covered

  • The roles of personal protective equipment
  • Level A personal protective equipment
  • Level B personal protective equipment
  • Level C personal protective equipment
  • Level D personal protective equipment
  • PPE and heat stress

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Positive Pressure Respirators
  • Levels A and B PPE
  • Level C PPE
  • Level D PPE
  • Heat Stress
  • Other Potential Problems with PPE

The HAZWOPER: Personal Protective Equipment and Decontamination Procedures course instructs employees on the appropriate use of personal protective equipment (such as chemical protective clothing) as well as how to remove contaminants that accumulates on clothing and equipment.

Topics Covered

  • Safe work practices
  • Engineering controls
  • Levels of personal protection
  • Heat stress
  • The need for decontamination
  • The Contamination Reduction Corridor (CRC)

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Four Levels of Personal Protective Equipment
  • Heat Stress and Other Issues with PPE
  • Decontamination
  • CRC Procedure

The HAZWOPER: Respiratory Protection course helps employees understand how the use of respiratory protection can help to reduce or eliminate potential exposure to hazardous materials in their work environments.

Topics Covered

  • When respirators are needed
  • Basic types of respirators
  • Classifications of respirator filters
  • Supplied Air Respirators (SARs)
  • Self-Contained Breathing Apparatuses (SCBAs)
  • Proper fit-testing of respirators
  • Cleaning and maintenance of respirators

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Respiratory Overview
  • Respirator Categories
  • Air-Supplying Respirators
  • Getting a Proper Fit
  • Fit-Testing
  • Cleaning and Maintenance

The HAZWOPER: Safety Data Sheets course educates employees about the Safety Data Sheets format and reviews how the information in an SDS can assist them to work safely with potentially hazardous chemicals.

Topics Covered

  • The importance of Safety Data Sheets when working with hazardous chemicals
  • The SDS’s role in the Hazard Communication Standard
  • The advantages of the new SDS format
  • The four basic questions the SDS is designed to answer:
    • What is the material and what are its hazards?
    • What should I do if a problem occurs?
    • What precautions should I take when working with this material?
    • Is there anything else I should know about this substance?
  • A review of the sections in the SDS

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Safety Data Sheets
  • Materials and Their Hazards
  • Hazardous Materials Emergencies
  • Handling Hazardous Materials
  • Other Important Information

The HAZWOPER: Safety Orientation course helps employees understand how to reduce or eliminate potential exposure to hazardous materials in their work environments.

Topics Covered

  • Preparing for working with hazardous materials
  • Avoiding bad mental habits and complacency
  • Working at the right pace
  • Controlling emotions
  • Adjusting to the limitations of personal protective equipment
  • Mental discipline
  • Acquiring information you need to work safely

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Bad Mental Habits
  • Job Familiarity
  • Good Mental Habits
  • The Importance of Study

The HAZWOPER: The Site Safety and Health Plan course discusses various types of medical surveillance and how it is used to evaluate the health of anyone who regularly works around hazardous materials.

Topics Covered

  • Plan guidelines and goals
  • Medical surveillance
  • Job hazard analysis
  • The five levels of training and responsibilities for HAZMAT Emergency Responders
  • Site evaluation
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Spill cleanup procedures
  • Decontamination

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Site Safety and Health Plan Overview
  • Company Responsibilities
  • Company Responsibilities Job Analyst
  • Five Levels of Emergency Response
  • Plan in Action
  • PPE, Cleanup and Decontamination

The HAZWOPER: Understanding Chemical Hazards course introduces employees to chemical hazard regulations and provides training on the various types of hazardous chemicals found in industrial environments.

Topics Covered

  • Chemical hazard concepts
  • Types of hazardous chemicals
  • Characteristics and effects of various types of chemicals
  • Safety Data Sheet (SDS)Container labeling
  • Safe handling practices
  • Use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • Spills and cleanup

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Safety Data Sheets, Container Labels and the Written Program
  • Toxins, Corrosives and Irritants Flammables, Combustibles and Gases
  • Carcinogens and Radiation
  • Exposure Situations
  • Personal Protective Equipment and Storage
  • Spills and Cleanup

The Understanding HAZWOPER course is designed to explain the regulations and to help employees begin to reduce or eliminate potential exposure to hazardous materials in their work environments.

Topics Covered

  • History of the HAZWOPER regulations
  • Definitions of hazardous chemicals and waste
  • Container labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDSs)The Site Safety and Health Plan
  • HAZWOPER training requirements
  • The Site Control Program
  • Monitoring of hazardous substances
  • The Medical Surveillance Program
  • Decontamination

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Identifying Hazardous Materials
  • Plans and Training
  • Site Evaluation and Monitoring
  • Medical Surveillance
  • System of Controls
  • Emergency Response Protocol

The HAZWOPER: Work Practices and Engineering Controls course helps employees to understand the nature and behavior of hazardous chemicals, and how to reduce or eliminate potential exposure to hazardous materials in their work environments through the use of work practices and engineering controls.

Topics Covered

  • General HAZMAT work practices
  • The Site Safety and Health Plan
  • Responsibilities of the Site Safety and Health Officer
  • General HAZMAT engineering controls
  • Ventilation systems
  • Remote-controlled equipment
  • The use of eyewash stations

Micro-Learning Curriculum

  • Work Practices
  • The Site Safety and Health Plan
  • Engineering Controls
  • Common Engineering Controls: Ventilation Systems
  • Common Engineering Controls: Remote Controlled Equipment
  • Common Engineering Controls: Eye Wash Station