| This standard addresses five critical areas of | | | | focuses on danger recognition, OSHA |
| expected employer and personnel threat | | | | requirements, and the health impact of improper |
| response. | | | | hazardous material handling. |
| Compulsory Clean-Up: Is a government | | | | 40-Hour HAZWOPER Training: Along with |
| required response to threat conditions that exist | | | | various non-hazardous site remediation procedures |
| at an uncontrolled hazardous waste site. | | | | and environmental assessments, this class |
| Voluntary Clean Up: Is a freewill rectification | | | | incorporates both of the earlier mentioned |
| of known dangerous substance conditions. | | | | courses. |
| Corrective Actions: Are specific EPA regulated | | | | The three divisions of study interweave training |
| clean up operations as pertaining to the | | | | topics. The following limited list of topics is focused |
| generation, transportation, treatment, storage, | | | | toward the 40-hour class: |
| and disposal of hazardous waste. This is as | | | | Know and understand OSHA regulations |
| provided under the RCRA amendment of 1986. | | | | concerning hazardous material handling; |
| Emergency Responses: Are the conditioned | | | | Chemical properties, including behavior |
| reactions to spills, leaks, or other forms of | | | | patterns and the impact on personal and |
| hazardous substance release, either preexisting or | | | | environmental health; |
| in eminent threat of coming to pass. | | | | How to recognize and evaluate safety |
| Waste Treatment Site Operations: Are the | | | | hazards; |
| specific methods for monitoring, reporting, storing, | | | | Site evaluation, investigation, and |
| and disposing of solid waste. | | | | characterization; |
| Three Step Path to a 40-Hour HAZWOPER | | | | Updates on monitoring and clean-up |
| Training Certificate | | | | instruments; |
| A 40-hour HAZWOPER training course consists of | | | | Label identification and classification; |
| several overlapping lessons and goals. Each section | | | | Safety plan methods and implementation; |
| of the study is designed to satisfy a specific | | | | Procedures for emergency response; and, |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration | | | | Hands-on containment drills. |
| (OSHA) requirement. Though the order of | | | | Decisions: Who To Train? |
| application may differ between schools, three | | | | The need for HAZWOPER training is based upon |
| course divisions will always be included. | | | | community risks, personnel endangerment, and |
| 8-Hour Annual Refresher: Along with detailed | | | | worst-case scenarios. When active employment |
| reviews of general safety, health, and work | | | | demands that an employee enter an at-risk |
| practices this course will include updates | | | | environment, they must have adequate |
| concerning new hazards, equipment | | | | knowledge for self-protection. Furthermore, when |
| improvements, and advance containment | | | | personnel are required or expected to supply |
| methods. | | | | limited sanitization services they must be trained |
| 24-Hour General Employee Training: This class | | | | to the first responder level of hazardous |
| provides knowledge and safety skills to those | | | | containment operations. |
| who perform low-risk site activities. The study | | | | |