40-hour training

This course is required for those employees engaged in a project designated as an Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Operation. It includes emergency-response operations; clean-up operations, including those that are voluntary; uncontrolled hazardous waste sites; and, the storage, treatment, or disposal of such waste. This training also covers protection from dangerous chemicals, eliminating those chemicals, worker safety, and OSHA regulations related to the environment.

Before entering the work site, employees must have a minimum of three days of field experience, while being supervised by a potential employer or student employer who is both well-trained and experienced. 40 hours of initial training is also required.

24-hour training

This course is required for those employees who are engaged in a project that has been designated as an Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Operation. It covers a variety of issues related to the recognition of hazards in the workplace, and it also suggests possible protective and preventive measures that could be taken to reduce or eliminate them at the site.

Eight-hour training

This course fulfills the OSHA mandate for eight hours of yearly refresher training for those working at a hazardous waste site who are exposed or could be exposed to health hazards or dangerous substances, or who are responsible for removing hazardous waste. It covers HAZWOPER regulations, dangerous chemicals, health and safety plans, air monitoring, safety hazards, medical surveillance, decontamination, respiratory equipment, and personal protective equipment.

Expected learning outcomes from these courses include enabling the worker to:

● Comprehend the role OSHA plays in the regulation of occupational safety;

● Apply the principles of "site characterization" in determining problems that may exist in the workplace and the measures that should be taken to solve those problems;

● Identify the hazardous materials that are present at the site, and the possible indications of danger, along with ways of avoiding exposure,

● Use Material Safety Data sheets to identify dangerous substances and handle them properly;

● Become familiar with materials, mixtures and compounds that may present explosive, flammable, radiological, or chemical hazards to workers;

● Realize the importance of using personal protective equipment to limit workers’ exposure to hazardous elements;

● Establish a workable Site Control Program; and,

● Implement a plan for treating employees if they are exposed to a dangerous material.