HAZWOPER Training Curriculum Voluntary Guidelines.

The following training curriculum guidelines are for those operations specifically identified in 29 CFR 1910.120 as requiring training. Issues such as qualifications of instructors, training certification, and similar criteria appropriate to all categories of operations addressed in 1910.120 are exceeded and are available upon request therefore are not re-addressed in each of the generic guidelines. Basic core requirements for training programs that are addressed include .

1. General Hazardous Waste Operations .

2. RCRA Operations--Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities.TSDF

3. Emergency Response.

General Hazardous Waste Operations, Add On Supervisor Training, and Site-specific Training and other minimum training under a trained site Supervisor.

1.Off-site training.  Training course content for hazardous waste operations, required by 29 CFR 1910.120(e), typically includes the following topics or procedures:.

a. Regulatory knowledge.

(1) An review of 29 CFR 1910.120 and the core elements of an occupational safety and health program.

(2) The content of a medical surveillance program as outlined in 29 CFR1910.120(f).

(3) The content of an effective site safety and health plan consistent with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120(b)(4)(ii).

(4) Emergency response plan and procedures as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.38 and29 CFR 1910.120(l).

(5) Adequate illumination.

(6) Sanitation recommendation and equipment.

(7) Review and explanation of OSHA's hazard-communication standard(29 CFR 1910.1200) and lock-out-tag-out standard (29 CFR 1910.147).

(8) Review of other applicable standards including but not limited to those in the construction standards (29 CFR Part 1926).

(9) Rights and responsibilities of employers and employees under applicable OSHA and EPA laws.

b. Technical knowledge.

(1) Type of potential exposures to chemical, biological, and radiological hazards; types of human responses to these hazards and recognition of those responses; principles of toxicology and information about acute and chronic hazards; health and safety considerations of new technology.

(2) Fundamentals of chemical hazards including but not limited to vapor pressure, boiling points, flash points, ph, other physical and chemical properties.

(3) Fire and explosion hazards of chemicals.

(4) General safety hazards such as but not limited to electrical hazards, powered equipment hazards, motor vehicle hazards, walking- working surface hazards, excavation hazards, and hazards associated with working in hot and cold temperature extremes.

(5) Review and knowledge of confined space entry procedures in 29 CFR1910.146.

(6) Work practices to minimize employee risk from site hazards.

(7)Safe use of engineering controls, equipment, and any new relevant safety technology or safety procedures.

(8) Review and demonstration of competency with air sampling and monitoring equipment that may be used in a site monitoring program.

(9) Container sampling procedures and safeguarding; general drum and container handling procedures including special requirement for laboratory waste packs, shock-sensitive wastes, and radioactive wastes.

(10) The elements of a spill control program.

(11) Proper use and limitations of material handling equipment.

(12) Procedures for safe and healthful preparation of containers for shipping and transport.

(13) Methods of communication including those used while wearing respiratory protection.

c. Technical skills.

(1) Selection, use maintenance, and limitations of personal protective equipment including the components and procedures for carrying out a respirator program to comply with 29 CFR 1910.134.

(2) Instruction in decontamination programs including personnel, equipment, and hardware; hands-on training including level A, B, and C ensembles and appropriate decontamination lines; field activities including the donning and doffing of protective equipment to a level commensurate with the employee's anticipated job function and responsibility and to the degree required by potential hazards.

(3) Sources for additional hazard information; exercises using relevant manuals and hazard coding systems.

d. Additional suggested items.

(1) A laminated dated card, w photo and then a 8 1/2 x 11 inch certificate with , denoting limitations and level of protection for which the employee is trained is issued to those paid employers and/or  paid students successfully completing a course.

(2) Attendance is required at all training modules, with successful completion of exercises and a final written or oral examination with at least 50 questions.

(3) A minimum of one-third of the program is devoted to hands-on and Table Top Exercises and handling equipment such as but not limited to Instrumentation and Respirators.

(4) A curriculum is established for the 8-hour refresher training required by 29 CFR 1910.120(e)(8), with delivery of such courses directed toward those areas of established customers previous training that need improvement or reemphasis.  In some cases a pre-test is given.

(5) A curriculum is established for the required 8-hour training for supervisors. Demonstrated competency in the skills and knowledge provided in a 40-hour course is the prerequisite for supervisor training.

2. Refresher training. The 8-hour annual refresher training required in 29 CFR 1910.120(e)(8) is conducted by our qualified training center. Refresher training typically includes at a minimum the following topics and procedures:.

(a) Review of and retraining on relevant topics covered in the 40-hour program, as appropriate, using reports by the students on their work experiences.

(b) Update on developments with respect to material covered in the 40-hour course.

(c) Review of changes to pertinent provisions of EPA or OSHA standards or laws.

(d) Introduction of additional subject areas as appropriate.

(e) Hands-on review of new or altered PPE or decontamination equipment or procedures. Review of new developments in personal protective equipment.

(f) Review of newly developed air and contaminant monitoring equipment.

We reserve to modify our training to suit individual, instructor, and client needs for compliance and to better facilitate our services.