HAZWOPER 24-Hour Course

This course covers broad issues pertaining to the hazard recognition at work sites. OSHA has developed the HAZWOPER program to protect the workers working at hazardous sites and devised extensive regulations to ensure their safety and health. This course, while identifying different types of hazards, also suggests possible precautions and protective measures to reduce or eliminate hazards at the workplace.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the purpose of OSHA and its role in regulating occupational safety;
• Use Site Characterization to establish problems that may exist in your workplace and measures that can be implemented to eliminate hazards;
• Identify hazardous materials existent in the workplace and the possible methods, symptoms and preventative measures of exposure;
• Encourage the use of Material Safety Data sheets (MSDS) to identify and properly handle hazardous materials;
• Familiarize yourself with materials, compounds and mixtures that may present flammable, explosive, chemical or radiological hazards;
• Emphasize the importance of personal protective equipment in limiting hazardous exposure;
• Establish an effective Site Control Program to limit the risk of exposure to only those working in the hazardous work zone; and
• Implement procedures for treating workers in the event of hazardous exposure.

Topics Covered

• Regulation Overview
• Site Characterization
• Toxicology
• Hazard Recognition
• Hazard and Safety Analysis
• Hazardous Chemical Awareness
• Radiological Hazards
• Respiratory Protection
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Site Control
• Decontamination
• Medical Surveillance
• Air Monitoring
• Confined Space Entry
• Emergency Procedures
• Material Sampling

Seat Time

This course has been approved for 24 hours.

Testing

All module quizzes require a minimum score of 70 to proceed forward in the course. The final exam also requires a minimum score of 70 to receive a certificate of completion. The final exam may be taken three times if necessary.