HAZWOPER Operations Level
Prerequisites: This course shall have no formal pre-requisite.
Course Length: 8 hours – Course length shall vary depending on the number of delegates. Total course time include breaks.
Class Size: The maximum number of delegates that may be trained and tested per instructor shall be thirty–five (35) in the classroom session.
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Course Objective
- Provide knowledge of the basic hazard and risk assessment techniques.
- Understand basic hazardous materials terms.
- Know how to select and use proper PPE provided to the first responder personnel.
- Know how to perform basic control, containment and/or confinement operations within capabilities.
- How to implement basic decontamination procedures.
- Understanding of relevant standard operating procedures and termination procedures.
- Delegates should be able to demonstrate knowledge during written examination.
Course Design
- Power Point© / Lecture / Audio Video / Visual Aids
- Demonstrations
Successful Course Completion
- Requires a minimum score of 75% or better.
- Delegates will have no more than thirty (30) minutes to complete the exam.
- Grades shall be calculated by dividing the number of questions answered correctly by the total number of exam questions.
Course Content Summary
- Classroom
Breaks: 10 minutes (approximately every hour)
Lunch: 1 Hour
Course Outline
About HAZWOPER
- Regulations
- Definitions
- Laws and Acts
- Medical Surveillance
HAZWOPER Training
- Levels of Training
- First Responder – Awareness
- First Responder – Operations Level
- HAZMAT Technician
- HAZMAT Specialist
- On Scene Incident Commander
- Video – HAZWOPER Emergency Response Training for Employees
Hazard Assessment
- Why Hazard Assessment?
- Control Measures
- Engineering Controls
- Administrative Controls
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Assessment Guidelines
- Potential Hazard Solutions
- Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
- Benefits of a JSA
- Writing a JSA
- Pre-Written JSA
- Sample JSA
Hazardous Communications (HAZCOM)
- Right to Know/Right to Understand
- HAZCOM Standard Requirements
- HAZCOM Program
- Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
- Sections of SDS
- SDS Content
- SDS Terminology
- SDS Locations
- Video – GHS Safety Data Sheets
- HAZCOM Labeling o Video – GHS Labels
- Other Labeling Systems
- NFPA
- HMIS
- Placards
- Placard Hazard Classes
- Emergency Response Guidebook (sections)
- White Section
- Yellow Section
- Blue Section
- Orange Section
- Green Section
- Table 1
- Table 2
- Table Top Exercise 1
- Table Top Exercise 2
HAZWOPER Precautions
- HAZMAT Release
- Types of Hazards
- Physical
- Health
- Specific Fire Hazards
- Additional Hazards
- Chemical
- Radiation
- Etiologic
- Signs of Hazardous Material at the Scene
- Hazard Control Measures
- Engineering Controls
- Administrative Controls
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
HAZWOPER Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Levels of PPE
- Level A
- Level B
- Level C
- Level D
- Types of Respirators
- Air-Purifying
- Supplied Air
- Respirator Fit Testing
- Respirator Inspection
- Respirator Maintenance
- Respirator Donning/Doffing
- Respirator Storage
- Chemical Protective Accessories
- Gloves
- Boots
- Head Protection
HAZWOPER Operations
- Basic Containment
- Spill Control
- Video – Spill Control
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Proper identify the hazardous substance
- First on Scene
- Decontamination
Marine Debris
- Video – BSEE Marine Trash and Debris
Practical Session
- None
Training Center Provided Material
- Course Materials
Delegate Requirements
- None
Reference Material / Documents
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120
EPA 40 CFR 311
- Course ID #: MA038