24-Hour HAZWOPER (Hazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response) OSHA/RCRA
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A Three Day Seminar
Class begins at 8:00 a.m. and adjourns at 5:00 p.m. each day.
The Course
This course is designed to satisfy the 24-hour HAZWOPER training requirement for personnel engaged in occasional activities at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites and / or treatment, storage and disposal (TSD) facilities as described in 29 CFR 1910.120(p).
Upon successful completion of the course, each student will receive a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion and a wallet card from the National Spill Control School, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Classroom Topics
- Regulatory Overview
- Physical and Chemical Properties of
- Hazardous Materials / Hazardous Wastes
- Industrial Hygiene
- Medical Surveillance
- Hazard Communication
- Material Safety Data Sheets
- Container Management
- Personal Protective Equipment and Clothing
- Respiratory Protection
- Confined Space Entry
- Decontamination
- Incident Response
- Spill Containment
- Safe Work Practices
- Labeling and Record-Keeping
- Waste Sampling
- Site Safety and Health Plans
- Hazardous Waste Manifests
- Signs and Symptoms of Exposure
- Levels of Protection
- Incompatible Wastes
Field Exercises
- Demonstration of Self Contained Breathing Apparatus and Level A Suit
- Air Sampling
- Demonstration of Physical and Chemical Properties of Hazardous Materials
- Permeation Experiment
Additional Information
An examination will be given the last day of the course.