Course Information

Course Name:

OSHA 40-HOUR HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (HAZWOPER)

Duration:

40 hours

Pricing:

Description:

While no specific regulation in Canada currently addresses the training of workers involved with environmental contamination and clean-up, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Regulation 29 CFR 1910.120 is considered the standard for due diligence and is referenced under Provincial duty of care/general duty clauses.

Golder Associates’ HAZWOPER training follows the OSHA format, with a focus on Alberta and Canadian regulations.

Each student will receive two course manuals, a NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, an ACGIH Threshold Limit Value handbook, a Canutech North American Emergency Response Guidebook, applicable provincial regulations for the province in which they work and a variety of other hand-out materials, quizzes, exercises and workshop materials.

The course includes all necessary elements as prescribed by the OSHA standard including:

Site Control
Medical Surveillance
Engineering Controls
Air Monitoring
Informational Programs
Drum Handling
New Technologies
Respiratory Protection
Biological Monitoring
Basic Toxicology
Chemical Hazards
Physical Hazards
Basic Chemistry
Fire and Explosion
Hazardous Materials
Decontamination
Emergency Response
Chemical Protective Clothing

Practical, hands-on components of the HAZWOPER course include the operation of a variety of monitoring equipment, use and fit testing of respiratory protective equipment and personal protective equipment, fire extinguisher use, confined space entry training, and a final course practical comprised of a Health and Safety plan development, hazardous site assessment, spill clean-up and decontamination.

Each student will receive two course manuals, a NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, an ACGIH Threshold Limit Value handbook, a Canutec Emergency Response Guidebook, applicable provincial regulations for the province in which they work and a variety of other hand-out materials, quizzes, exercises and workshop materials.

In general, if you are working in the U.S., the following guidelines are applicable:

"The Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (HAZWOPER) applies to five distinct groups of employers and their employees. This includes any employees who are exposed or potentially exposed to hazardous substances-- including hazardous waste--and who are engaged in one of the following operations as specified by 1910.120(a)(1)(i-v) and 1926.65(a)(1)(i-v):

Clean-up operations--required by a governmental body, whether federal, state, local, or other involving hazardous substances-- that are conducted at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites;

Corrective actions involving clean-up operations at sites covered by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) as amended (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.);

Voluntary clean-up operations at sites recognized by federal, state, local, or other governmental body as uncontrolled hazardous waste sites;

Operations involving hazardous wastes that are conducted at treatment, storage, and disposal facilities regulated by Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 264 and 265 pursuant to RCRA, or by agencies under agreement with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement RCRA regulations; and

Emergency response operations for releases of, or substantial threats of release of, hazardous substances regardless of the location of the hazard.

Examples of the above would be individuals involved in the following: Removal or handling of underground tanks and/or piping, contaminated soil and/or groundwater, subsurface investigations, construction work in which hazardous materials may potentially be present, encountered, prepared, packaged, labeled, marked, stored, shipped for disposal, and for any facility wherein hazardous wastes are treated, stored, or disposed. Personnel who are involved in the above disciplines are required to have initial and recurrent training."