This HAZWOPER 8-Hour Refresher online safety training course is convenient and easy to use. Individual employees can train at a time that is convenient for them, at their own pace. The system automatically tracks their progress in the course along with any completed quiz scores and bookmarks the learner’s place to make it easy to resume training if training is interrupted. Upon completion of the course, and a 100% score, the employee will then be able to print a certificate of completion.
Employers no longer need to pull large groups of employees off the job to complete their safety training.
This online training course can help you:
Meet compliance-based safety requirements
Reduce risks of accidents and injury on and off the job
Lower insurance premiums, workers compensation claims and lost work hours
Improve employee morale and retention
This course is an annual refresher training of eight hours and is required for regular hazardous waste site workers and managers. The eight-hour course is a refresher to an original 24 or 40 hour training course in hazardous waste operations and emergency response. It includes the following: Decontamination in Industrial Environments; Fire and Explosion Safety in Industrial Environments; Hazard Communication for Industry; Industrial Facility Regulatory Overview; Industrial Spill Response/Spill Control; PPE/Respiratory Protection in Industrial Environments; Site Safety and Health Plans/Procedures for Industry; Site Control in Industrial Environments; Toxicology; and Working in Extreme Temperatures.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the general requirements of a hazardous waste site safety and health program
Specify how to evaluate a site's characteristics
Identify site training requirements
Identify Medical Surveillance requirements
Specify how to reduce exposures below established exposure levels for hazardous substances
Define Air monitoring and its use in evaluating and controlling personal exposure to hazardous chemicals
Identify newly developed air and contaminant monitoring equipment
Identify new developments in personal protective equipment
Specify proper decontamination procedures
Recognize elements of a properly developed emergency response plan to handle possible on-site emergencies
Recognize elements of a properly developed off-site emergency response plan|Identify changes to pertinent provisions of EPA or OSHA standards or laws
Specify new developments with respect to material covered in the 40-hour course
Intended Audience:
Regular hazardous waste site workers and managers.
Primary Regulations:
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
Related Regulations:
OSHA 29 CFR 1926
OSHA 29 CFR OSHA 29 CFR 1926
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart E, Means of Egress
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart H, Hazardous Materials
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart J, General Environmental Controls
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart K, Medical and First Aid
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart L, Fire Protection
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart R, Special Industries
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z, Toxic and Hazardous Substances
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart I, Personal Protective Equipment, Including Respiratory Protection
