24 Hour HAZWOPER Training for Occasional Site Workers

OSHA Training 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
• Implement procedures for treating workers in the event of hazardous exposure

Training Topics

• Introduction
• Lesson 1: Regulation Overview
• Lesson 2: Site Characterization
• Lesson 3: Toxicology
• Lesson 4: Hazard Recognition
• Lesson 5: Chemical Awareness
• Lesson 6: Radiological Hazards
• Lesson 7: Respiratory Protection
• Lesson 8: Personal Protective Equipment
• Lesson 9: Site Control
• Lesson 10: Decontamination
• Lesson 11: Medical Surveillance
• Lesson 12: Air Monitoring
• Lesson 13: Confined Space Entry
• Lesson 14: Emergency Response