Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response Awareness

Overview/Description
 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has regulated the treatment of hazardous waste with CFR 1910.120, the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) standard. The standard has 17 sections, including regulations on how to write safety and health emergency response plans, site characterization, medical surveillance, training, engineering controls, monitoring, personal protective equipment, sanitation, drum handling, and decontamination. In part, this course offers an overview of the standard and can be applied to any of the refresher training defined by CFR 1910.120, paragraph (e). This SkillSoft Corporation training course has been reviewed by attorneys from the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green, PA, of Manchester, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts for accuracy under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the "Act") and certain regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA"), as to the matters covered and as of the date reviewed. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated.

Target Audience
 Employers and employees in general industry who handle hazardous waste

Expected Duration
3.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Administering the Standard

  • identify the benefits of being familiar with the administrative aspects of the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) standard.
  • match the elements of a proper site characterization and analysis with proper examples.
  • select the elements of the site health emergency response plan and health and safety plan and their corresponding examples.
  • apply the principles of assigning a training class to employees in a given situation.
  • apply the principles of the medical surveillance program to a given situation.

    • Implementing the Standard

  • identify the benefits of implementing the HAZWOPER standard.
  • match site objective attainment methods to their appropriate examples.
  • sequence the proper handling procedures for drums.
  • determine whether drums have been properly handled in a given situation.
  • match each component of a decontamination program to items that correspond with that component.

    • Course Number: SFTY0131