Open Enrollment: HAZWOPER 8-Hour 

Date: April 26, 2024

Time: 9am – 5pm ET

Cost: $179.00

Where: Online

Certification: HAZWOPER Certificate 

Course Description

HAZWOPER is an OSHA workplace health and safety Standard (29 CFR 1910.120) intended to protect employees who work with hazardous substances in specific scenarios. These scenarios include response to emergency releases of hazardous substances and cleanup and remediation at contaminated sites.

This interactive, instructor led online course provides 8 hours of initial or refresher HAZWOPER training required for “operations-level” first responders who take defensive actions to contain a hazardous substance release. Typical defensive response actions include shutting down equipment or ventilation, covering drains, and placing absorbent to prevent a release from spreading. 

A certificate of course completion will be issued to each participant upon successful completion of the test.

Course Outline

1. Introduction

2. Labels and Safety Data Sheets

3. Regulation Overview

4. Site Characterization 

5. Toxicology

6. Hazard Recognition

7. Personal Protection Equipment

8. Decontamination 

9. Medical Surveillance

10. Confined Spaces

11. Emergency Procedures

Who Should Attend

HAZWOPER training is intended for employees performing the following general categories of work operations:

• Hazardous waste site cleanup operations;
• Operations involving hazardous waste that are conducted at treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities;
• Emergency response operations involving hazardous substance releases