| 40-hour training | | | | exposed or could be exposed to health hazards |
| This course is required for those employees | | | | or dangerous substances, or who are responsible |
| engaged in a project designated as an | | | | for removing hazardous waste. It covers |
| Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Operation. It | | | | HAZWOPER regulations, dangerous chemicals, |
| includes emergency-response operations; clean-up | | | | health and safety plans, air monitoring, safety |
| operations, including those that are voluntary; | | | | hazards, medical surveillance, decontamination, |
| uncontrolled hazardous waste sites; and, the | | | | respiratory equipment, and personal protective |
| storage, treatment, or disposal of such waste. | | | | equipment. |
| This training also covers protection from | | | | Expected learning outcomes from these courses |
| dangerous chemicals, eliminating those chemicals, | | | | include enabling the worker to: |
| worker safety, and OSHA regulations related to | | | | Comprehend the role OSHA plays in the regulation |
| the environment. | | | | of occupational safety; |
| Before entering the work site, employees must | | | | Apply the principles of "site characterization" in |
| have a minimum of three days of field | | | | determining problems that may exist in the |
| experience, while being supervised by a potential | | | | workplace and the measures that should be taken |
| employer or student employer who is both | | | | to solve those problems; |
| well-trained and experienced. 40 hours of initial | | | | Identify the hazardous materials that are present |
| training is also required. | | | | at the site, and the possible indications of danger, |
| 24-hour training | | | | along with ways of avoiding exposure, |
| This course is required for those employees who | | | | Use Material Safety Data sheets to identify |
| are engaged in a project that has been | | | | dangerous substances and handle them properly; |
| designated as an Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste | | | | Become familiar with materials, mixtures and |
| Operation. It covers a variety of issues related to | | | | compounds that may present explosive, |
| the recognition of hazards in the workplace, and it | | | | flammable, radiological, or chemical hazards to |
| also suggests possible protective and preventive | | | | workers; |
| measures that could be taken to reduce or | | | | Realize the importance of using personal |
| eliminate them at the site. | | | | protective equipment to limit workers' exposure |
| Eight-hour training | | | | to hazardous elements; |
| This course fulfills the OSHA mandate for eight | | | | Establish a workable Site Control Program; and, |
| hours of yearly refresher training for those | | | | Implement a plan for treating employees if they |
| working at a hazardous waste site who are | | | | are exposed to a dangerous material. |