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What Is HAZWOPER 40-Hour Training?

OSHA created the HAZWOPER standard (29 CFR 1910.120) to make sure that workers who clean up, treat, store, dispose of, or otherwise handle hazardous waste can do their jobs without risking their health and safety. One of the HAZWOPER requirements is that workers receive extensive, structured training before they begin their jobs.

This course meets the instructional requirements for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) workers at the highest level of risk. It includes 24 lessons that cover all the mandatory topics.

We'll start with a module that reviews the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) so that you're compliant with OSHA's 2013 updates to the Hazardous Communication Standard (HCS). You'll learn about OSHA's chemical labeling requirements and learn how to find information about the substances on your worksite.

We'll cover the various hazards you may encounter in your job and how they might affect you. This includes topics like site characterization, toxicology, hazard recognition, hazardous chemical awareness, radiation hazards, and bloodborne pathogens.

Then you'll learn all the tools you need to keep yourself safe. This includes daily precautions like safe work practices, respiratory protection, other personal protective equipment (PPE), and decontamination methods. It also includes required monitoring methods like medical surveillance, air monitoring, material sampling, and more.

Finally, you'll learn about emergencies and special situations, including emergency procedures, confined spaces, excavations, and fire protection.

Please note that after you finish this course, you'll need 3 full days of directly supervised fieldwork to complete your HAZWOPER 40 certification.

Who Should Take the 40-Hour HAZWOPER Training Course?

The HAZWOPER standard is mandatory for people who handle hazardous waste as emergency responders, uncontrolled site hazardous waste site operators, and treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF) workers.

Workers at the highest level of risk need the 40-hour initial training. You need HAZWOPER 40 if you will:

• Work with and clean up hazardous materials regularly
• Be involved in the storage and treatment of hazardous substances
• Have exposure at or above Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs)
• Work in environments where you need respirators and other PPE for more than 30 days a year
• Supervise employees who do any of the above

If you'll be handling hazardous waste but your exposure will fall below these thresholds, you may need our HAZWOPER 24 course instead.

HAZWOPER training can also benefit workers in any role that faces hazardous conditions like high concentrations of toxic substances, Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) environments, conditions that pose a fire or explosion hazard, or oxygen-deficient atmospheres.

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