To prepare students to perform basic chemical emergency response operations safely within the OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard. Training covers planning and executing emergency response actions, includes an emergency response overview, initial incident procedures, emergency response operations, incident safety, scene assessment, response hazards, principles of personal safety, and information on response agencies. This course is applicable to most industrial facilities, contractor personnel and public agency workers who respond to spills for the purpose of stopping the release. Training includes classroom instruction & a field exercise utilizing the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), monitoring, sampling & decon practices covered in the training program.
