Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using one of our state-of-the-art simulators. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of HAZMAT level V onscene incident commander in accordance with OSHA 29 CFR 191-120 and NFPA 472. It covers the regulatory overview, incident command system, incident command facilities, incident system concepts and principles; the facility emergency response plan; training and equipping your HAZMAT team; the facility emergency response audit; the process hazard analysis, site identification, hazard qualification, consequence analysis and workplace hazard analysis; and the federal, state and local emergency response requirements including spill and release reporting under federal regulations. During this interactive course, participants will learn the applicable laws and regulations; the DOT emergency response guidebook (ERG); the hazard recognition toxicology, placards and labelling; the respiratory protection and personal protection equipment (PPE); the HAZPOWER site control; the HAZPOWER site zones and HAZPOWER support zones; the decontamination, medical surveillance, site emergencies and the ability to recognize and identify hazardous materials; and the containment, confinement and control of hazardous materials releases.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30