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 hazardous materials specialist level IV in accordance with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 and NFPA 472. It covers the regulatory overview, incident command system, incident command facilities and incident command system concepts and principles; the roles and responsibilities, HAZMAT site control, HAZMAT site zones, HAZMAT support zones and general health and safety plan guidelines; and the medical surveillance, hazard recognition and respiratory protection Further, the course will also discuss the personal protection equipment (PPE), decontamination, placards and labelling, toxicology and hazard recognition; the air monitoring, site emergencies, facility emergency response plan and training and equipping the HAZMAT team; the facility emergency response audit and federal, state and local emergency response requirements; the spill and release reporting under federal regulations; and the applicable laws and regulations including EPA, difference between laws and regulations, major EPA and OSHA laws, recordkeeping, notifying OSHA and OSHA plan states.During this interactive course, participants will learn the DOT emergency response guidebook (ERG); the availability to recognize and identify hazardous materials; the HAZMAT emergency response strategy and tactics; the HAZMAT emergency response strategic goal for isolation, notification of others, identification of hazards, protection of responsible and public, fire control, spill control, leak control, recovery and termination; the specialized mitigation techniques for non-bulk containers, highway cargo tanks; and the basic chemistry and physical properties terms.

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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