Site-Specific 24-Hour Hazardous Materials Technician Training

Class available at client site only or client-held class at NATEC. Call for pricing.

To provide hazardous materials responders with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to safely respond to hazardous materials emergencies while protecting personnel, the public, property, and the environment, this Site-Specific 24-Hour Hazardous Materials Technician Training course prepares emergency responders to safely and effectively respond to hazardous materials incidents involving releases or potential releases of hazardous materials, substances, and wastes encountered at their facility.

Employees will develop competencies necessary to identify hazardous materials, analyze incidents, perform defensive and offensive control actions, implement site-specific emergency procedures, utilize and operate monitoring equipment, perform decontamination operations, take command, and operate within the Incident Command System (ICS).

This course incorporates site-specific hazards, facility business emergency response plans, hazardous materials inventories, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.

• OSHA HAZWOPER — 29 CFR 1910.120
• Cal/OSHA Title 8 §5192 (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response)
• NFPA 470 Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Standard
• National Incident Management System (NIMS)
• Incident Command System (ICS)
• EPA regulations
• DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR)
• Facility Emergency Response Plan
• Site-specific hazardous materials response procedures

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Respond safely to hazardous materials emergencies at the technician level.
• Analyze hazardous materials incidents and their associated risks.
• Utilize monitoring and detection equipment.
• Implement control, containment, and decontamination strategies.
• Operate within the Incident Command System.
• Apply site-specific emergency response procedures.
• Protect responders, the public, property, and the environment during hazardous materials incidents.
• Perform technician-level hazardous materials response functions in compliance with OSHA HAZWOPER, Cal/OSHA §5192, and applicable site emergency response plans.