Make workplace requirements clearer. Get a practical overview of an overview of OSHA's HAZWOPER standard and its requirements in HAZWOPER Awareness: The Basics.
Designed for day-to-day use, HAZWOPER Awareness: The Basics explains the topic in a clear and actionable way. Key outcomes include the ability to summarize what HAZWOPER stands for, its goals, and when it applies, describe discuss essential components of the HCS, including chemical hazards and SDSs, and describe the expectations for HAZWOPER training and its curriculum. The material also helps learners describe give an overview of each section within OSHA’s HAZWOPER Standard. Practical examples connect the subject to routine tasks, expected procedures, and decisions employees may need to make on the job. Learners finish with a clearer understanding of what to look for, how to respond, and when to raise a concern or seek additional guidance.
HAZWOPER stands for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. It is an OSHA standard to help protect workers when they handle hazardous substances.
The amount of training required depends on your job. If you will be engaged in the clean-up of hazardous substances regularly, 40 hours and three days of field experience are needed. Others may only require 24 hours of training and only up to one day of field experience.
HAZWOPER applies when any government body requires clean-up operations or corrective actions for an uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance. It also applies at any and all locations in the case of an emergency with a hazardous substance.
Learners are taught that OSHA defines a chemical hazard as a substance that poses a wide range of health and physical hazards or as an item or agent that could cause harm to humans, animals, or the environment.
In practical terms, all workers that may be involved in the clean-up, corrective actions, or emergency response to an unexpected release of a hazardous substance.
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