Hazardous Materials Specialist Level 40-Hours

The 40-hour Hazardous Materials Specialist certifies an employee to "respond with and provide support to HAZMAT Technicians.. However those duties require a more directed or specific knowledge of the various substances they may be called upon to contain".  Companies that elect to certify their employees to the 40 hour level may not require external contractors for spill cleanup, as employees certified to this level will have sufficient competency to respond to, contain, and clean up spills or releases of hazardous materials. 

Who Should Attend: This training is required by any employee who would respond aggressively to a chemical emergency by attempting to stop the release at the point of discharge and to contain and clean up released materials.

Program Content:

Personal protective equipment
Preparation of a site-specific health and safety plan
Regulatory overview
Respiratory Protection
Review of PA's Emergency Response Plan
Review of local emergency response plan
Spill response simulation
Toxicology of industrial chemicals
Air monitoring instrumentation
Air sampling instrumentation
Awareness lectures
Chemical hazard recognition and identification
Decontamination
Fire safety
Industrial hygiene
Personnel and spill response equipment
Neutralization