The Courses
About the 40-Hour Training Course
This course satisfies the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120 for OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HazWOpER) 40-Hour Training. HazWOpER 40-Hour training is required for anyone working at Treatment, Storage, and Disposal facilities (TSDs) and at hazardous waste clean-up sites. The training is also required for those persons responding to emergencies involving hazardous materials. Persons taking this course will receive a certificate that will allow employment in the previously mentioned areas.
This Hazwoper training will include an overview of federal regulations, toxicology, hazard communication, site management, air monitoring, site characterization, operating procedures, safety, spill clean-up, and more. The class will also write and review health and safety plans, emergency response plans, and incident command procedures.
The written portion of the course will be facilitated online via Kirkwood Community College. Specific instructions will be sent upon registration. All online work must be completed before the on-site component. The onsite suit-up and certification will take place on Tuesday, January 5, and Wednesday, January 6, 2010 and will meet from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Edwards Hall, Room 11, K-State. Participants will be expected to suit up in protective equipment, including a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and level-A full containment suit. Students should be in good physical health since wearing protective equipment places physical demands on the body.
About the 8-Hour Refresher Course
The 8-Hour Refresher Course will be held on Monday, January 4, 2010, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The course is designed for any individual who has previously completed the 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training, including faculty and students working with hazardous substances in the laboratory and on field sites, as well as first responders or industry hazardous materials handlers. The course will include OSHA safety elements. The planned course will requalify participants to enter hazardous waste sites in the field and to work appropriately with hazardous materials in the laboratory. A Certificate of Completion is awarded.
Instructors
Instructors for the course will be:
- Steve Galitzer, Director, Department of Environmental Health and Safety, Kansas State University
Sponsors
- Kansas State University
- K-State's College of Engineering
- Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center
- Department of Environmental Health and Safety
- K-State's Division of Continuing Education
More Information
For more information about the course, call Steve Galitzer at 785-532-5856. For registration information, call K-State Continuing Education, 785-532-5569.