24-Hour Hazardous Materials Technician Training Course This 24-hour Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Technician training course prepares participants to offensively respond (control, contain, confine, and clean-up) hazardous materials releases as a member of a HazMat team. Topics include: recognizing HazMat, Incident Management, Personal Protective Equipment, Decontamination, and Spill Tactics. Employees who are expected to respond to hazardous material releases should attend this course prior to responding to a hazardous materials incident, and attend an 8-hour refresher course annually thereafter. This will cover:
- Understanding hazardous materials
- Emergency response training levels
- Chemicals fundamentals and toxicology
- Risk assessment
- Sources of information
- Assessment tools
- Personal protectice equipment
- Emergency response operations
- Decontamination
- Medical surveillance
- Emergency related concerns
- Tabletop scenarios
- Indoor/Outdoor drills
- Donning and Doffing all levels of PPE
If you need more information or wish to schedule this HazMat Technician required course, please call Kiley Taylor at 512.329.5544.