Environmental Compliance
HAZWOPER: Facility Operations
Course description
As a new worker at a hazardous waste site or treatment, storage, and disposal facility, or TSDF, you need to learn about the safety and health risks associated with facility operations. This course provides an overview of the HAZWOPER regulatory standard’s safety requirements for hazardous waste facility operations, the types of potential hazardous exposures, medical surveillance requirements, the practices and procedures to reduce the risk of an incident or exposure to a hazard, the hazard controls deployed to help ensure safety, and the proper use of personal protective equipment, or PPE.
Course Duration: 35 min
Learning objectives:
At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:- Identify the safety, environmental, and health hazards posed by hazardous wastes and other hazards at the worksite
- Recall the medical surveillance requirements for hazardous waste site operations
- Describe the work practices and procedures designed to eliminate or reduce risks of injury or illness
- Recognize the engineering controls and equipment deployed at the worksite to help ensure safety
- Explain the appropriate function and use of PPE