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• 2025 HAZWOPER Training - 40 hour course

  • Start
    13 Jan 2025
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    8:00 AM
  • End
    17 Jan 2025
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    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Roaring River/Bennett Springs Conference Rm, 1730 E Elm St, Jefferson City, MO 65101
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  MWCC will provide an in-person 40-hour HAZWOPER Training consistent with OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard (29 CFR 1910.10 and 1925.65). Students will receive a training manual, and at the conclusion of the course, they will receive validation certificates.

  Registration fee per registrant is the low cost of $250; $100 for full-time students. Class is limited to the first 50 participants. A waiting list will be available in the event of cancellations. 

  At the conclusion of this course, the participant will be able to:
  

  • Understand the crucial role of OSHA in ensuring workplace safety and learn how to navigate its regulations and requirements effectively.

  • Employ techniques to identify hazards in their environment, utilizing Site Characterization to detect problems and implement hazard elimination strategies.

  • Gain expertise in identifying, handling, and mitigating exposure to hazardous materials through the proficient use of Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

  • Deepen their knowledge of materials that pose flammable, explosive, chemical, or radiological risks and learn the symptoms and preventative measures of exposure.

  • Understand the importance of PPE in minimizing exposure to hazards, and how to select and use the correct PPE for different work zone characteristics.

  • Establish effective Site Control Programs to protect workers and develop comprehensive emergency response strategies.

  • Learn to develop and implement essential health and safety programs, including Medical Surveillance Programs and Site Security measures.
    

  • Master the principles of decontamination, understand toxicology as it relates to chemical exposures, and identify the steps for any Hazard Communication Program.

  • Acquire skills in air monitoring and understand the confined space permit system, recognizing the hazards and medical concerns associated with confined spaces.

  • Engage in detailed discussions on potentially hazardous situations involving corrosives, solvents,oxidizers, reactive chemicals, radiation hazards, and the principles of emergency management.
    

  As indicated, this class will be offered in-person. 
  

  
  

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