40-Hour Hazwoper
This course offers an intensive 4-day program that is geared towards “Real World” site activities for investigation and remediation. Classroom instruction includes lectures, demonstrations, and interactive group workshops. Hands-on exercises will be used throughout the course to develop participants’ skills and provide experience. Students will simulate a hazardous materials/waste clean-up drill–researching materials involved, establishing control zones, evaluating with test instruments, practicing decontamination methods and reviewing the incident. Optional exercises include a Self Contained Breathing Apparatus equipment check-out and an optional fit-testing for those supplying a respirator with the appropriate cartridges.
24-Hour Hazwoper
This 3-day course will address the issues of health and safety as outlined in the OSHA Standards for occasional workers and visitors having “no potential for exposure to site hazards” above the PEL. Topics include the fundamentals of those previously mentioned in the 40-hour course description, with the exception of some workshops and exercises due to the certification limitations.
Annual Hazwoper Refresher
This annual course is required within one year of the initial or last Refresher course completion to maintain compliance as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.120 (e) and (q). In addition to reviewing key topics from the HAZWOPER courses, this course strongly emphasizes new developments and information. Exercises now include case studies. Additionally, a fit-test is available for those students supplying a respirator with appropriate cartridges.
Department Of Transportation Hazmat Handler/Manifest
This course is designed specifically for anyone responsible for the safe transportation of hazardous materials and its loading, packaging, marking, labeling and completion of shipping papers in accordance with the requirements of HM-181, HM126F and related DOT regulations. This course will also cover the safe transportation of hazardous wastes (i.e., generators, shippers, etc.) and its packaging, marking, manifesting in accordance with the requirements of the US Department of Transportation; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and Cal EPA.
Emergency Response: First Responder Awareness Level (FRA)
This course is designed for individuals who are likely to witness or discover a hazardous substance release and who have been trained to initiate an emergency response sequence by notifying the proper authorities of the release. They would take no further action beyond notifying the proper authorities of the release.
Emergency Response: First Responder Operations Level (FRO)
This course is designed for Plant Operations Staff and other personnel who respond to unplanned accidents or spills. Participants will learn how to respond “defensively” containing releases from a distance, prevent spreading, and exposures. The course addresses recognition and evaluation of environmental and occupational hazards associated with an emergency response, and how to properly protect themselves. Topics include: basic hazard and risk assessment, NFPA/DOT identification systems, instrument use, toxicology, personal protective equipment selection and use, respiratory protection, self-contained breathing apparatus, basic site control, containment, and confinement operations, emergency planning, and decontamination.
Adult CPR/First Aid/AED Training
ETAC is an affiliate of the American Red Cross. This course is designed for individuals to respond to an adult suffering an injury or illness at work, at home, or in public so that when minutes matter, this skill can save a life. Participants will learn how to properly give CPR, use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and use First Aid. This is an in-person, hands-on class with a peer-to-peer learning environment taught by a certified American Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED instructor. Attendees will be assessed on their ability to respond to an emergency to receive a certificate through the American Red Cross that is valid for 2 years.