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661 HAZWOPER for General Site Workers II
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Work Plan

Develop a work plan describing anticipated cleanup activities before beginning on-site response actions.

Preparing the Work Plan requires a multidisciplinary approach including input from all levels of on-site and off-site management.

The Work Plan should be periodically reexamined and updated as new information about site conditions is obtained.

The following steps should be taken in formulating a comprehensive Work Plan:

  • Review available information, including:
    • site records,
    • waste inventories,
    • generator and transporter manifests,
    • previous sampling and monitoring data,
    • site photos, and
    • state and local environmental and health agency records.
  • Define work objectives.
  • Determine methods for accomplishing the objectives (e.g., sampling plan, inventory, disposal techniques).
  • Determine personnel requirements.
  • Determine the need for additional training of personnel. Evaluate their current knowledge/skill level against the tasks they will perform and situations they may encounter.
  • Determine equipment requirements. Evaluate the need for special equipment or services, such as drilling equipment or heavy equipment and operators.

Preparing the Work Plan requires a multidisciplinary approach including input from all levels of on-site and off-site management. Consultants may be useful in developing sections of the Work Plan; for example, chemists, occupational health and safety professionals, and statisticians may be needed to develop the sampling plan.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

4-8. How often should the Work Plan be reexamined and updated?