HAZWOPER Safety and Health Program
In this module, we will continue discussing the final three elements of an effective HAZWOPER safety and health program applied to cleanup operations.
Safety and Health Training Program
Training makes employees aware of the potential hazards they may encounter and provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to perform their work with minimal risk to their own and other employees' safety and health.
All employees, managers, and supervisors working on-site must receive appropriate training before they are permitted to engage in hazardous waste operations that could expose them to hazardous substances, safety, or health hazards.
Employees who have work experience or training that meets HAZWOPER initial training requirements must be given appropriate site-specific training and have appropriate supervised field experience at a new site. Generally, employees whose jobs put them at higher risk of exposure need more training than those who do lower-risk jobs.
Employees with 24 hours of off-site instruction who become general hazardous waste site workers, or who are required to wear respirators, must have additional training that totals 40 hours of off-site instruction and three days of field experience.
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4-1. How much training must general hazardous waste site workers receive?
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