2022 HAZWOPER Training - 40 hour course

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 $250; $100 for full-time students. Class is limited to the first 50 participants and a limited number of seats are available. 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 purpose of OSHA and its role in regulating occupational safety

• Use Site Characterization to establish problems that may exist in your workplace and measures that can be implemented to eliminate hazards

• Identify hazardous materials existent in the workplace and the possible methods, symptoms and preventative measures of exposure

• Be able to use a Safety Data sheets (SDS) to identify and properly handle hazardous materials

• Become familiar with materials, compounds and mixtures that may present flammable, explosive, chemical or radiological hazards

• Understand the importance of personal protective equipment in limiting hazardous exposure

• Establish an effective Site Control Program to limit the risk of exposure to only those working in the hazardous work zone

• Implement procedures for treating workers in the event of hazardous exposure