8-Hour HAZWOPER Refresher for Environmental Professionals

About This Event:

Environmental professionals need to be familiar with compliance guidelines for hazardous waste site cleanup and corrective action operations as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.120. Refresh your knowledge with this hands-on workshop. Unlike traditional HAZWOPER workshops, this workshop focuses on recognizing and avoiding common physical and chemical industrial hazards by using appropriate preparatory techniques, on-site work practices and air monitoring instrumentation.

Recommended For:

This workshop is designed for environmental consultants, sampling personnel, surveyors, drillers and other persons who might be involved in the assessment of potentially contaminated sites, as well as supervisors, managers and other hazardous waste site remediation personnel. Employees at TSD facilities would also benefit from this workshop.

You Will:

Receive HAZWOPER refresher training required by 29 CFR 1910.120(e)(8) and (p)(7)(ii)
Gain an understanding of commonly faced physical and chemical industrial hazards and review actual incidents involving these hazards
Learn how to use block flow diagrams to document industrial processes and identify potential hazards
Examine actual photos of industrial sites to identify hazards that may be faced in the field
Review common usage problems with air-purifying and air-supplying respiratory protection
Discuss how to appropriately select air monitoring instrumentation and how to properly interpret results.

Topics Covered Include:

Preparation for field work
Inhalation hazards and respiratory protection
Absorption hazards
Air monitoring instrumentation and techniques
Thermal hazards
Walking/climbing/working surface hazards
Confined space hazards.

Additional Information:

This workshop is NOT a general health and safety workshop and is designed for people who have already received a 24-hour or 40-hour initial HAZWOPER training. People looking for a general introduction to safety and/or OSHA regulations should consider the "Safety & Health for General Industry" event.

Instructor(s):

Michael "Mac" McNulty is an Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Extension Specialist with the IES at NC State University. Mr. McNulty conducts classroom lectures, hands-on exercises, and table top scenarios in Incidental Spill Cleanup; Emergency Response at the Awareness, Operation and Technician levels; OSHA HazWOPER 40-Hour, 24-Hour, Site Supervisor, and 8-Hour Refresher; DOT Hazardous Materials; RCRA; Environmental Sampling Techniques; and Confined Space Entry. He is proficient in the administration of OSHA and EPA compliance facility audits, implementation of occupational health and safety air sampling and noise surveys, and development of, review/revision, and instruction in EHS programs.

Mr. McNulty has 25 years' experience in the fields of chemistry, environmental remediation, and safety & health; with degrees in Chemical Technology and Hazardous Materials Management. While in Ohio, he was Field Operations Manager/Safety Officer with Haag Environmental Company, Manager of EH&S Consulting Services with the University of Findlay's School of Environmental and Emergency Management, and he served on the Ohio Hospital Association's Ohio Hospital Environmental Leadership Council.