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Hazardous Materials Technician for WMD-HazMat Emergencies

Scope/Overview:

Comprehensive, performance-based training that provides emergency responders with knowledge and skills to qualify for IFSAC accredited certification--Hazardous Materials First Responder: Technician Level. The 89-hour course covers all aspects of NFPA 472, Chapter 6, and will enable students to:

Special Features:

Hazmat Skills Trailer used to simulate a wide range of emergencies involving rail cars, tanker trucks, cylinders of various sizes, totes, drums, and pipe/valve leaks.

Course Length:

89 hours

Prerequisite(s):

  • Hazardous Materials Awareness for WMD-HazMat Emergencies
  • HazMat / WMD Operations

Accredited Certification Level:

IFSAC accredited certification. The exam requires an additional eight (8) hours upon course completion.

Standards Met:

NFPA 472, Standard on Professsional Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents, (4.1.2.2), OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(i), EPA 40 CFR 311.1 & 40 CFR 311.2, Office of Domestic Preparedness, Emergency Responder Guidelines, 2002.

Student Equipment:

Leather gloves, eye protection/Safety glasses, steel toed footwear, hard hat/helmet
 

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