Lansing Center, Lansing, MI
8:00 am – 5:00 pm 
Attendance at the full 8-hour session is required

Background of training being completed for this course:

1. 8-hour First responders at the operations level are individuals who respond to releases or potential releases of hazardous substances as part of the initial response to the site for the purpose of protecting nearby persons, property, or the environment from the effects of the release. They are trained to respond in a defensive fashion without actually trying to stop the release. Their function is to contain the release from a safe distance, keep it from spreading, and prevent exposures.

2. 8-Hour Refresher Hazardous materials technician. Hazardous materials technicians are individuals who respond to releases or potential releases for the purpose of stopping the release. They assume a more aggressive role than a first responder at the operations level in that they will approach the point of release in order to plug, patch or otherwise stop the release of a hazardous substance. Hazardous materials technicians must have completed 24 or 40 hours of training (depending on target audience for the training).

This course meets OSHA training requirements found in 29 CFR 1910.120q and includes:

• Knowledge of employer’s emergency response plan, and basic hazard and risk assessment techniques.
• Know how to select & use PPE provided to the first responder operational level.
• An understanding of basic hazardous materials terms.
• Know how to perform basic control, containment, and/or confinement operations within the capabilities of the resources and personal protective equipment available with their unit.
• Know how to implement basic decontamination procedure
• An understanding of the relevant standard operating procedures and termination procedures.

Target audience: 
EHS Managers/Supervisors and or Spill Team Response Members Wishing to complete either:
1. The initial HAZWOPER 8 hour operations level training, or
2. Refresher 8 hour training for HAZWOPER 24 or 40 hour technician level training.
Both courses to be taught simultaneously to assist students on specific training needs and topics relating to both levels.

Instructor: Byron Beattie, Response EHS Management, Consulting and Training, LLC. (25+ years HAZMAT/HAZWOPER training/event experience)

Course fee: $150.00 (lunch included) and requires pre-registration

Space is limited.

Students, once registered, will complete a survey to assist the training staff in providing a site or response specific component of the curriculum.

Instructor

Byron Beattie
Response EHS Management, Consulting and Training, LLC.