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Hazmat
Awareness
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Signet North America’s
customizable
Hazmat/Dangerous Goods Awareness course is designed
to provide an educational foundation regarding
safety issues of the various types of
hazardous materials
organizations
deal with on a day-to-day basis. |
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The goal of this
course is to bring
personnel to, at a minimum, the recognized United
States Occupational Safety and Health
Administration’s Hazardous Materials First Responder
Awareness Training Level
(1910.120(q)(6)(i)).
Per this legislation, first responders at the
awareness level are
“individuals who are likely to witness or discover a
hazardous substance release and who have been
trained to initiate an emergency response sequence
by notifying the proper authorities of the release.
They would take no further action beyond notifying
the authorities of the release.” |
Topics discussed will include, but not be limited
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Hazmat/Dangerous Goods responder Training Levels |
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The 9 UN Hazard Classes with
pertinent and relevant chemical terminology |
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Sources of Assistance
to include Placards, Labels, NFPA 704 Diamond
and use of the NAERG with exercise |
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Organizational Emergency Response Plans |
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Students who successfully complete the course
will be awarded a certificate of completion from
Signet North America
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