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When Congress
reauthorized the Superfund program in 1986 and directed
OSHA to develop worker protection regulations (29 CFR 1910.120)
for handling hazardous waste, it also authorized a division
of the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS), to fund model worker training
programs. Congress intended these programs to lead the way
in developing a highly trained workforce capable of safely
handling the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and other
incidents in which hazardous materials are involved.
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| CCCHST Train-the-Trainer and worker training
programs addressing OSHA, EPA, DOT and DOE regulations move
beyond the pencil and paper classroom approach to actual
hands-on field exercises using state-of-the-art equipment.
Programs are designed to have students practice and then
demonstrate their ability to perform, for example, in fully
encapsulated personal protective suits or in self-contained
breathing apparatus (SCBA). Students also learn through
the use of simulations of hazardous materials incidents
by observing demonstrations of chemical reactions. |
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| CCCHST/HMTRI's "Great Environmental
Safety Trainers Institute" (GreatEST) emphasizes
how to conduct safe, memorable, hands-on training as part
of the CCCHST/HMTRI model curriculum. The Institute is not
a teacher education program; it is assumed trainers and educators
selected by their colleges to attend the program have the
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The Great Environmental Safety Trainers Institute targets
technical skills, hands-on training, safety standards, and
the design of training grounds and scenarios related to
environmental health and safety education and training.
The activities included in the train-the-trainer program
target waste site worker curriculum and industrial spill
response curriculum. Other topics such as DOT 181 training,
confined space safety training, and instrumentation and
monitoring are included.
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| What
you will learn in the workshops: |
To
contact us for more information: |
- Hazard
recognition and control
- Air,
soil, and water sampling and monitoring
- Confined
space entry
- Safe
work practices
- Proper
decontamination procedures
- Spill
containment and other emergencies
- Engineering
controls and their use
- Emergency
response
- Selection,
care and use of respirators and other personal protective
equipment
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Call us at
1-800-GO-HMTRI or 319-398-5893
Fax us at 319-398-1250
or e-mail hmtri@kirkwood.edu
HMTRI / Kirkwood Community
College
6301 Kirkwood Blvd. SW / PO Box 2068
Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-2068
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