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HAZWOPER: Temperature Extremes
HAZWOPER: TEMPERATURE EXTREMES Hazardous waste is a serious problem that continues to endanger humans, animals, and environmental quality. However, as workers clean up hazardous waste sites, they face safety and health hazards. OSHA issued the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Standard to protect workers during cleanup operations and help them handle the wastes safely and effectively. Temperature extremes pose a real concern to the health, safety, and comfort of workers involved in hazardous waste cleanup sites. Heat stress is a major hazard, especially for those that work outdoors or wear protective clothing. In fact, outside temperatures do not need to be all that high for heat to build up in a protective suit. Cold disorders, while less common, can also threaten those that work outdoors or in cold storage areas. Temperature extremes (hot or cold) are not only unbearable, they can kill. This HAZWOPER training course is designed to inform cleanup site workers about the dangers of working in extreme temperatures, the signs and symptoms to watch for in temperature-related injury or illness, how to respond to signs and symptoms, and how to protect themselves when working in temperature extremes.
What You'll Learn
- Heat is a Hazard
- Contributing Factors
- Heat Injury & Illness
- Types of Injuries & Illnesses
- Heat Fatigue, Rash, Cramps, Syncope, Exhaustion & Stroke
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Heat Advisories & Warnings
- Engineering Controls
- Administrative Controls
- Safe Work Practices
- PPE & CPC
- Cold Is a Hazard
- And more
- Discuss why hot temperatures pose a hazard to health and safety and factors that contribute to heat stress
- Recognize heat-related disorders, the signs and symptoms of each, and how to respond when signs and symptoms are present
- List ways to prevent heat injury & illness, including the use of engineering controls, administrative controls, safe work practices, and special considerations when using PPE
About This Course
Hazardous waste is a serious problem that continues to endanger humans, animals, and environmental quality. However, as workers clean up hazardous waste sites, they face safety and health hazards. OSHA issued the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Standard to protect workers during cleanup operations and help them handle the wastes safely and effectively.
Temperature extremes pose a real concern to the health, safety, and comfort of workers involved in hazardous waste cleanup sites. Heat stress is a major hazard, especially for those that work outdoors or wear protective clothing. In fact, outside temperatures do not need to be all that high for heat to build up in a protective suit. Cold disorders, while less common, can also threaten those that work outdoors or in cold storage areas. Temperature extremes (hot or cold) are not only unbearable, they can kill.
This HAZWOPER training course is designed to inform cleanup site workers about the dangers of working in extreme temperatures, the signs and symptoms to watch for in temperature-related injury or illness, how to respond to signs and symptoms, and how to protect themselves when working in temperature extremes.
Course Requirements
- Estimated Duration
- Approximately 50 minutes
- Pass Requirements
- Testing conducted throughout this online course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. The course is able to be taken three times in efforts to achieve the pass mark.
- Certificate
- Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available to download and print.
- Registration Fee
- $49.99 CAD
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- Cost effective: no hotels, travel, meals and less time away from the workplace.
- Convenient: courses can be completed wherever you have access to a computer and internet access.
- Self paced: students can pause at any time and continue where they left off.
- Consistent: video/slide format ensures the course is the same every time.
- Easy verification: online access to training and certification records for students and managers.
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