K-State offering HAZWOPER training programs

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News release prepared by: Somer Sampleton, 785-532-5888, somers@gw.ksu.edu

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

K-STATE OFFERING HAZWOPER TRAINING PROGRAMS

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University is offering on-campus Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, or HAZWOPER, training. Options include a 40-hour training course and an eight-hour refresher course.

The 40-hour training course will be Jan. 2-5, 2007, and provides certification for the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard 29 CFR 1910.120. The training includes an overview of federal regulations, toxicology, hazard communication, site management, air monitoring, site characterization, operating procedures, safety, spill cleanup and more. The class also will write and review health and safety plans, emergency response plans and incident command procedures. The training will consist of lectures, classroom exercises and actual field experience.

The eight-hour refresher course will be Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, and is designed for any individual who has previously completed the 40-hour or 24-hour HAZWOPER training. This can include faculty and students working with hazardous substances in the laboratory and on field sites, as well as first responders or industry hazardous material handlers. The planned course will re-qualify participants to enter hazardous waste sites in the field and to work appropriately with hazardous materials in the laboratory.

The cost of the 40-hour HAZWOPER training course is $475, while the 8-hour refresher course is $125. The registration fees include all course materials, handouts and a certificate verifying completion of the training course. The 40-hour training course also offers three hours of optional undergraduate credit.

Online registration and more information is available at:
http://www.dce.k-state.edu/dce/conf/hazwoper

More information also is available by calling Larry Saltzer at 785-587-0291 or K-State's Division of Continuing Education at 785-532-5569.