Signet’s Hazardous Materials Safety Officer educational course prepares the hazardous materials technician to fulfill the roles and responsibilities required of the position in the Incident Command System in response to hazardous materials incidents. In addition, it will assist in preparing an overall hazardous materials response management program and protocols.
Being a Hazardous Materials Safety Officer is not optional—it’s a required role in any hazardous material response under the ICS. The person filling this role must possess the training, experience, and education, and shall be defined as a hazardous materials technician in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.120(q).
This educational course is based on the requirements spelled out in 2008 NFPA 472 and will provide the participant with the education needed to successfully perform at a hazardous materials incident as a HazMat Safety Officer. By law, technicians can only be appointed hazmat safety officers, however any person interested in hazardous materials safety, or involved in program management, will take great interest in the concepts, objectives and curriculum within this course and are encouraged to attend.
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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 Site Safety and Health Supervisor or Official, 29 CFR 1910.120(q). Per this legislation by definition, the site safety officer is the individual located at a hazardous materials incident who is knowledgeable in the operations being implemented at the emergency response site, with specific responsibility to identify and evaluate hazards and to provide direction with respect to the safety of operations for the emergency at hand. It will be the responsibility of the participants organization to verify competency and designate the participant qualified as a competent person to fulfill this role.
This course also follows NFPA 472 Chapter 11, which lists key skills for Hazardous Materials Safety Officers. This recommendation states that the competencies at this level shall be to provide the hazardous materials safety officer with the knowledge and skills to evaluate a hazardous materials/WMD incident for safety and ensure that recognized safe operational practices are followed. For Colorado responders, this Experience will also address Colorado Division of Fire Safety Hazardous Materials Operations JPR #2 and #5 as well as Hazardous Materials Technician JPR #6, #7, #8, #9a, and #9b.
This education course will contain at a minimum, the following within the curriculum:
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