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Hazwoper Courses are now available at Discounted Prices!

It is required for employers to stay updated with all the regulations that are issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. With 24 Hour Hazwoper Training Course, you can provide proper training to your employees in an efficient and easy manner. Even the trainees will be able to attend the online program with ease, right from their home or office. We offer you a complete list of Hazwoper safety training courses that will ensure safety and protect workers at hazardous waste sites. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has laid down certain standards and regulations. All of our courses have been designed in such a way that they meet the training requirements laid down by the federal agency and help you comply with their standards. Complying with the OSHA standards will allow you to receive your Hazwoper certification. Depending upon your training requirements, we have designed and structured several different Hazwoper training courses. Our courses have been

The Importance of OSHA in Confined Space Monitoring

In order to learn from practical experience, it is sometimes extremely important to make mistakes – and then learn from those mistakes. In doing so, you will find that this is indeed a highly effective way of increasing your competency levels and of understanding a specific subject. However, this particular statement is only limited to certain aspects of our lives. As far as confined space monitoring is concerned, the cost of learning from your mistakes can also lead to a cost in the number of lives lost. Confined spaces are indeed extremely deadly and more often than not, making mistakes in a confined space can lead to many injuries and death. There are many mistakes that people tend to make while in confined spaces. Learning about these mistakes before you enter such a space is advisable towards establishing an efficient confined space air monitoring program. The biggest mistake however, is the mistake of neglecting the OSHA standards related to confined spaces. The worst mistake yo

A Brief Introduction to Hazwoper 24 Hour Training

OSHA 24 hou r training course is one of the five levels of training courses that is included in the Hazwoper or Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response regulations. It is required by only those employees who are visiting an uncontrolled hazardous waste site. Those workers who are employed to work occasionally on an uncontrolled hazardous waste site are required to undergo the 24 hour Hazwoper training. Their tasks include land surveying, geographical surveying and ground water surveying. These workers are likely to be exposed to chemicals over the legal exposure limit. A minimum of 1 day of supervised field experience is required for these workers. The 24 hour Hazwoper training should address all the health and safety hazards of hazardous waste sites and the control methods that should be taken for curbing these hazards. Those employees that have successfully completed their 24 hour training and field training are then certified by their instructor and trained supervisor as h

How good is your Emergency Action Plan?

Workplace e mergencies can be completely eliminated, but if you have a strong emergency response plan and if your workers are trained to respond appropriately and quickly, then you can possibly save many lives. Commitment of the management to this cause and worker involvement is very important if you want to implement an effective emergency safety plan. It is very important to keep your workers fully informed about the action plan and regularly review this plan to see if any changes or additions need to be made. But how good is your emergency action plan? Here are a few questions that should be asked: Is there a way to report emergencies after an incident? Who should be responsible for making decisions during an emergency? Does everyone in your workplace know what safety procedures to follow in case of an emergency? Do all the workers know about the escape routes and evacuation procedures? Do your workers know where the emergency supplies are?