HAZWOPER: Monitoring Procedures and Equipment

This Interactive course on Monitoring Procedures and Equipment is designed to help facilities comply with OSHA’s HAZWOPER regulation (29 CFR 1910.120). As part of these regulations, there are varying requirements for employee training, depending on an employee’s specific level of involvement with hazardous materials. The course discusses the importance of detecting hazardous materials, as well as the equipment and procedures used in the process. Hazardous materials and waste are part of many work situations, and can be found on many types of job sites. It is so important that employees know how to recognize these potentially dangerous substances, as well as how to handle and dispose of them properly, that OSHA mandates that anyone working with these substances receive comprehensive training in this area. Areas covered in the course include detecting hazardous materials, direct-reading monitoring instruments, sampling collection devices, hazards that are Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH), confined spaces, general on-site monitoring, perimeter, periodic and personal monitoring, and more.

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Topics covered in these products include:

  • Know why OSHA requires atmospheric monitoring to be performed in all HAZWOPER environments.
  • Explain the difference between “detection” and “surveillance”.
  • Identify different types of monitoring devices.
  • Describe the advantages and limitations of different types of monitoring equipment.
  • Know how “personal monitoring” is performed.
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Associated Industries: HAZWOPER.
Associated Topic Titles: Hazardous Waste (HAZWOPER).


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