ECWTP Course Work Schedule

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Introduces the participant to the basics of developing an Action Plan to address environmental or industrial emergencies/accidents

Awareness training is intended to provide information on how to recognize suspected Asbestos Containing Material, safely work around asbestos, and how to facilitate appropriate reactions to damaged material.

·       Hurricanes

·       Tornadoes

This course offers participants the opportunity to learn about personal protective equipment programs, the various types of PPE available, and how to properly inspect, don and maintain PPE.

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The objectives of this course are to identify:

1.) Common hazards that lead to slips, trips, and falls as well as the principles behind good housekeeping practices; and

2.) To recognize areas of greater risk and the required safety protections against them and notification to proper parties of them.

This course will discuss the effects of heat on the body, outline the risk factors for heat-related illnesses, and describe the associated treatments for each. This training will also explain several control measures/techniques and safe work practices that can be used to prevent heat-related stresses.

This course provides first responder training for HazMat workers and others who will respond to hazardous materials incidents. The intended audiences are those who will implement the emergency action plans of their facility but will not be involved in defensive and cleanup activities.

The learning objectives of this course are to: (1) present the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Hazard Communication Standards; (2) describe the basic elements of the Hazard Communications Program; (3) discuss the nature of chemical hazards and the types of exposures they present;  (4) list the information required on each of the four types of hazardous chemical containers; (5) describe the required sections of a Safety Data Sheet; and (6) identify the basic requirements of the hazard communication training program.

The objectives of this course are to review the regulatory background for work with biohazardous materials, review the methods for safe handling of biohazardous materials and to review potential federal, state and local law requirements for medical waste disposal.

·       Floods

·       Infectious Diseases

Provides information regarding the definition of lead, sources, impacts of lead exposure, methods to assess the presence of lead and relevant lead policies and regulations.  Parents, Day Care centers, school personnel, and community leaders are the target audiences.