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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN REFRESHER COURSE (16 HOURS) TC/IS

Approved for EMS CEUs

PURPOSE: This course is provided to re-familiarize emergency response team members in guidelines, procedures
and techniques in mitigating a chemical release and/or spill on or off site from a container. This course will address

refresher training requirements of applicable occupational safety and health administration and national fire

protection association at the hazardous materials technician level. The goal of the course is to allow for the student
to safely and effectively respond to chemical emergencies.

CONTENT: This course will provide information on the following subject areas: Incident Command, Incident
Assessment criteria, Monitoring and Instrumentation activities, Chemical Protective Clothing and Respiratory
Protection, Decontamination and evolutions involving Non-bulk containers, Cargo Tank and Van trailers, Intermodal
Containers and Rail Cars, Transloading Operations, Flaring and/or Emergency De-inventory Operations, Sorbents and
Spill Confinement. Throughout the Class, students will be required to demonstrate the application of specific theories,
skills and techniques. Upon the successful completion of all tests and course requirements the student will receive
state certification for Haz Mat Technician.

AUDIENCE: This course is designed to provide continuing education and experience to Emergency Response Team
members, who respond to Hazardous Materials Emergencies.

PREREQUISITES: DSFS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN COURSE or approved equivalent.

CLASS LIMIT: 24 students EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Work clothing and steel toe boots

TUITION PER STUDENT: $400 CLASS TIME: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN 24-HOUR COURSE (24 HOURS) TC/IS/RC

PURPOSE: This course will teach the student to perform the procedures required to confine, contain, or control a
hazardous materials problem within the capacity of the resources and personal protective equipment available.

The student will be taught to perform hazard and risk assessment techniques necessary to mitigate a hazardous

materials incident. Implementation of decontamination procedures will be a skill that the student should understand
and carry out with a high degree of competence.

After attending the course, a student should be able to implement a safety plan and have a higher degree of
knowledge concerning basic chemical, biological, and technical terminology and behavior.

CONTENT: The Hazardous Materials Technician 24 Hour Course is designed to bring all participants to a level of
understanding, to assess, develop and implement an action plan to mitigate a Hazardous substance release. These

include small packages, drums, totes, and various types of tank trucks, railcars and equipment within facilities.

Subjects include: Incident Management, Chemistry of Hazardous Substances, MSDS, Pesticides, DOT Hazardous
Materials Classes, Shipping Papers, Placarding, Emergency Response Guidebook, NFPA 704 Hazardous
Identification System, Air Monitoring, Protective Clothing, Decontamination, Medical Monitoring, Patching Small
Containers, Van Trailers, Packing Segregation and Separation, Blocking and Bracing, Cylinders, Bulk Highway
Trailers, Intermodal Portable Tanks, Rail Cars, Damage Assessment, Transload, Sorbents, Spill Confinement,
Fixed Sites and Termination and Legal Considerations. Upon successful completion of all tests and course
requirements student will receive State certification in Hazardous Materials Technician.

AUDIENCE: This course is designed for the Industrial Responder who has knowledge of hazardous materials.
This course meets 29 CFR 1910.120(q) for Hazardous Materials Technician. It is not an NFPA Certification

Course.

PREREQUISITES: All persons attending this course must be in good physical condition since all students will be
required to participate in ALL course activities. Each student must be a participant in their Company’s medical

surveillance program complying with OSHA 1910.120, Section F and trained to operate and use Self Contained

Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) addressed in OSHA 1910.134.

CLASS LIMIT: 24 students EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Work clothing and steel toe boots

TUITION PER STUDENT: $600 CLASS TIME: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

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