Course Objectives
Hazardous Waste Management - Virtual Learning
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Reduce waste management cost by effectively distinguishing the different types of hazardous waste and applying the relevant pre-transport requirements and disposal methods
- Use engineering controls to ensure all individuals involved with hazardous waste have the required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Avoid accidents by applying the correct handling methods for drums and containers used for various types of hazardous wastes
- Identify training needs for all individuals involved with hazardous waste management
- Develop emergency response plans to hazardous substance release
Target Audience
This course is beneficial for individuals in industries that generate hazardous materials and who are charged with the development of contingency or emergency plans. This course is also designed for individuals who are directly or indirectly involved in the cleanup efforts of areas or buildings contaminated with hazardous waste.
Target Competencies
- Hazardous waste management
- Hazardous waste transportation
- Engineering controls
- Drums and containers handling
- Emergency response planning
Course Outline
- Understanding Hazard and Risk
- Potential Pollution Linkages
- Concepts in sustainable waste management
- Key pollutants and their impact and management
- Hazardous wastes and their potential for harm
- Types of hazardous wastes, including the management and control of healthcare wastes, wastes from oil and gas industries, and industrial effluents
- Hazardous waste collection and operations
- Definition of hazardous waste
- How to classify waste
- Recordkeeping requirements
- Waste container selection
- Safety and health program for hazardous waste operations
- Site characterization and analysis
- Site control
- Engineering controls
- Engineering controls
- Engineering controls, work practices and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- PPE selection
- PPE program
- Engineering controls
- Handling drums and containers
- Opening drums and containers
- Material handling equipment
- Radioactive wastes
- Shock sensitive wastes
- Laboratory waste packs
- Sampling of drum and container contents
- Shipping and transport
- Tank and vault procedures
- Emergency response to hazardous substance release
- Emergency response plan
- Elements of an emergency response plan
- Procedures for handling emergency response
- Skilled support personnel
- Specialist employees
- Training
- First responder awareness level
- First responder operations level
- Hazardous materials technician
- Hazardous materials specialist
- On scene incident commander
- Trainers
- Refresher training
- Medical surveillance and consultation
- Chemical protective clothing
- Post emergency response operations
- Hazardous Waste Management Options
- Hazardous waste reduction: techniques, opportunities and sustainability considerations
- Options for hazardous waste recycling and re-use
- Treatment of hazardous wastes, including acid-base neutralisation, solidification and stabilisation
- Incineration of hazardous wastes: technology and management controls
- Landfill of hazardous wastes: Engineering and environment controls