COURSE OVERVIEW

Learn to recognize, isolate, and communicate hazardous materials at the awareness level. Students analyze subtle, misidentified, or routine-appearing incidents, understanding their role in the response structure. Through scenario-driven discussions, they practice early hazard recognition, initial decision-making, and risk avoidance. The course emphasizes preventing common mistakes that escalate manageable situations into exposures, shutdowns, or injuries.

Built for industry personnel requiring OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 compliance, this program is grounded in the reality of how hazardous materials incidents actually present themselves—subtle, misidentified, or dismissed as routine. Through scenario-driven discussions and real-world context, students learn to recognize hazardous conditions early, understand their role within the response structure, and make the right initial decisions without overstepping into operations or technician-level actions. 

This course satisfies the following requirements: OSHA 1910.120(e), OSHA 1910.120(q); NFPA 30, 45, 400, 470, 471, 472, 704, 1072, 1991, 1994; ISO 17840-1:2022