Teamsters Safety and Health Courses

40-Hour Basic Hazardous Waste Worker Course
OSHA requires this course for workers on hazardous waste sites. The course includes classroom learning and realistic hands-on activities. Workers practice remediation and decontamination activities while wearing the proper respiratory and protective clothing. Upon completion each worker receives a "40-Hour Card" that certifies the worker to do hazardous waste work for 12 months, at which time OSHA requires a Refresher Course.

8-Hour Hazardous Waste Refresher Course
This is the annual Refresher Course that OSHA requires for hazardous waste workers. The course reviews material from the Basic Course, lessons learned from accidents and presents new procedures and regulatory changes. Upon completion each worker receives an "8-Hour Refresher Card" that certifies the worker to continue hazardous waste work for 12 months.

24-Hour Radiological Worker II Course
DOE requires this course for all workers in areas with potential radiation exposure or radioactive contamination. The course includes classroom learning and realistic hands-on activities. Workers practice the use of anti-contamination clothing, respirators and monitoring equipment and work in a simulated radiological area. Upon completion each worker receives a "DOE Card" that certifies the worker to work on DOE facilities for two years, at which time DOE requires the worker to either retake this course or pass a challenge examination.

10-Hour Construction Safety and Health Outreach Course
Many jurisdictions require construction workers to take this course on OSHA standards, electrical safety, fall protection and other topics chosen to match the job tasks of the workers attending the course. Upon completion each worker receives an "OSHA 10-Hour Card" that certifies the worker has completed this course.

4-Hour Hazardous Materials Transportation Awareness Course
DOT requires this course for all workers involved in the transportation of hazardous materials. This course also complies with the requirements of OSHA for emergency responders at the awareness level, which means any driver, dock hand and warehouse worker who might be the first to notice a HAZMAT leak or spill. The course teaches workers to identify hazardous materials, recognize HAZMAT incidents, protect themselves and provide information to more highly trained responders. Upon completion each worker receives a "DOT HAZMAT Awareness Card."

16-Hour Emergency Response Operations Level Course
OSHA requires this course for warehouse and freight workers who respond to a HAZMAT incident in a manner beyond that allowed awareness-trained workers. The course includes classroom training and realistic hands-on defensive response techniques. Upon completion each worker receives an "Operations Level Card" that certifies the worker as an emergency responder — operations level.

Teamsters Training Centers
The Teamsters provide safety and health training at no cost to the students throughout the United States. Teamsters Training Centers conduct courses at their own facilities and can transport instructors and equipment to hold courses at hazardous waste sites, construction projects, company locations and union halls.

Teamsters Instructors
Teamsters instructors have experience in construction, remediation and HAZMAT transportation. Instructors are required to complete the DOE Basic Instructor Training Program and the OSHA 500 Construction Trainer Course. The Teamsters certify each instructor after a period of supervised teaching and evaluation. To maintain certification, each instructor attends an annual Instructor Development Program that includes new regulations and work practices, practice teaching and courses in specific health and safety topics. Each instructor is certified in first aid and CPR.

For more information, please call, fax, email or look up the Teamsters on the web:

401-434-4740
401-435-5721 (fax)
www.teamsterslocal251.org

Produced under grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(2-U45-ESO6174-09; 2-U45-ESO9760-09)

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