HAZMAT

This NFPA 472 Hazardous Materials Core Operations Course is designed to give students the knowledge gained through classroom lectures and field training to act in a defensive posture to protect people, the environment, and property from the effects of an unplanned hazardous materials release.

Students will gain knowledge in the areas of:

Personal Protective Equipment
Surveying an incident
Characteristics of hazardous materials
Development of an incident
Decontamination
Incident command


Students will also learn about the legislation dealing with dangerous goods, markings and placard for shipments, hazardous materials containers and terrorism activities.

Starts:

May 24, 2019 6:00 to 10:00 PM

Ends:

May 26, 2019 5:00 PM

Capacity:

25

Cost:

$595.00

Location:

SFA Campus

The SFA HAZMAT Technician course is a 100-hour comprehensive training program that utilizes a blended learning platform.  Students will be enrolled in our online training platform to complete the majority of the knowledge portion followed by an intense week of practical training.  Our first in class day of the course will be a review and a major table top exercise that will set up the rest of the weeks training.  

Course Competencies:
·         NFPA 472 7.2 – Analyze the Incident
·         NFPA 472 7.3 – Planning the Response
·         NFPA 472 7.4 – Implementing the Planned Response
·         NFPA 472 7.5 – Evaluating Progress
·         NFPA 472 7.6 – Terminating the Incident
·         NIMS Review / Unified Command
·         Canadian Legislation

Each day of the training will build on the next, and the entire final day of training will take all of the skills and knowledge and put them into a single large scale HAZMAT emergency.