Under the strict guidelines of OSHA (Occupational Safety & Hazard Administration), the employers are required to provide awareness training of hazardous material. No one can deny that every company has a facility where hazardous materials are there. Therefore, the employees will require training to mitigate hazardous situations or save themselves and others at the time of an accident.
As an employer, you may find numerous Hazmat Awareness Training courses in both online and offline modes. In fact, it makes it difficult for someone to choose among the programs. If faced with such a situation, you need to select the right ones from the bulk.
The requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120 (q) are not covered in all courses offered by various organizations. This is the major reason why you shouldn’t spend blindly without checking the facts and verifying the course curriculum along with other aspects.
The participants under the new-employee orientation program will need to take the awareness training and it should fulfill the following purposes:
Basic understanding of chemical substances; the risks associated with vulnerable conditions.
Develop the ability to identify or recognize the presence of hazardous substances at the time of emergency.
Awareness training regarding emergency-like situations, response to emergency situations, and execute actions as per the Emergency Response Guidebook from US Department of transportation.
It requires a minimum 8-hour of both Hazmat Awareness and Hazmat Refresher Training for a participant to qualify for the certification.
Online courses provide an advantage of quality training without the need to bear extra training costs associated with logistics, resources, etc. Only the employer needs to fill the number of employees to take the course and place an order.
