HAZWOPER: Refresher for Emergency Responders: Exposure Monitoring & Sampling
Course Length: 40 minutes
Overview: HAZWOPER: Refresher for Emergency Responders: Exposure Monitoring & Sampling is designed to to inform learners of the purpose and advantages and disadvantages of exposure monitoring and sampling, types and frequency of monitoring and sampling, the instruments used along with calibration and maintenance requirements, methods available for obtaining samples, and the importance of recognizing result data and keeping accurate records of samples collected.
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Discuss the purpose of monitoring and sampling and what hazards are detectable
- List the advantages and disadvantages of both monitoring and sampling
- List different types of monitoring and sampling including air, personal, and environmental
- Describe the frequency of monitoring and sampling including initial and periodic
- Describe the instruments used for monitoring and calibration and maintenance requirements
- Identify several sampling methods, ways to prepare for sampling, and how to preserve samples including the chain of custody
- Discuss the importance of analyzing the data from monitoring and sampling, understanding what factors may affect the data, and keeping records associated with monitoring and sampling
Outline:
HAZWOPER: Refresher for Emergency Responders: Exposure Monitoring & Sampling covers the following topics:
Monitoring & Sampling Basics
- Purpose of Monitoring & Sampling
- Detectable Hazards
Monitoring VS Sampling
- Monitoring
- Sampling
- Monitoring & Sampling Together
Monitoring & Sampling Types
- Air Monitoring & Sampling
- Personal Sampling
- Environmental Sampling
Monitoring & Sampling Timing
- Monitoring & Sampling Times
- Initial Entry Monitoring
- Periodic Monitoring & Sampling
- Before & During Confined Space Entry
Monitoring Instruments
- Types of Instruments
- Selection of Monitoring Instruments
- Calibration & Maintenance
- Properly Using Your Monitor
Sampling Methods
- Sample Methods
- Sampling Method Selection & Preparation
- Sample Packaging, Preservation, & Tracking
Monitoring & Sampling Results
- Analyzing Results
- Factors Affecting Results
- When the Alarms Go Off
- Recordkeeping
Intended Audience: Any employees who may be involved or expected to engage in a response to an occurrence which results, or is likely to result, in an uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance.
Regs Covered:
- 29 CFR 1910.120
- 29 CFR 1910.1020
- 29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z
- 29 CFR 1926.65
- 29 CFR 1926 Subparts D and Z
Copyright Date: 2019
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