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Introduction

The focus of this course is to enable delegates to recognize the risks associated with a release of hazardous materials, provide you with the basic procedures for preventing such releases and to enable you to know about incident and emergency plans, and understand the correct actions for responding to accidental releases or spills of hazardous materials.

When used properly chemicals are an integral and beneficial part of modern life, but when operational faults arise, or equipment failures occur, we may be faced with a chemical spill. Many of the chemicals we encounter can cause serious harm and environmental damage. In some cases, exposure to them can be fatal. Chemical spill awareness is therefore essential in the workplace and this course reinforces that the best way to avoid chemical spills is to prevent them occurring.

This course will feature:

• Understanding hazards of chemicals
• Basic information on acting safely when chemical releases & potential releases require appropriate action
• How to control a spill using a spill kit
• Selecting personal protective clothing and other response equipment.
• Incident Response Plans

Objective

• Understand the basic terms associated with chemical releases & explain the terms “containment” & “confinement”.
• Recognize where spills are likely to occur & develop work practices that can prevent spills from occurring.
• Define the goals of spill control
• Identify procedures & actions to take when discovering or responding to a spill of hazardous materials or waste.
• Describe the roles and responsibilities of personnel in incidents and emergency situations.

Audience

• Plant/Operations Personnel & Managers, Shift Supervisors & Shift Team  Leaders

• Laboratory Personnel

• Emergency Incident Wardens

•Those who may be required to respond to workplace incidents of a  possible or actual release of a chemical

Content

Day One: Hazardous Chemicals

•    Intro
•    Hazardous materials
•    Identification of hazards
•    Examples of Different sorts of spills

Day Two: Spill Prevention and Control

•    Work practices that can prevent spills from occurring
•    Incidents and types of emergency situations.
•    The goals of spill control
•    Responder’s safety
•    Spill Response and Clean-up Procedures
•    Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Day Three: Developing a Spill Response Plan

•    Material Safety Data Sheet
•    Risk Assessment
•    On-site Emergency Plans
•    Training, Exercises & Drills
•    Roles and responsibilities of personnel
•    Off-site Emergency Plans

Day Four: Evacuation, spill control materials and kit

•  Identify additional resources for information on spill response procedures.
•    Evacuation
•    Missing Persons
•    Environmental philosophy,
•    Incident reporting & Communication
•    Recommended Spill Control Materials Inventory & Locations

Day Five: Clean-up & First Aid

•    Classic case studies
•    Specific Procedures
•    Doing it wrong/doing it right
•    Bioremediation
•    First Aid
•    Course Review

Certificate

MAESTRO CONSULTANTS Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course

Methodology

Our courses are highly interactive, typically taking a case study approach that we have found to be an effective method of fostering discussions and transferring knowledge. Participants will learn by active participation during the program through the use of individual exercises, questionnaires, team exercises, training videos and discussions of “real life” issues in their organizations.
The material has been designed to enable delegates to apply all of the material with immediate effect back in the workplace.

Fees

$5,250