Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection
Overview
Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection is an intensive five-day course that provides hazardous materials (HAZMAT) technicians with extensive hands-on training. Participants demonstrate and apply advanced skills in responding to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive (CBRNE) weapons of mass destruction incidents in both the Center’s outdoor Northville training complex and the Nation’s only toxic chemical-agent training facility dedicated solely to emergency responders, the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility.
Key skill sets developed in this course include, but are not limited to:
Selecting appropriate chemical sampling technologies
Selecting appropriate biological sampling technologies
Selecting appropriate radiological monitoring technologies
Conducting hazardous materials operations in various levels of personal protective equipment
Performing bulk and swab sample collection
Target Audience
This course is specifically designed for hazardous materials technicians (29 CFR 1920.120). This course is also open to Hazardous Materials Technicians within private industry. This is not the prerequisite course for attendance to the Hazardous Devices School in Huntsville, AL (Please see HMT).
Prerequisites and Requirements
To be eligible for the course, the student must successfully complete the following courses:
- IS-100.b, Introduction to the Incident Command System, IS-100, or any of the available ICS-100 series;
- IS-200.b, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents, IS-200, or any of the available ICS-200 series;
- IS-700.b, National Incident Management System, An Introduction, IS-700; and
- IS-800.c, An Introduction to the National Response Framework, IS-800.
The student should also
- Currently serve as a hazardous materials technician.
- Have received HAZMAT training that meets or exceeds the requirements for technician-level training as outlined in OSHA 29 C.F.R. 1910.120(q)(6)(iii).
- Be physically and mentally capable of completing all course learning activities.
Continuing Education Credits
The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), in partnership with the CDP, awards 4.0 continuing education units for the successful completion of this course.
The Alabama Board of Nursing, in partnership with the CDP, awards 40 continuing medical education units for the successful completion of this course.