The goal of this 16-hour course is to increase the participant’s awareness of the safety and health hazards, including CBRNE agents, that may be encountered at a natural or man-made disaster site. The importance of respiratory and other personal protective equipment and proper decontamination procedures that may be used to mitigate the hazards will be emphasized. Participants will support the use of an Incident Command System through the safe performance of their job responsibilities. They will be able to show awareness of effects of traumatic incident stress that can result from working conditions and measures to reduce this stress. In addition, participants will be able to perform the following specific tasks correctly:
The audience for this course is Disaster Site Workers who provide skilled support services (e.g., utility, demolition, debris removal, or heavy equipment operation) or site clean-up services in response to a disaster. Prerequisite: Completion of the OSHA Construction Outreach Training Course (10-hour).
To register for a class, go to the Registration Link after the class you are selecting and fill out the form and submit it on-line, or you may call WVU Safety and Health Extension at 800-626-4748 or GMC National Resource Center at 800-367-6724.
Dates and Location
| October 28-29, 2008 | Morgantown, WV | Register WVU |
| April 20-21, 2009 | Morgantown, WV | Register WVU |
| Tuition: $425.00 | ||
