With more than 20 years of experience, the University of Minnesota provides hands-on training and continuing education for professionals in the field. We provide training for waste site workers, engineers, industrial hygienists, emergency management professionals, police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and other health and safety professionals.
2022-23 COURSE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
We offer courses in both online and in person formats.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION:
Continuing Education credits from the University of Minnesota and other affiliated CE credits are available.
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UPCOMING COURSES
The 24-Hour course consists of three days of lectures, discussions, classroom demonstrations, small group exercises, and hands-on training. This Operations Level course is designed to provide training required by OSHA 1910.120 to respond to hazardous substance releases with the purpose of protecting persons, property, and the environment from the effects of the release and to contain the release. Emphasis will be placed on responding in a defensive manner without actually trying to stop the release. This course offers 24 Continuing Education Hours. This 16 hour in-person course of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on experience builds upon the 24 hour course (a prerequisite for participating in this completion course). The Technician Level course is designed to provide training required by OSHA 1910.120 to respond to releases with the purpose of stopping the release. This course offers 16 Continuing Education Hours. 40 total hours when both the required courses are completed. The 24-hour course is a pre-requisite. NOTE: All participants in the 40-hour course are required to have a physician complete a medical evaluation and clearance form prior to the course. This course is designed to meet the OSHA requirement for annual refresher training for individuals who have previously completed the 24- or 40-hour Safety and Health Training. This course offers 7 Continuing Education Hours. The 24 hour course consists of three days of lectures, discussions, classroom demonstrations, and small group exercises. Emphasis will be placed on responding in a defensive manner without actually trying to stop the release. Topics include: relevant state and federal regulations, health hazard recognition, hazard and risk assessment, respiratory protection, selection and use of personal protective equipment, decontamination, control and containment of spills, emergency response plans, termination procedures, and the incident command system. This course offers 24 Continuing Education Hours. COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course builds on the 24 hour training and integrates 16 hours of additional training including instructional activities, lectures, discussions, classroom demonstrations, and small group exercises. This course offers 40 Continuing Education Hours. The 40-hour completion course is in person. NOTE: All participants in the 40-Hour Waste Site Worker Training are required to have a physician complete a medical evaluation and clearance form prior to the course. This course is designed to meet the OSHA requirement for annual refresher training for individuals who have previously completed the 24- or 40-hour Safety and Health Training. This course offers 7 Continuing Education Hours. COST: $470
Topics include: relevant state and federal regulations, health hazard recognition, hazard and risk assessment, respiratory protection, selection and use of personal protective equipment, decontamination, control and containment of spills, emergency response plans, termination procedures, and the incident command system.COST: $480 for 40-hour completion. This is a separate course fee from the 24-hour training and includes all materials and equipment.
The total combined cost for the initial 24-hour and the 40-hour completion is $950.
Topics include: implementation of emergency response plans, classification and identification of unknowns, field survey instruments, response tactics, hazardous materials technology, decontamination of personnel and equipment.REGISTER ONLINE
COST: $225
Topics include: incident review, hazard recognition/evaluation/control review, health and safety program requirements and regulations, monitoring equipment, respiratory protection, safe work practices, and personal protective equipment.COST: $480 for 40-hour completion. This is a separate course fee from the 24-hour training and includes all materials and equipment.
The total combined cost for the initial 24-hour and the 40-hour completion is $950.
COST: $225
Topics include: incident review, hazard recognition/evaluation/control review, health and safety program requirements and regulations, monitoring equipment, respiratory protection, safe work practices, and personal protective equipment.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
The Hazmat Courses at the University of Minnesota have benefited our programs here at the Minnesota Department of Health, Environmental Public Health Laboratory. As a laboratory with ~40 employees, it is very important to have a core of staff trained to respond to potential emergency events involving spills of hazardous chemicals. The training we receive from the University of Minnesota helps to ensure our goal of employee and facility safety is met. As a result of the training provided, we have established our own outreach program to the hazmat community in Minnesota. The training provided in the refresher enabled us to reach out to our state agency partners to safety accept and handle unknown environmental samples; we would not have this otherwise.
Last year, after I attended your course, we had an incident in our office where white powder was detected. ( it is a police station). We revised our procedures on how the department handles white powder incidents, and they used the ERR manual as a reference guide for appropriate PPE and respiratory protection in emergency response. It did not turn out be anything of substance, but the training and manual guided us selecting the appropriate response for this situation, and averting something more serious.
As a result of the HOS training we received from you last year, we now have incorporated new procedures for decontamination of chemically exposed patients into our standard practice for emergency response. Our facility is the receiving hospital for Prairie Island Nuclear Facility. Many participants had not received training to this level in their practice before the course. It will certainly help make us safer. Thank you!
