Responding in the Presence of Hazardous Materials: Technician Level

The prerequisite for this training is “Workplace First Aid.”

• Applying occupational health and safety rules
• Understanding different physico-chemical properties
• Identifying different products
• Understanding the classification systems
• Understanding the different reference materials
• Using senses to detect the presence of hazardous materials
• Detecting and measuring hazardous materials
• Understanding substance impact, control, and mitigation
• Understanding geographical layouts
• Becoming familiar with types of chemical protection equipment
• Carrying out decontamination
• Understanding different phenomena: BLEVE/BOILOVER/CBRN
• Seeing the differences between flammable gases and flammable liquids

• Safety standards and safety rules
• Emergency response plan
• WHMIS requirements and using material safety data sheets
• Risks, standards, and levels of exposure
• Handling personal protective equipment and breathing apparatus
• Using tools: GMU, MSDS, detector, decontamination equipment
• Simulation equipment (gas, liquid, solid)
• Medical follow-up and first aid