Advanced Chemical Safety

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           ACSafety's trained professional chemists, environmental engineers, and industrial hygienists present one or more day customized seminars to your employees, on your site. We offer standard seminars covering all areas of chemical handling and regulations. Our staff will prepare a customized program specifically tailored to your needs. All participants receive specially prepared manuals and certificates of participation. On-going and follow-up training is available to improve the learning process.

          ACSafety has a national reputation for its high quality Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training programs. ACSafety's programs, and technical training manuals, are the cornerstone of many emergency-response programs. ACSafety's hand-on training prepares your employees for the potential hazards of a waste site. ACSafety updates its Annual Refresher program every year, to ensure challenging, fresh training for your employees.

            ACSafety's national reputation in providing technically sophisticated training in complex fields in an understandable format is ACSafety's hallmark of excellence. Our staff of skilled trainers can explain complex regulations or detailed operating procedures to your employees in a manner which enhances learning and retention. ACSafety is skilled at "hands-on" training.

            Today quality training is more important than ever; it is required by many regulations and training is known to improve productivity, reduce accidents, and have a direct, positive impact on Corporate profits.

            ADVANCED CHEMICAL SAFETY (ACSafety) offers quality training programs to comply with OSHA 1910.120, OSHA 1910.1450 and DOT HM 126-F requirements. ACSafety offers all levels of OSHA 1910.120 certification including those levels described below. ACSafety has been providing training since 1984 and includes up-to-date information and technology. ACSafety's instructors have extensive experience in presenting interactive programs and all have higher degrees in chemistry, industrial hygiene or related fields. The following programs are currently scheduled for 1996.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE: CONTAMINATED EMPLOYEE

The OSHA Standard "Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response" allows workers to clean-up spills which are incidental to normal work activities without implementing the complex activities of a full-scale spill response. The exception requires, however, that workers are thoroughly familiar with the potential hazards of associated with the chemical, and are trained in the proper spill clean-up procedures. This four-hour seminar will provide participants with the information and skill needed to train workers at their facility to clean-up incidental spills. Each participant will receive a training manual which contains a complete "Incidental Spill Response Procedure". You can review of copy of this procedure by using the above link. Each participant will receive a Certificate of Participation, approximately four to six weeks after the training. Participants will have an opportunity to take part in a "hands-on" simulation of a spill clean-up in a laboratory situation.

OSHA regulations require trained personnel respond to chemical emergencies. The regulations allow, however, small spills, which are incidental to normal work activity, to be cleaned-up by area workers, provided they are properly trained. This ½-day seminar will provide you with the information needed to properly train employees on the clean-up of small spills. Participants will receive a customized training manual which can be used to train laboratory workers, production line employees, and safety & environmental staff on the correct method for the clean-up of small spills. The training manual contains a complete, highly workable "Standard Procedure for Clean-up of Small Spills."

8, 24, or 40-Hour Courses Available

8-Hour AGENDA

24-Hour AGENDA

40-Hour AGENDA

            Participants can attend 8, 24 or 40 hours of the week, depending on their certification level requirements. Courses include manuals and lunch each day. The manuals provided in each level of course are excellent reference after the completion of the program. Persons attending the 24 and 40-Hour level programs participate in outdoor, hands-on training, using actual chemicals and personal protective equipment. These exercises aid participants in their understanding and skills in the use of personal protective equipment and spill response techniques within the incident command system. The 24 and 40-hour programs include use of monitoring equipment. Persons attending the 8-Hour program receive certification to the First Responder: Operations Level; persons attending the 24-hour program receive certification to the Hazardous Materials Technician Level; persons attending the 40-hour program receive certification to the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response 40-Hour Level. All participants receive a certificate of completion suitable for framing and a wallet certification card.

All programs are in San Diego: March 23 - 27; July 13 - 17; and December 7 - 11, 1998.

        OSHA 1910.120 requires that all persons trained under the regulation have annual refresher training. Participation in ACSafety's Annual Refresher training course meets this requirement. Each participant receives a manual which outlines the course content, including information on new and proposed regulations impacting hazardous waste operations and emergency response activities, discussion of new technologies, new personal protective equipment, site remediation and spill response techniques, and exploring subjects such as spill incident investigation, review of chemical safety, and response to an injured victim. Each participant receives a certificate of completion suitable for framing and a wallet certification.

* San Diego Feb. 9; June 8; and Nov. 16, 1998.

* Boston Apr. 13

* Seattle Aug. 10

* Minneapolis Oct. 12

* San Francisco Nov. 9

          OSHA requires that those with responsibilities beyond that of the Hazardous Materials Technician receive additional training, specific for their duties. ACSafety offers our Incident Commander Level program for additional training. This course requires that participants have had previous training to the 24 hour level. This 1-day seminar is aimed at all persons who are assigned the responsibility of controlling Emergency Response operations and/or providing an interface with responding authorities. Participants will have the Incident Command System explained in detail, will review procedures for activating local, State and Regional response organizations, and will discuss advanced topics in the selection of personal protective equipment, air monitoring, and decontamination. Each participant in each course receives a detailed manual and certificate of completion suitable for framing and a wallet certification card. Each participant receives a manual, as well as a booklet detailing the incident command system.

*  San Diego March 30; July 20; Dec. 14, 1998

          Do your personnel have responsibilities for the preparation, manifesting, labeling or marking of hazardous materials, including hazardous waste? If the answer is yes, these personnel are subject to the U.S. DOT training and testing requirements under HM-126F, 49 CFR 172.700. ACSafety's program will bring your personnel into compliance with the new DOT and training and testing requirement. The course includes information on HM-215, EPA hazardous waste identification and listing. The course will also provide basic information on IATA regulations. The last hour of the course will include a written certification test. Participants receive a manual detailing current DOT shipping regulations as well as hazardous waste shipping regulations. Participants receive a copy of the current Emergency Response Guidebook and pocket guide to Hazardous Materials.

* Only Available as an On-Site Program

         This 2-day seminar is directed toward supervisors, managers and all chemical handlers. Practical "Rules of Chemical Safety" are explained and methods for their implementation are demonstrated. The program is presented in a straight-forward manner to provide those attending with information on safe chemical usage at manufacturing and laboratory facilities. Several interactive demonstrations are used, aimed at further participant understanding of flammable chemical behavior, effects of toxic chemicals, potential damage caused by corrosive chemicals and the proper storage and handling of hazardous materials. The program covers major areas of chemical and occupational safety and industrial hygiene. Each participant receives a detailed training manual which includes a special section on interpreting Material Safety Data Sheets.

* Only Available as an On-Site Program

             This course is designed to provide the participants with the knowledge and guidelines to establish a compliance program for their company or organization, as required under OSHA 1910.1450. The program covers information on regulations related to safety in the laboratory, interpretation of Material Safety Data Sheets, chemical hazards and hazard classes, toxicology, general chemical safety, evacuation procedures, and spill response to hazardous materials in the laboratory. The manual also includes a copy of ACSafety's generic Chemical Hygiene Compliance Plan, a $50.00 value.

* Only Available as an On-Site Program

        This 2-day seminar focuses on the procedures for response to chemical spills. A spill response plan is developed with participants and various options for its implementation are explored in detail. The first day of the course is entirely in the classroom. The second day of the course brings participants into the field to implement PPE, spill response media and procedural information discussed the first day. This is accomplished through the use of hands-on training, with actual chemicals. An analysis and debrief follows the hands-on session enhances participant's understanding of spill response procedures. Each participant receives a detailed manual outlining the course content. Each participant also receives a certificate of completion suitable for wall mounting and a wallet certification card.

* San Diego, CA March 24, 25; July 14, 15; Dec. 8, 9, 1998.

Other customized program are available. Some topics you might want to consider include:

24 and 40 Hour Training for Workers at Hazardous Waste Sites.

Specialized programs on Compressed Gas Safety and/or Compressed Gas Emergency Response. These programs can be customized for one or two day formats.

Injury and Illness Prevention Training (required in California)

ACSafety offers periodic training for your Emergency Response Team. One of our professional, with extensive experience in industrial emergency response, will visit you facility four, or more, times each year, to provide specific training to your emergency team, and specialized consulting to management.