HAZWOPER Safety: Procedures, Monitoring, and Surveillance Training Course

Monitoring hazardous substance exposure and maintaining effective medical surveillance programs are critical components of worker protection in hazardous waste operations and emergency response environments. This HAZWOPER Safety: Procedures, Monitoring, and Surveillance Training Course provides practical guidance on exposure monitoring, workplace assessments, monitoring equipment, and medical surveillance programs designed to support worker health and OSHA compliance.

Participants will learn how monitoring data, exposure assessments, and medical surveillance programs work together to identify hazards, evaluate workplace conditions, and help organizations protect employees from harmful exposures.

Designed for safety managers, supervisors, environmental professionals, industrial hygienists, emergency response personnel, hazardous waste workers, and compliance professionals, this training helps organizations strengthen safety programs, improve hazard identification, and support regulatory compliance.

Training Objectives

• Identify OSHA regulations and their application to monitoring and surveillance
• Integrate medical surveillance with exposure monitoring to protect worker health
• Evaluate the types of monitoring procedures and their appropriate applications
• Communicate monitoring findings to promote workplace health and safety actions
• Adapt strategies based on monitoring data, changing conditions, or workplace hazards

Course Overview

Hazardous waste operations and emergency response activities often involve exposure to chemical, biological, and physical hazards that can affect employee health and safety. Effective monitoring and surveillance programs help organizations identify potential exposures, evaluate risks, and implement appropriate controls before hazards lead to injuries or illnesses.

This training provides an overview of monitoring procedures, monitoring equipment, exposure assessment techniques, and medical surveillance requirements commonly associated with OSHA HAZWOPER operations.

Participants will learn how exposure monitoring helps identify workplace hazards and evaluate employee exposure levels. The course explores various monitoring methods, including real-time monitoring, air sampling, direct-reading instruments, personal monitoring devices, and periodic assessments used to evaluate changing workplace conditions.

Learners will also examine the role of monitoring equipment in detecting hazardous substances and measuring exposure levels. Topics include selecting appropriate monitoring techniques, understanding equipment capabilities, interpreting monitoring results, and responding to changing environmental conditions.

A significant focus of the course is medical surveillance. Participants will review the purpose of medical surveillance programs and how they support worker protection through pre-placement evaluations, periodic health assessments, post-exposure evaluations, and ongoing health monitoring.

The training also addresses regulatory requirements, recordkeeping practices, communication of monitoring results, and the importance of integrating monitoring data into workplace safety decisions. Participants will gain a better understanding of how exposure monitoring and medical surveillance work together to identify risks, improve safety performance, and support compliance efforts.

By applying effective monitoring procedures and surveillance practices, organizations can better protect worker health, reduce occupational exposure risks, and maintain safer work environments.

This program is available with Spanish and French closed captions.

Compliance Standards & Regulations

This course references the following standards and regulations:

• OSHA HAZWOPER Standard (29 CFR 1910.120)
• OSHA Toxic and Hazardous Substances Standard (29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z)
• OSHA Air Contaminants Standard (29 CFR 1910.1000)

Key Benefits

• Improves understanding of HAZWOPER monitoring requirements
• Strengthens exposure assessment and hazard identification efforts
• Reinforces medical surveillance program awareness
• Supports OSHA compliance and worker protection initiatives
• Enhances workplace health and safety decision-making
• Promotes effective communication of monitoring results
• Helps reduce occupational exposure risks

Course Details

• Course Length: 14 Minutes
• Language(s): EN / ES / FR
• SKU: AT123
• Produced: 2024

Includes a downloadable participant guide.

Streaming video is included with the license.

Compatible with your LMS or accessible through a hosted LMS platform.

Video Streaming Licensing Options

The pricing displayed above applies to the hosted video-streaming option and includes access for the selected number of learners based on the license tier selected.

Included with Your License

• Hosted video-streaming access
• Downloadable participant guide
• Closed captions (where available)
• Certificate of completion (where applicable)

Need Additional Delivery Options?

In addition to our hosted video-streaming solution, we also offer:

• SCORM course packages for LMS deployment
• Classroom Video-on-Demand training packages
• Enterprise licensing solutions
• Multi-year licensing options

Additional delivery options are priced separately from the hosted video-streaming licenses displayed above.

For organizations requiring access for more than 250 learners, SCORM deployment, classroom training packages, or enterprise licensing solutions, please contact us for a custom quote.