Printer Friendly(102) 8-Hour Hazardous Waste Site Worker Refresher Training (Prerequisite = TNEC Course #101: 40-hour Hazardous Waste Site Worker Training) CEU=0.8
NOTE: TNEC changes its Refresher Curriculum each year, beginning in September, so that students returning to TNEC year after year for their Refresher Training are presented with new materials each time.
From September 1, 2009, through August 31, 2010, the curriculum for the Site Worker Refresher includes Reviews of Student Work History for the Past Year, with an emphasis on Age Awareness Issues, a Review of the NIOSH Pocket Guide and the DOT ER Guide, Green Chemistry Issues, What’s New In Safety and a Final Table-Top Activity relating to Mold and Animal Waste Clean-Up Issues.
Applicable Standards
This course is designed to meet the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120 (e)(8).
Schedule: Start Time = 8:00 a.m. and End Time = 4:30 p.m., with a half-hour break at mid-day for lunch.
Curriculum Components
1. TNEC Developed Student Manual, which includes a total of five Small Group Activities and one Table Top Activity that are completed by students as they work through this course.
2. NIOSH Pocket Guide
3. North American Emergency Response Guidebook
Learning Objectives & Performance Measures, By Module, In Order Presented:
Module 1: Introductions
Trainers introduce themselves to the class indicating their backgrounds, current affiliation with the TNEC training program, interests relative to health and safety and any areas of expertise that they are willing to share with students. Students introduce themselves to the others present and give a brief summary of the kind of site work that they currently are doing or have done in the past, their reason for attending this Refresher training and any expectations beyond receiving a certificate of training. Trainers briefly review the agenda for the day.
Learning Objectives: To introduce one's self to others present, to learn the names and backgrounds of others present and to understand the content of the day’s training.
Performance Measures: Students are able to describe the variety of work experiences represented in the class.
Module 2: Where Have You Worked?
Learning Objectives: Each student fills out a form, which prompts him/her to consider the kinds of site work in which he/she has been involved during the past year. This includes Site Type, Site Name (if known), Chemical(s) Involved, their Job At The Site and Number Of Workers On Site.
Performance Measures: Students fill out the provided form and, one at a time, share that information with others present, so that all might gain a further level of understanding of the site work experience represented that day. This form is collected by the trainers and the information on it is used to develop a periodic report to NIEHS of anonymous student work experience.
Module 3: Activity 1 - Reflecting On Health and Safety
Learning Objectives: Share health and safety experiences. Identify hazards and controls and gather information about the activities at various sites through the perspective of work over a person’s whole lifetime.
Performance Measures:
a. Each small group of students is assigned one or two of seven available NIOSH Age Awareness topics, from CDC Information Circular 9505, which they review, develop a Tool-box Talk for and deliver to the rest of the class.
b. Students individually share work experience with other members of their group. They identify and list the health and safety problems that they have encountered as they relate to an aging worker, preferably during the past year. The group then chooses one of the incidents to report to the whole class and they prepare a Risk Map of that situation. On the diagram, they list the health and safety hazards and at least three ways in which they were (or should have been) controlled. One or two students from each small group present the chosen illustrative case from their group to the entire class.
c. After each presentation, the larger class then adds any additional comments and recommendations regarding the impact of the presented scenario to a worker over a whole lifetime.
Module 4: Activities 2A & 2B - Getting Information, A Review of the NIOSH Pocket Guide and DOT Emergency Response Guide –
Activity 2.A. - NIOSH P. G.:
Learning Objectives: Review the terms and definitions used in the NIOSH Pocket Guide and the physical and chemical properties of hazardous chemicals.
Performance Measures:
a. Each small group of students researches one or two assigned chemicals, especially their chemical properties, and develops and presents a 3-5 minute Tool-Box Talk about them to the rest of the class.
b. Students individually complete a Chemical Release Chart for one assigned chemical and then share that information with others in their group, paying attention to where this chemical could be found, both on and off the job.
c. Each student presents a 1-2 minute talk about the hazards associated with their assigned chemical.
Activity 2.B. - DOT E.R.G.:
Learning Objectives: Review how to use the DOT Emergency Response Guidebook, especially in an emergency.
Performance Measures: Students develop and present a Tool-Box-Talk to their fellow students, in which they explain the meaning of terms and the use of individual sections of the DOT ERG, as assigned.
Module 5: Activity 3 - Green Chemistry
Learning Objectives: To review or become acquainted with CAS Registry and Substance Counts, Pollution Prevention, The Precautionary Principle, Inherent Safety and Green Chemistry via Small Group Tasks and Case Studies
Performance Measures:
a. Students first consider the universe of chemicals and then answer the question “How do you feel about chemicals, and why?” Students share their thoughts with the rest of the class paying particular attention to the potential effects of chemicals on people.
b. Each small group of students then reviews and presents on an assigned concept or principle case study.
c. The class as a whole considers the question “Why are these principles and practices important to hazardous waste cleanup?”.
Module 6: Activity 4 - What’s New In Safety?
Learning Objectives: In small groups, students review current Health and Safety Issues, such as Combustible Dusts, Spill Prevention Counter Measures and Seasonal Influenza, as available from OSHA, CSB, CDC, EPA and other resources.
Performance Measures: Each small group of students is able to present to others on one of the above current topics, as assigned.
Module 7: Activity 5 – Table-Top Exercises
Learning Objectives: Students learn about the hazards and controls for Mold and/or Animal Waste Clean-Up
Performance Measures: Each small group of students is able to answer a list of questions related to potential exposures, PPE, clean-up procedures, decon procedures, site control and waste disposal issues for one or more of six available case-study situations. Each small group shares their responses with others present.
Module 8: Clean Up, Review, Course Evaluation Questionnaire and Distribute Refresher Certificates.
Trainers review any expectations identified by individual students at the beginning of the day and if they were addressed during this training session. Trainers may offer to follow up later on an individual basis with students whose questions or concerns could not be addressed during the day. Each student is asked to fill out a Course Evaluation anonymously, the responses from which TNEC management and trainers use, at least in part, to determine the effectiveness of the training presented and to continuously improve this training program. Trainers congratulate students as they distribute certificates.