NFPA Private Sector Employee Specialist Level A Training

NFPA Private Sector Employee Specialist Level A Training Course Summary:

Conforming to NFPA 472, OSHA CFR 1910.130, CSA Z731 and provincial regulations, the Specialist Level A employee is trained to offensively handle incidents involving chemicals or containers specific to their organization.

Who Would Benefit From This Course:

• Emergency spill response teams
• Joint Health and Safety Committee members
• Supervisors

Course Content:

• Survey the incident
• Identify the containers involved
• Identify or classify unknown materials
• Verify the identity of the chemicals
• Collect and interpret hazard and response data
• Determine the extent of damage to chemical containers
• Predict the likely behaviour of a spilled material
• Estimate outcomes and impact resulting from a spill
• Identify response objectives
• Identify all potential response actions
• Act as the incident command for any hazardous incident
• Select the specific personal protective equipment required for entry
• Select the appropriate decontamination procedures
• How to don, work in and doff all four levels of personal protective equipment
• Plant and hazard specific air monitoring objective
• Street smart chemistry and toxicology
• Develop a plan of action
• Spill mitigation and control techniques through practical scenarios

Minimum Number of Trainees: 8