Protocall 934 Hazardous Materials Technician

About the Book

This workbook/exam is designed to comply with occupational safety and health administration, hazardous waste operation, and emergency response requirements.
This workbook/exam is not designed to replace the forty-hour hazardous materials technicians’ training manual, but it is designed to highlight and to enhance the areas that are important for example, hazardous materials, chemistry, toxicology, hazardous waste management, the selection of personal protection equipment, confined space entry, emergency response, and decontamination procedures.
This workbook/exam is the test that goes hand in hand with the “Hazardous Materials Technician” training manual.
This workbook/exam will cover the simple fact that most regulations are enforceable by law, while standards will promote “Safe Work Practices,” along with the importance of proving a safe work environment for our workers.
This workbook/exam will also give the reader the ability to understand the difference between emergency response, remediation, and the treatment the storage and the disposal of hazardous waste.

About the Author

This manual is based on over twenty-five plus years of experience in emergency response, training and education, hazardous materials/chemical spill response, environmental, health and safety compliance, in the oil and chemical industry, working with the government and even transportation.
The author has a background in engineering technology and construction; he is a certified hazardous materials manager, a certified emergency medical technician, trained in the field of emergency response to weapons of mass destruction, the sampling of biological agents, hazardous waste management, industrial waste water treatment and even surveying.