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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to teach the students how to develop an emergency response contingency plan for a facility or community. Preparedness includes analyzing the hazards, writing and implementing the contingency plans, training employees for an emergency, and evaluating the effectiveness of the contingency plan.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course provides a detailed study of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. Topics include identifying regulated materials, prepare shipping papers, inspection of packaging and label determination. Emphasis will be placed on interpretation of regulations used in the transportation and storage of hazardous materials.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to develop an emergency response contingency plan to deal with hazardous material or chemical emergencies in compliance with regulations in order to protect human health and the environment as well as to minimize an organization's risks. Also implement the various portions of the plan as required.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an overview of the requirements of 29 CRF 1910.120 for occupational health and safety workers who respond to hazardous waste and chemical spills. Topics include toxicology, chemical awareness, monitoring, personal protective equipment, safety, confined space entry, incident command, site control, medical surveillance, decontamination, safe work practices and emergency procedures.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed as an addition to the environmental management certificate program and environmental management degree. It focuses on OSHA's safety and health requirements for the construction industry. The course will provide students with an understanding of the role OSHA plays in the protection of construction workers and the various mandatory safety programs. The course also looks at the history of legislative acts passed to control work place hazards in construction operations and propose business strategies that incorporate safety programs into the framework of business operations. This course provides students with an overview of OSHA's health and safety programs as they apply to the construction industry and CFR 29, 1926. This course would also benefit those students in the management field.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with a non-technical introduction to general manufacturing processes that involve hazardous materials and wastes, with emphases on waste minimization strategies, on functions within facilities that are common to most industries and the worker health and safety exposures.
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3.00 Credits
This course will concentrate on general environmental management systems and tools, which comprise the scope of ISO 14000, the voluntary international standard for environmental management systems. Students will explore specific requirements for environmental management systems, to enable an organization to formulate policies and objectives, which minimize the impact of its operation on the environment. Examples of environmental management systems that will be reviewed include policies, organizational systems, management, planning, operational procedures, effect and regulatory identification procedures, objectives, targets, vendor controls, auditing, record keeping and many others. Students will be given practical exercises requiring application and critical thinking to add structure and perspective to their learning process.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the basic operations of public water works as well as wastewater treatment facilities.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course is designed as an introduction to the basic skills and techniques required to effectively employ Emergency Management Operations software. Both experienced and inexperienced students in the Hazardous Materials, Emergency Operations, or Emergency Services field will find the broad overview and extensive practical exercises beneficial to their learning process. Each student will learn to develop, assess, store, integrate, and manage critical data, using a suite of software designed to assist in planning and responding to hazardous chemicals/materials incidents.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the student the fundamental knowledge about human structure, behavior, and common work practices. Knowledge gained in class will enable the student to evaluate work systems and recommend changes that will reduce work related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and other workplace ergonomics related injuries.
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