Hazardous Waste Management and Pollution Control

Equip yourself with the essential skills to identify hazards, implement safety controls, and manage waste disposal to protect both your workforce and the environment. You will gain practical knowledge in safe handling, transportation, and emergency planning to drive operational efficiency and environmental compliance.

Duration

2 Days

Language

English

Delivery Mode

Online/Hybrid/Face-to-Face

Course Overview

Safely managing the waste in your workplace is good for business and it is good for everyone! It will improve your employees’ safety and health. It will potentially introduce cost savings, through more effective work practices such as correct storage, handling, use and disposal procedures. Potential harm to the environment and effects from pollution will also be reduced. It is critical for every individual involved with waste & environment management, whether with its handling, disposal or more commonly with its transportation, to acquire the relevant safe handling knowledge and skills. This course provides methodology for identifying hazards and implementing controls and ensures every professional involved has the knowledge and skills to ensure the safe handling of general/hazardous waste as well as drafts of contingency & emergency plans.

Learning Objectives

Understanding the International protocols driving the more effective management of hazardous materials.
Reviewing the waste disposal practice in the context of growing environmental awareness.
Obtaining performance improvement through the implementation of an environmental management system.
Introducing new developments in waste management practices

Course Outline

Day 01

Health and safety hazards. Health and safety signs and their meanings
How employers and employees can keep people healthy and safe
Understanding common legislations on waste handling and transportation
Understanding classification of Hazards Materials and its risk
Understanding hazard labelling and standards
Understanding and interpretation of Safety Data Sheet
Basic waste handling, the “Do’s and Don’ts”
Identification of Safe and Unsafe practices – common mistakes
Mitigation and control equipment.
Response during Hazmat incident
Containment, decontamination, and mitigation procedures using chemical spill kit
Personal protective equipment and its use
The benefits of good health and safety at work
The consequences of poor health and safety at work.

Day 02

Roles and Responsibilities
Hazardous Substances
Substances Covered by COSHH Regulations
The Effects of Hazardous Substances
Monitoring and Health Surveillance
Hazardous Substance Risk Assessment
Incidents

Day 03

Engineering controls & Handling Waste
Engineering controls, work practices and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
PPE selection Totally encapsulating chemical protective suits
Handling drums and containers, Material handling equipment
Sampling of drum and container contents, Shipping, and transport
Decontamination procedures, Equipment, and solvents
Personal protective clothing and equipment
Commercial laundries or cleaning establishments
Showers and change rooms
Emergency response to hazardous substance release
Emergency response plan. Elements of an emergency response plan
Procedures for handling emergency response
Skilled support personnel & Specialist employees
Training
First responder awareness & operations level
Hazardous materials technician & specialist level
On scene incident commander
Medical surveillance and consultation
Chemical protective clothing
Post emergency response

Certification

OrientMCT Certified

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