Chemical Safety for Water Production and Treatment Professionals
- Chemical Handling, Chemical Safety, Hazard Communication, Hazardous Materials, HAZCOM, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), PPE, Respiratory Protection
- Anfeald Course # COM 311
- 12.0 Hours Nominal
- 1.0 CEU
- Colorado Certified Water Professionals Training Units: Max TU 1.0
Target Audience
Anfeald’s Chemical Safety for Water Production and Treatment Professionals, COM 311, is for learners in water production and wastewater treatment occupations at private and public facilities who need specific training in hazard communication, chemical handling, chemical protective clothing, respiratory protection, respirator medical clearance, and respirator fit tests, all in one session.
Summary
This course bridges the gap between typical HAZCOM courses and reality. It helps prepare learners to handle chemicals directly. It meets awareness-level HAZCOM training requirements but includes detailed user/worker-level content for learners who handle bulk chemicals, complete transfers, and perform similar functions at public entities and private companies involved in water production and wastewater treatment. This course is a deeper dive into chemical properties and hazards, occupational exposure limits, the selection and use of respiratory protection, chemical protective clothing, and related topics.
This class is not a replacement for HAZWOPER training, though it does consider low-risk hazardous-material releases.
Contact Anfeald if you need medical clearance for a respirator and/or respirator fit tests. We can provide these at the same time as this course.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, successfull learners will:
- List and define or recognize the different categories and elements of DOT placards, NFPA 704 placards, GHS signal words, GHS pictograms, GHS hazard categories, GHS labels, and HMIS labels, with emphasis on corrosives, oxidizers, and toxins.
- Define and explain common chemical properties and hazards used to evaluate the risks of working with and handling hazardous materials.
- List and describe the properties of hazardous materials common to water production and wastewater treatment processes*, with emphasis on corrosives, oxidizers, and disinfectants.
- Recognize the essential sections of a Safety Data Sheet (SDS), and other technical reference materials, and where to find information on the properties and hazards defined earlier in the course.
- Explain the four routes of entry, correlate physical and chemical properties and handling activities to exposure routes, and distinguish between acute and chronic toxicity, as well as local and systemic toxicity. Also, define occupational exposure limits and their “safe” and “unsafe” levels.
- Demonstrate available portable gas detectors, and at a minimum, this will include fixed and portable gas detectors, but may also include photoionization detectors and colorimetric detection systems.
- List the three respirator categories (APR, SAR, EEBA) with their characteristics and limitations, and the proper use of those types available to the learners, including fit, donning, use, doffing, decontamination, storage, inspection, maintenance, and replacement criteria.
- Identify the four chemical protective clothing (CPC) types, selection criteria, and demonstrate proper donning, use, decontamination, and doffing, and describe storage, inspection, and replacement criteria.
- Explain the precautions to follow when handling hazardous materials in their three states of matter, with respect to their physical and chemical hazards, emphasizing corrosives, oxidizers, and disinfectants commonly used in water production and treatment.
- Describe the basic process to evaluate a hazardous material release to determine if it is safe to contain, mitigate, and clean it up, or not, and when to call for help, given the resources available, personal protective equipment available, and training level.
- Identify the signs and symptoms of hazardous-materials exposure and the proper actions to take when exposed, with emphasis on corrosives, oxidizers, and disinfectants commonly used in water production and wastewater treatment.
- List the core HAZCOM regulatory requirements and discuss where learners can find the employer’s plans and programs
*Typical water treatment chemicals include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Disinfectants: Chlorine (Cl2), Chlorine dioxide, Ozone (O3), Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), Sodium Chlorite (NaClO2), Chlorine dioxide (ClO2), Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO)
- Flocculants and Coagulants: Aluminum Sulfate (Al2(SO4)3)), Ferric chloride (FeCl3), Polyacrylamide, Polyaluminum chloride (PAC)
- pH Adjustment: Calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2), Caustic soda (NaOH), Sulfuric acid (H2O4)
- Others: Citric acid (C6H8O7), Potassium permanganate (KMnO₄), fluoride additives
Facility, Classroom, and Other Needs
Facility, classroom, and equipment needs:
- Comfortable seating, table space, and writing materials for each learner
- Sufficient space considering the anticipated headcount
- Display screen with HDMI input or screen and projector (let us know in advance if we need to bring a projector and screen)
Learners should bring the following items to class:
- Respirators, including, when applicable, SCBAs and extra bottles
- Chemical protective clothing used by learners
- Portable gas detectors and calibration gear
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