This Technician-level Emergency Responder training course was developed to assist employers in certifying the required competencies shown in 29 CFR 1910.120(q) for workers who will respond to ammonia releases in food processing only. Those completing the program successfully are not competent at the technician level to respond to any other type of release.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Exercise Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

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Exercise: HCS 2012

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Exercise: Using Electronic Resources in a Review of RPE Use

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

This course will provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to rescue employees from confined spaces at the Operations Level.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

This factsheet is for workers conducting post high wind storm cleanup activities. It provides awareness level information.

Developed by Bernie Mizula for the Midwest Consortium.

• Download Fact Sheet (pdf)

The Midwest Consortium developed this template for Program Directors and facilitators who want to develop an exercise that can be added to the MWC programming.

DOWNLOADS

• Developer Guide

This program is designed for community members who are concerned about the quality of their environment and how its quality affects their health and the health of their family and community. The topic is PBT chemicals: Persistent in the environment for long periods of time, Bioaccumulate in the food chain and posing Toxic risks to human health and ecosystems.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Using the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)

• Facilitators Manual
• PPT Slides

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Exercise: What is Happening in my Zip Code?

• Facilitator Guide
• PPT Slides

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Exercise: Building Resources – The Greening of Home, Community, and Work

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual

Recognition, Health Effects, and Reporting
Upon completion of this program, participants will be better able to safely observe and identify potential physical, biological, and chemical hazards, properly report their observations, and describe the potential health effects of hazardous substances.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Cover Sheet (community)
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Registration Form (community)
• Evaluation Form
• Evaluation Form (community)

This Technician-level Emergency Responder training course was developed to assist employers in certifying the required competencies shown in 29 CFR 1910.120(q). This course complies with the Final Rule, 29 CFR 1910.120(q), and is designed to be taught in 40 hours. Included in the 40 hours are daily presentations, reviews, and hands-on or small groups exercises and activities; a pre- and post- test are required.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Exercise Manual
• Review Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

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Exercise: HCS 2012

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Exercise: Evaluating Usefulness of Electronic Resources for ICS Activities

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

Recognition, Health Effects, and Reporting Upon completion of this program, participants will be better able to safely observe and identify potential physical, biological, and chemical hazards, properly report their observations, and describe the potential health effects of hazardous substances.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Test Scores
• Impact Evaluation
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

Recent attention to water quality in the region includes the water crisis in Flint, Michigan and PFAS contamination from industrial sources and municipal and military firefighting activities. Separate sections are provided for those concerned with possible contamination of water by lead and the ‘forever chemicals’ most often represented by PFOA and PFAS.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide – Lead
• Facilitator Guide – PFAS
• Participant Manual

Tools are available to access data about industrial facility emissions to air, water and land from the federally mandated Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). These resources provide information on the chemicals, volume and changes in emission over time.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitators Manual
• PPT Slides

This program was developed in response to the need for workers served by the MWC to gain in-depth skills regarding the range of PPE that may be used. By following the outline format and activities in this guide, you will be better able to enhance learning, stimulate class discussion, and maintain the training objectives.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Guide
• Participant Guide
• Exercise Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

This hazardous waste worker training course was developed in response to the need for waste site employees to obtain 40-hour training under OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120. This course complies with the Final Rule, 29CFR1910.120, and is designed to be taught in 40 hours. Included in the 40 hours are daily material presentations, material reviews, labs, exercises and activities, and pre- and post- tests.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Exercise Manual
• Review Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

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Exercise: HCS 2012

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

FACILITATOR GUIDES

• Traditional Single Session Format
• Multi Session Format

COVER PAGES

• ERR-M
• 8HR-M
• 8TR-M

 

This exercise has been designed to allow the instructor to choose a hazardous material that is relevant to the trainees. You can choose any one of the 33 materials and situations included in this exercise.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide and Participant Worksheet

Hazard recognition, guidance, and resources for First on the Scene and Emergency Responders.

• Download Fact Sheet (pdf)

 

PPE Refresher- Inspect, Don, Doff a Level of Protection

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Inspect gear for defects or damage prior to use.
• Demonstrate the ability to dressout in Level A, B or C.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Use resources to determine appropriate level of protection by gloves.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Demonstrate ability to inspect provided PPE.
• Set up decontamination zones for a hazard.
• Demonstrate ability to dressout in Level B or C.
• Demonstrate ability to perform decon.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Use resources to find the OSHA requirements for other types of PPE.
• Identify possible gaps in current practices at workplace.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Identify the level of PPE needed.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

This Technician-level Emergency Responder training course was developed to assist employers in certifying the required competencies shown in 29 CFR 1910.120(q) for workers who will respond to ammonia releases in food processing only. Those completing the program successfully are not competent at the technician level to respond to any other type of release.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Exercise Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

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Exercise: HCS 2012

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Exercise: Using Electronic Resources in a Review of RPE Use

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

This course will provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to rescue employees from confined spaces at the Operations Level.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

This factsheet is for workers conducting post high wind storm cleanup activities. It provides awareness level information.

Developed by Bernie Mizula for the Midwest Consortium.

• Download Fact Sheet (pdf)

The Midwest Consortium developed this template for Program Directors and facilitators who want to develop an exercise that can be added to the MWC programming.

DOWNLOADS

• Developer Guide

This program is designed for community members who are concerned about the quality of their environment and how its quality affects their health and the health of their family and community. The topic is PBT chemicals: Persistent in the environment for long periods of time, Bioaccumulate in the food chain and posing Toxic risks to human health and ecosystems.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Using the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)

• Facilitators Manual
• PPT Slides

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Exercise: What is Happening in my Zip Code?

• Facilitator Guide
• PPT Slides

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Exercise: Building Resources – The Greening of Home, Community, and Work

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual

Recognition, Health Effects, and Reporting
Upon completion of this program, participants will be better able to safely observe and identify potential physical, biological, and chemical hazards, properly report their observations, and describe the potential health effects of hazardous substances.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Cover Sheet (community)
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Registration Form (community)
• Evaluation Form
• Evaluation Form (community)

This Technician-level Emergency Responder training course was developed to assist employers in certifying the required competencies shown in 29 CFR 1910.120(q). This course complies with the Final Rule, 29 CFR 1910.120(q), and is designed to be taught in 40 hours. Included in the 40 hours are daily presentations, reviews, and hands-on or small groups exercises and activities; a pre- and post- test are required.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Exercise Manual
• Review Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

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Exercise: HCS 2012

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Exercise: Evaluating Usefulness of Electronic Resources for ICS Activities

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

Recognition, Health Effects, and Reporting Upon completion of this program, participants will be better able to safely observe and identify potential physical, biological, and chemical hazards, properly report their observations, and describe the potential health effects of hazardous substances.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Test Scores
• Impact Evaluation
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

Recent attention to water quality in the region includes the water crisis in Flint, Michigan and PFAS contamination from industrial sources and municipal and military firefighting activities. Separate sections are provided for those concerned with possible contamination of water by lead and the ‘forever chemicals’ most often represented by PFOA and PFAS.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide – Lead
• Facilitator Guide – PFAS
• Participant Manual

Tools are available to access data about industrial facility emissions to air, water and land from the federally mandated Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). These resources provide information on the chemicals, volume and changes in emission over time.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitators Manual
• PPT Slides

This program was developed in response to the need for workers served by the MWC to gain in-depth skills regarding the range of PPE that may be used. By following the outline format and activities in this guide, you will be better able to enhance learning, stimulate class discussion, and maintain the training objectives.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Guide
• Participant Guide
• Exercise Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

This hazardous waste worker training course was developed in response to the need for waste site employees to obtain 40-hour training under OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120. This course complies with the Final Rule, 29CFR1910.120, and is designed to be taught in 40 hours. Included in the 40 hours are daily material presentations, material reviews, labs, exercises and activities, and pre- and post- tests.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Exercise Manual
• Review Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

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Exercise: HCS 2012

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

FACILITATOR GUIDES

• Traditional Single Session Format
• Multi Session Format

COVER PAGES

• ERR-M
• 8HR-M
• 8TR-M

 

This exercise has been designed to allow the instructor to choose a hazardous material that is relevant to the trainees. You can choose any one of the 33 materials and situations included in this exercise.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide and Participant Worksheet

Hazard recognition, guidance, and resources for First on the Scene and Emergency Responders.

• Download Fact Sheet (pdf)

 

PPE Refresher- Inspect, Don, Doff a Level of Protection

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Inspect gear for defects or damage prior to use.
• Demonstrate the ability to dressout in Level A, B or C.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Use resources to determine appropriate level of protection by gloves.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Demonstrate ability to inspect provided PPE.
• Set up decontamination zones for a hazard.
• Demonstrate ability to dressout in Level B or C.
• Demonstrate ability to perform decon.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Use resources to find the OSHA requirements for other types of PPE.
• Identify possible gaps in current practices at workplace.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Identify the level of PPE needed.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Identify if contamination remains after decon.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Identify hazard information using the ERG.
• Identify response actions based on scenario provided.
• Identify changes in tactical operations as conditions change.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Identify limits for exposure(s) measured in your workplace.
• Review a report of monitoring results.
• Identify jobs or tasks where exposures may occur.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Demonstrate preparation of a sampling device for use.
• Demonstrate use to collect sample.
• Demonstrate required after-use actions.
• Identify any personal protective equipment necessary during use.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Conduct the task or response activity.
• Participate in a debriefing to identify areas for improvement.
• Identify approaches to achieving improvements identified.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Describe risks of excavation.
• Describe types of collapses.
• Identify protection/preventive methods.
• Distinguish between regulations and safe work practices.
• Identify elements needed in an SOP if an emergency occurs.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Identify the types of respiratory protection.
• Identify components of your SCBA.
• Identify fit testing requirements for SCBA use.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

This exercise has been designed to allow the instructor to choose a chemical that is relevant to the trainees.

DOWNLOADS

• Instructor Guide and Participant Worksheet

With an ever-changing workplace environment, incidents of severe weather are happening more frequently. Additionally, new hazards are present in the workplace that we all need to be attentive to in order to maintain a safe workplace.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) Investigation Exercises

The purpose of this exercise is to review facts from an accident investigation conducted by the CSB and discuss various actions that might have presented the incident. This exercise is generally used in Industrial Emergency Response training.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Combustible Dust, Indiana Example
• Combustible Dust, Kentucky Example
• Combustible Dust, Tennessee Example
• Combustible Dust, Wisconsin Example

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Gather information about a chemical hazard using the NIOSH Pocket Guide mobile app.
• Identify a chemical concentration that is immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) using the NIOSH Pocket Guide mobile app.
• Select a category of respiratory protection for a chemical exposure scenario using the NIOSH Pocket Guide mobile app.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

This exercise is developed to be conducted as a discussion while completing three activities:

• Review of success in reducing risk after training and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Summarizing current ways of making suggestions and the overall focus on safety at the workplace.
• Developing a plan to reduce risk and chart progress.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

Electronic resources are increasingly useful tools for emergency responders. In this Incident Command System exercise you will use several online databases as resources to gather information needed to plan a response to an emergency scenario.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Overview – Single Session Format
• Facilitator Overview – Multi-Session Format
• Participant Cover Page
• Timeline
• Cover Sheet and Module Checklist
• Impact Evaluation
• Test Scores
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Using Electronic Resources to Gather Hazmat Information

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Exercise: Using Electronic Resources in a Review of RPE Use

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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MODULES

Inspect, Don, Doff

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Checking Out Factors in Glove Selection

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Suit Up and Decon

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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More than CPC and RPE

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Levels of Protection

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Decon Double Check

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Using the ERG

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Exposures Measured at Your Workplace

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Sampling to Measure Exposure

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Design and Conduct a Skill-based Drill

• Facilitator Guide

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Trench Safety Awareness

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Using Your SCBA

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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NIOSH Pocket Guide Performance Measure

• Instructor Guide and Participant Worksheet

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NIOSH Pocket Guide Mobile App

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Create a Climate Kit

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) Investigation Exercises

• Facilitator Guide
• Combustible Dust, Indiana Example
• Combustible Dust, Kentucky Example
• Combustible Dust, Tennessee Example
• Combustible Dust, Wisconsin Example

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ER Risk Management Plan

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Lithium Battery Safety

• Facilitator Guide
• Powerpoint Slides

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Identify actions/activities that could be done more safely
• Identify hazard controls for these actions/activities

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual

3D Printing (or) Additive Manufacturing in industry and medicine, on desktops.

This factsheet covers the following questions regarding 3D printing or additive manufacturing:

• What is made with this technology?
• Where is a digital program used to create a 3D object?
• What are the types of additive manufacturing?
• What do we know about potential exposures?

 

• Download Fact Sheet (pdf)

The Midwest Consortium developed this program for facilitators who want to conduct and evaluate a drill.  When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Demonstrate competency in completing an assignment during a drill
• Participate in a debriefing to identify areas for improvement
• Respond to external input regarding areas of improvement, if appropriate
• Identify approaches to achieving improvements identified

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

The Midwest Consortium developed this program for facilitators who want to design and conduct a tabletop program.  When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Demonstrate competency in completing a task or a role in a tabletop exercise
• Participate in a debriefing to identify areas for improvement
• List approaches to achieving improvements identified

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

The Midwest Consortium developed this course for workers and community members who want to investigate the reduction of use of toxic materials.  Member institutions of the Midwest Consortium who worked on the update of the initial program include Green Door Initiative, University of Minnesota and the University of Cincinnati. This program was developed for use by industrial workers and community residents who seek use reduction as one approach to reducing exposures.

The Toxic Use Reduction course incorporates a variety of teaching methods to meet varied learning styles. Material presentation with discussion and small group exercises are used.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

Community Member Preparedness for Potential Fuel Releases along Transportation Routes

The Midwest Consortium developed this introduction to health and safety impacts of high-volume transportation of fuels to assist the local community members and business owners in becoming better prepared for possible releases along transportation routes.

When participants complete this introduction, they will be better able to:

• Recognize where a release might occur
• List outcomes of a release in your community

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

Getting Prepared to be a Volunteer at a Disaster The Midwest Consortium (MWC) developed this introduction to health and safety considerations for volunteers who will be traveling to a disaster to assist the local community in clean-up. Also available in Spanish. When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Identify what you need to know before you depart
• Recognize factors to consider in packing
• Recognize possible hazards
• Identify resources to minimize exposure to hazards

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

Tools are available to access data about emissions to air, water and land in your neighborhood. Objectives:

• Access electronic resources to find local information.
• Demonstrate the use of these resources to identify location of emission sources and types of emissions from facilities in your zip code.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• PPT Slides

Assessing Preparedness: Natural and Hazardous Material Release Emergencies in the Community

This survey contains questions about the current safety and health status of the participant’s community.

• Download Survey (pdf)

This program was developed in response to the need for communities to gain skills to better identify sources of air pollution and develop ideas about how to limit or avoid exposures that can impact a person’s health. The program and exercises are designed to be interactive and stimulate questions and develop a personal plan for action.

Goals for participants are to:

• Identify different types of air pollution
• Describe sources of air pollution around them
• Describe the health effects of air pollution (community and individual)
• Identify techniques to reduce exposure in the home and community
• Develop a plan to take further action steps

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

• Describe basic facts about climate change
• Describe the health effects of climate change
• Determine carbon footprint
• Develop a plan to become more sustainable

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Handout (PPT)
• Presentation Slides (PPT)

This program was developed in response to the need for residents near industrial sites to gain skills to better identify sources and risks of exposure to emission.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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EXERCISES

Exercise: Air Pollution

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Exercise: Assessing Preparedness Survey

• Download Survey (pdf)

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Exercise: Create a Climate Kit

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Exercise: Investigating Water Contamination

• Facilitator Guide – Lead
• Facilitator Guide – PFAS
• Participant Manual

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Exercise: Lithium Battery Safety

• Facilitator Guide
• Powerpoint Slides

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Exercise: Sustainability

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Handout
• Powerpoint Slides

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Exercise: Using the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)

• Facilitators Manual
• Powerpoint Slides

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Exercise: What is Happening in My Zip Code

• Facilitator Guide
• Powerpoint Slides

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DOWNLOADS

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

In order to ensure chemical safety in the workplace, information about the identities and hazards of the chemicals must be available and understandable to workers. OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) requires the development and dissemination of such information. HazCom has been replaced. One way to help keep them separate is to refer to the new standard as HCS 2012.  This exercise is consistent with OHSA guidance for training required by December 1, 2013.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

A broad range of electronic resources are used in the National Response Framework, and are available to local responders engaged in Incident Command activities. In this exercise you will access some of these tools and discuss how each can assist you in functioning within the Incident Command System (ICS).

Objectives

• Access tools available electronically.
• Describe how the tool can be used to carry out the activities in a specific role in the ICS.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

A broad range of electronic resources are available to emergency responders and increasingly used in the Incident Commander structure to understand hazards and plan a response.  In this exercise you will access some of these tools for hazard assessment, use a model to predict geographical areas that will be affected by the release and plan a response.

Objectives

• Access electronic tools for risk assessment information.
• Identify the geographical region where there may be an impact from the release.
• Plan a response

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

When completed, participants will be better able to:

Initial Actions (part 1)

• Describe the responsibilities of the ICS roles
• Identify the roles needed for a particular emergency/event
• Describe the flow of information up and down the ICS
• Identify potential overloads/bottlenecks in the ICS
• Identify resource(s) for ICS planning

Transfer and Termination (part 2)

• Describe the transition of Incident Command to another organization
• Describe the importance of documentation in the Termination phase

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

Somali translation (developed by University of Minnesota Training Center)

• Download pdf

This course is designed to satisfy the requirements for personnel whose duties and functions are consistent with the description for Operations-Level First Responder as described in 29 CFR 1910.120, (q) (6) (ii). Participants in this course are members of an emergency response team which may have to respond to an incident involving hazardous materials at an industrial facility.

DOWNLOADS

COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

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Exercise: HCS 2012

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

 

Guidance on Structure and Documentation

DOWNLOADS

• Refresher Outline
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Impact Evaluation
• Evaluation Form

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Course: Confined Space Rescue (CSR)

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual

DOWNLOADS

• 3AW Outline Program Guidance
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule to help assure worker health and safety during emergency response activities requires specific training for members of the response team, depending upon the duties to be performed. Emergency response activities are conducted within a structured framework called the Incident Command System and an Emergency Response Plan (ERP); at locations where personnel will evacuate and await external personnel to conduct the response an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) is required.

This is an Awareness level program and does not meet the requirements for serving as an Incident Commander at an actual incident. To serve as an Incident Commander, additional training is required, including an initial 24-hours of training at the Operations level.

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

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• ICS Outline – Program Guidance
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Unified Command Exercise

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

Participants are here because they are members of an emergency response team that may respond to a high-volume release of fuel on land or water. They have previously completed a 24-hour Operations-level program, or the equivalent skills are documented by the employer as described in 29 CFR 1910.120, (q) (6) (ii).

This additional training provides more detailed recognition and health effects training for the fuel(s) that may be transported through the responders’ area.

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

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Exercise: HCS 2012

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Course: Exposure Monitoring (EXP)

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

Municipal First-on-the-Scene

This training is intended to meet the requirements of the OSHA Hazardous Waste Rule (29 CFR 1910.120) for first responder personnel (awareness level) who may be the first-on-the-scene at a hazardous materials incident. The training program covers basic hazard recognition, identification, reporting, and self-protection for individuals who may do preliminary observation of an event. It does not provide the necessary hazard recognition and protective skills required to perform emergency response activities. To undertake the activities of emergency responders, additional training is necessary.

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: HCS 2012

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

Industrial First-on-the-Scene

This training is intended to meet the requirements of the OSHA Hazardous Waste Rule (29 CFR 1910.120) for first responder personnel (awareness level) who may be the first-on-the-scene at a hazardous materials incident. The training program covers basic hazard recognition, identification, reporting, and self-protection for individuals who may do preliminary observation of an event. It does not provide the necessary hazard recognition and protective skills required to perform emergency response activities. To undertake the activities of emergency responders, additional training is necessary.

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

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Exercise: HCS 2012

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

The activities in this exercise will result in workplace changes that reduce exposures. Many will be small changes, but every avoided or eliminated exposure benefits workers. Each success builds confidence that change can be made.

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• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Overview – Single Session Format
• Facilitator Overview – Multi-Session Format
• 8TR-M Participant Cover Page
• Module Checklist
• Timeline
• Cover Sheet
• Impact Evaluation
• Test Scores
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

 

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MODULES

Inspect, Don, Doff

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Checking Out Factors in Glove Selection

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Suit Up and Decon

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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More than CPC and RPE

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Levels of Protection

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Decon Double Check

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Using the ERG

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Exposures Measured at Your Workplace

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Sampling to Measure Exposure

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Design and Conduct a Skill-based Drill

• Facilitator Guide

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Trench Safety Awareness

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Using Your SCBA

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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NIOSH Pocket Guide Performance Measure

• Instructor Guide and Participant Worksheet

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NIOSH Pocket Guide Mobile App

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Create a Climate Kit

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) Investigation Exercises

• Facilitator Guide
• Combustible Dust, Indiana Example
• Combustible Dust, Kentucky Example
• Combustible Dust, Tennessee Example
• Combustible Dust, Wisconsin Example

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8TR-M Risk Management Plan Exercise

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Lithium Battery Safety

• Facilitator Guide
• Powerpoint Slides

This program was developed in response to the need for workers served by the MWC to gain in-depth skills regarding the range of air, water and soil sampling devices used for exposure assessment; by following the outline format and activities in this guide, you will be better able to enhance learning, stimulate class discussion, and maintain the training objectives.

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• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

The activities in this exercise will result in workplace changes that reduce exposures. Many will be small changes, but every avoided or eliminated exposure benefits workers. Each success builds confidence that change can be made.

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• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Overview – Single Session Format
• Facilitator Overview – Multi-Session Format
• Participant Cover Page
• Timeline
• Cover Sheet and Module Checklist
• Impact Evaluation
• Test Scores
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

 

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MODULES

Looking Back and Forward

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual

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Inspect, Don, Doff

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Checking Out Factors in Glove Selection

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Suit Up and Decon

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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More than CPC and RPE

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Levels of Protection

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Decon Double Check

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Using the ERG

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Exposures Measured at Your Workplace

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Sampling to Measure Exposure

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Design and Conduct a Skill-based Drill

• Facilitator Guide

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Trench Safety Awareness

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Using Your SCBA

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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NIOSH Pocket Guide Performance Measure

• Instructor Guide and Participant Worksheet

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NIOSH Pocket Guide Mobile App

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Create a Climate Kit

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) Investigation Exercises

• Facilitator Guide
• Combustible Dust, Indiana Example
• Combustible Dust, Kentucky Example
• Combustible Dust, Tennessee Example
• Combustible Dust, Wisconsin Example

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8HR-M Risk Management Plan Exercise

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Lithium Battery Safety

• Facilitator Guide
• Powerpoint Slides

This program follows the 40-Hour Site Worker program. The goals of the program are to:

• Review basic skills and knowledge about hazardous waste site work
• Engage in learning and problem-solving activities that will help to improve safety and health conditions on a site
• Implement safe work practices
• Demonstrate use of personal protective equipment for site work
• Implement procedures in a safety and health plan to control hazards
• Meet training requirements in Section (e) (8) of the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard, 19 CFR 1910.120

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• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Test Scores
• Impact Form
• Evaluation Form

The Midwest Consortium developed this course for company managers, workers and residents who may be affected by the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Also available in Spanish.

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• Facilitator Guide – English
• Participant Guide – English
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

The Midwest Consortium developed this template for Program Directors and facilitators who want to develop an exercise using a map accessed using technology that can be added to the MWC programming.

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• Developer Guide

A mobile app, or simply app, is a specialized program – or application – downloaded onto mobile devices. The Midwest Consortium developed this template for Program Directors and facilitators who want to develop an exercise to use an app that is then added to the MWC programming.

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• Developer Guide

Electronic resources are increasingly useful tools for emergency responders. In this Incident Command System exercise you will use several online databases as resources to gather information needed to plan a response to an emergency scenario.

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• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

Electronic resources are increasingly useful tools for emergency responders. In this exercise you will use an electronic resource to access requirements for use of SCBA in emergency response and then review your experience with respiratory protection that may be required when the incident command system is activated. The respiratory protection program at your company will be reviewed to determine if there are opportunities for improvement.

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• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

The activities in this exercise will result in workplace changes that reduce exposures. Many will be small changes, but every avoided or eliminated exposure benefits workers. Each success builds confidence that change can be made.

DOWNLOADS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

The activities in this exercise will result in workplace changes that reduce exposures. Many will be small changes, but every avoided or eliminated exposure benefits workers. Each success builds confidence that change can be made.

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• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

This program is designed for community members who are concerned about family and/or community emergency preparedness. Also available in Spanish.

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• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual
• FCP PowerPoint
• FCP PowerPoint – Fisk (TN)
• Cover Sheet
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

 

Trainees are here because they are or will be employed as mold remediation workers. During this program they will learn about the following topics:

• Mold-specific health and safety hazards.
• Use of personal protective equipment.
• Work practices and other controls to minimize hazards.
• Decontamination
• Other resources.

When they finish, they will be better able to do the following:

• Recognize mold-related hazards.
• Conduct safe work practices.
• Use protective equipment.
• Perform necessary decontamination.

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual
• Mold Images (ppt)
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

This course was developed to meet the requirements of the OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard, 29CFR1910.120 for those hospital employees who may be involved in receiving victims of a mass-casualty event. The program is designed to provide background, drill and resources for “first receivers” at a health care facility. The program covers vulnerability assessments, Emergency Management Plans and provides opportunity for a drill using equipment that is available at the facility where you will provide training. The facilities for decon will vary, from a single room in a facility, to the availability of a heated and plumbed external tent.

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

Trainees are here because they are or will be employed as weatherization workers. During this program they will learn about the following topics:

• Health and safety hazards may be present.
• Work Practices and other controls to minimize hazards.
• Use of personal protective equipment.
• Other resources.

When they finish, they will be better able to do the following:

• Recognize hazards that may be present
• Conduct safe work practices.
• Use protective equipment.

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

The Midwest Consortium developed this course for community members who may be impacted by COVID-19.

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Handout
• Cover Sheet
• Registration
• Evaluation Form

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

• CVC Basics
• Health Inequities
• Cleaning and Disinfecting
• More Than Just Face Masks
• Mental Health and COVID-19
• Quarantine and Isolation
• Testing
• Vaccination
• State Specific COVID-19 Demographic Data

Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the Midwest Consortium developed this course to highlight adjustments in procedures for those responding to emergencies.

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitator Guide
• Powerpoint Slides
• Timeline
• Cover Sheet
• Registration
• Evaluation Form

This Technician-level Emergency Responder training course was developed to assist employers in certifying the required competencies shown in 29 CFR 1910.120(q) for workers who will respond to ammonia releases in food processing only. Those completing the program successfully are not competent at the technician level to respond to any other type of release.

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COURSE MATERIALS

• Facilitators Manual
• Participant Manual
• Exercise Manual
• Cover Sheet
• Timeline
• Registration Form
• Evaluation Form

TEST MATERIALS – PASSWORD REQUIRED

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• Pretest
• Pretest Answer Key
• Posttest
• Posttest Answer Key
• Test Scores

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Exercise: Training-Only ERP

• Section 1 – Plan Introduction
• Section 2 – Core Plan Elements
• Section 3 – Annexes 1-7

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Exercise: HCS 2012

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide

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Exercise: Using Electronic Resources in a Review of RPE Use

• Facilitator Guide
• Participant Guide