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Health and Safety for Solid Waste Workers-Part 1

Attributes
  • Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm
  • Solid Waste I II III/C&DTS/MRF/Spotter: 4.0
  • CEUs: 0.4
Coordinator Dawn Jenkins, (352) 392-9570 x227
Description

This 4-hour course is specifically designed to apply the concepts of workplace health and safety to the increasingly complicated arena of waste management. As well as practical skills and information, the course will emphasize the worker's roles and responsibilities to take care of themselves, and each other, on the job at landfills, debris disposal sites, WTE plants, transfer stations, MRFs, and other waste processing facilities.

30 minutes      A. Why Health & Safety Training is Important

90 minutes      B. Basics of Health & Safety Training:  What Solid Waste Workers Need to Know

90 minutes      C. Health & Safety Issues for Specific Work Areas

30 minutes      D. Course Summary

Course is 4 hours.