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FAll Protection
This class is updated to include the Walking/Working Surfaces for General Industry. It is modified to cover either General Industry or Construction (or both). EM-385-1-1 is available too.

Machine guarding
Byrd SMP covers the OSHA requirements for Machine Guarding but also includes ANSI standards utilizing the Risk Assessment and Reduction method from B11.TR3.

HAZCOM
Our HAZCOM course discusses the updated GHS requirements and terminology for communicating hazardous chemicals along with other available labeling options.

Respiratory Protection
A respiratory protection program is discussed in detail along with when it is required to be used. Detailed information is given on constitutes a respiratory. This has been updated to include a discussion on COVID-19.

PPE
This course starts with a discussion on the need for Personal Protective Equipment Hazard Assessments, along with resources to use. Each type of PPE is explored to include, instructions to use, store, inspect, and maintain.

New Hires
Let Byrd SMP take care of training your newly hired employees. The training will be modified to be specific to your facility needs.

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Course materials and tests
Sign-in sheets, course material, tests and any other handouts are provided. Documents are scanned and emailed back to the business, along with originals.
course evaluation
Course evaluations are provided at every course to ensure customer satisfaction. The feedback helps ensure future courses improve.
certificate of completion
A certificate of completion from Byrd SMP is given for every course. They are provided at the course to the participants, if available and electronically to the business for record-keeping.
This course is taught by a Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT) and is developed per ANSI Z490.1 standards. It takes an average of 6 hours to complete and can easily incorporate IATA or RCRA into the curriculum. This training satisfies 49CFR172.704.
Frequency of training
Initial training – a new employee, or an employee who changes job functions, may perform hazmat job functions before completing training, provided:
- the employee does so under the direct supervision of a properly trained and knowledgeable hazmat employee; and
- the hazmat training is completed within 90 days of employment or change in job function.
Recurrent training is required at least once every three years. The three-year period begins on the actual date of training.
DOT Hazmat training consists of:
- general awareness/familiarization;
- function-specific;
- safety;
- security awareness; and
- In-depth security training, if a security plan is required;
Each hazmat employer must:
- train and test,
- certify; and
- develop and retain records of current training (inclusive of preceding three years) for each hazmat employee (during the period of employment and 90 days thereafter).
Terms
HAZMAT EMPLOYER means a person who uses one or more employees in connection with:
- transporting hazmat in commerce;
- causing hazmat to be transported or shipped in commerce; or
- representing, marking, certifying, selling, offering, reconditioning, testing, repairing, or modifying packagings as qualified for use in the transportation of hazmat.
HAZMAT EMPLOYEE means a person who is employed by a hazmat employer and who directly affects hazmat transportation safety including:
- an owner-operator of a motor vehicle which transports hazmat;
- a person (including a self-employed person) who:
- loads, unloads, or handles hazmat;
- tests, reconditions, repairs, modifies, marks, or otherwise represents packagings as qualified for use in the transportation of hazmat;
- prepares hazmat for transportation;
- is responsible for safety of transporting hazmat; or
- operates a vehicle used to transport hazmat.
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This course is taught by a Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT) and is developed per ANSI Z490.1 standards. It takes an average of 6 hours to complete and includes arc flash NFPA 70E version 2021. This training satisfies 29CFR1910.332.
Frequency of training
OSHA doesn’t specify (other than to train), but NFPA 70E states at least every three years unless:
- Supervision or annual inspections indicate the need for retraining
- New technology, new equipment or procedure changes occur
- Work practices not normally used during regular job duties are needed
- Task performed less than once per year shall require retraining
- Job duties change
Training consists of:
- Electrical Safety
- Electrical Injury
- Shocks, Arc Flashes, and Arc Blasts
- NFPA 70E includes, but not limited to:
- Test Instruments
- Electrical Safety Programs
- Normal Operating Conditions
- Arc Flash Boundaries
- Shock Boundaries
- PPE & Selection
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This course is taught by a Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT) and is developed per ANSI Z490.1 standards. It takes an average of 2 hours to complete.
Information
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 is a program to ensure that hazardous waste is managed safely.
Generator Size (calendar month):
- Very small quantity generators (VSQGs)
- Less than 220 lbs waste
- Small quantity generators (SQGs)
- Between 220 lbs waste and 2,200 lbs
- Large quantity generators (LQG)
- More than 2,200 lbs waste
Training consists of:
- RCRA Background
- Hazardous Waste Identification
- Generator Sizes
- Waste Type and Counting
- Small Quantity Generators (SQG)
- Accumulations
- Labeling
- Inspection Logs
- Hazardous Waste Tanks
- Emergency Procedures
- Shipping
- Universal Waste
- Used Oil
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This course is taught by a Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT) and is developed per ANSI Z490.1 standards. It takes an average of 6 hours to complete.
Objectives
- Identify Confined Spaces
- Understand the scope & application of OSHA’s confined space entry standards
- Understand OSHA’s Permit-required Confined Space Entry Program
- Know responsibilities of entrants, attendants, entry supervisors, competent person
- Understand OSHA’s Alternate Entry and Reclassification procedures
- Understand the requirements for Rescue & Emergency Services
This class does not cover training for a rescue team, only their requirements. Neither will Byrd SMP train on Confined Space Rescue.
Training consists of:
- Confined Space terms
- Identification and Evaluation (Hazard Assessment)
- Hazard Controls
- Permit Required Confined Spaces and other classifications
- Atmospheric Testing
- Entry Team roles and responsibilities
- Isolation and lockout
- Ventilation
- PPE
- Auxiliary Equipment
- Emergency Response, Evacuation and Rescue
- Training Requirements
- Contractors
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This course is taught by a Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT) and is developed per ANSI Z490.1 standards. This training satisfies 29CFR1910.120.
Did you know that there's 3 different kinds of HAZWOPER?
HAZWOPER is an acronym for these three different types of sites. See the chart below. Here’s a link to a Letter of Interpretation https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/1991-08-20-0 from OSHA describing these.

Many employers mistakenly believe they require the HAZWOPER 40 hour course. This may not be true. “It depends” on your facility. See the chart below.

Here at Byrd SMP, the majority of our training is under the Emergency Response Operations. [1910.120(q)]
Here’s what this section’s training requirements look like:
Better to train on HAZWOPER for 40 hours?
This is not true. Here’s OSHA’s Letter of Interpretation that says no.
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This course is taught by a Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT) and is developed per ANSI Z490.1 standards. It takes an average of 4 hours to complete and conforms to 1910.147.
How does a "Tagout" differ from a "Lockout"?
Essentially, they are the same with the exception of placing locks on the energy isolating devices. OSHA allows for a “tagout” when the equipment cannot physically accept a lock. The tag is used in the place of the lock when this occurs.