{"id":184174,"date":"2023-09-25T16:16:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T02:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=184174"},"modified":"2024-01-12T12:48:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T22:48:13","slug":"hazardous-waste-cleanup-training-maui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/25\/hazardous-waste-cleanup-training-maui\/","title":{"rendered":"Free hazardous waste cleanup training for Maui residents, companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_184175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184175\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maui-hazwoper-training-1.jpg\" alt=\"people wearing hazard suits\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maui-hazwoper-training-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maui-hazwoper-training-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maui-hazwoper-training-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo credit: Sustainable Workplace Alliance)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Free training for Maui residents and companies needing to upskill their teams for the wildfire recovery effort will be held October 2&#8211;6, 8 a.m.&#8211;5 p.m. at the <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maui College<\/a> campus.<\/p>\n<p>The Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (<abbr>HAZWOPER<\/abbr>) training prepares cleanup and emergency response workers to operate safely during a variety of scenarios involving hazardous substances. This training covers policies, practices and procedures that reduce the risk of injury and illness related to harmful exposures on the worksite.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184176\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maui-hazwoper-training-square.jpg\" alt=\"person wearing hazard suit\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maui-hazwoper-training-square.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maui-hazwoper-training-square-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo credit: Sustainable Workplace Alliance)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This training is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/goodjobshawaii\/\">Good Jobs <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> initiative offering free job training and other online programs through the <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/a>. These trainings will provide opportunities for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> residents to upskill and earn industry credentials in the healthcare, skilled trades and technology industries, which will lead to employment, paid internships and apprenticeship pathways.<\/p>\n<p>In order to be eligible, applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent, and be a resident of the State of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and eligible to work in the U.S. Additionally, applicants must be employed as a site worker or manager\/supervisor with potential exposure to hazardous substances required to have <abbr>HAZWOPER<\/abbr> 40-hour certification for Maui wildfire response in the State of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and must complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeI9aVkQuCnBdnMxJg-hxFiRIYqc0-vDI2WlT2hfesGmhMp2g\/viewform\">Good Jobs <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> On-Boarding Form<\/a>. There is also an <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/goodjobshawaii\/enrollment\/corporate.php\">application for the course<\/a> (use code <abbr>HAZ<\/abbr>-1023).<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College also plans to schedule the following courses this fall:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><abbr>HAZWOPER<\/abbr> 8-Hour (Site supervisors\/managers): This (initial) training is a one-time requirement for workers who supervise <abbr>HAZWOPER<\/abbr> employees. It&#8217;s also for those that need a refresher but not involved with cleaning up.<\/li>\n<li><abbr>HAZWOPER<\/abbr> 16-Hour (Site workers who are being moved to supervisor): <abbr title=\"Occupational Safety and Health Administration\">OSHA<\/abbr> expects a general hazardous waste site worker who will become a supervisor or manager to receive at least 16 hours of training during the year they become a supervisor.<\/li>\n<li><abbr>HAZWOPER<\/abbr> 24-Hour (Occupational site workers and supervisors\/managers): Employees who need 24-Hour <abbr>HAZWOPER<\/abbr> are most likely considered &ldquo;Occasional Site Workers.&rdquo; These employees aren&#8217;t required to work with hazardous materials daily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"blocklink\">More on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/10\/how-to-help-maui-ohana-affected-by-wildfires\/\">help Maui <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/maui-wildfires\/\">Maui wildfires<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>HAZWOPER<\/abbr> 40-hour training is co-sponsored by the Sustainable Workplace Alliance-<abbr>SWA<\/abbr> and <abbr>PIRM<\/abbr> Group International, <abbr>LLC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Training for cleanup involving hazardous substances is being offered at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1614,1597,60],"class_list":["post-184174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-good-jobs-hawaii","tag-maui-wildfires","tag-maui-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184174"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184462,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184174\/revisions\/184462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}