Looking for the best HAZWOPER training Ontario has to offer? Acute Safety & Safety Services has you covered. In order to get the best HAZWOPER training for your employees, you are going to have to do some research. Read on to learn more about finding the best HAZWOPER course around. ACUTE offers more than theoretical or abstract ideas; ACUTE offers solutions for all your safety training needs. Contact us today.

How to Get the best HAZWOPER Training Ontario

HAZWOPER stands for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. Training guidelines have been produced and are maintained by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which regulates hazardous waste operations and emergency services in the United States and its territories. In Canada, HAZWOPER falls under the legislation of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, CEPA 1999.

Environmental engineers, environmental remediation workers and contractors commonly attend these training programs, and the absolute best HAZWOPER training Ontario has to offer should be every company’s goal. The last thing any organization wants is a hazardous substance incident involving its employees. Keep these four things in mind when assessing your next potential HAZWOPER training provider.

1. Determine The Reputation Of The Training Company

In the event that your company is tabbed for an OHSA audit, you will want to have had your employees trained by a reputable company. Additionally, you’ll want to have worked with a training company that will assist you in completing the audit, not one that won’t want to get involved.

The best way to determine a company’s reputation is to search for online reviews and complaints, as well as to seek out those who have worked with them before. If the company has great reviews and few complaints, they are definitely worth considering.

Online reviews are a great way to assess a company’s reputation.

2. Get a Sense of Whether the Training is Fun & Engaging

We all have different learning styles. Some people learn by reading, some through active listening, some by talking about a subject. Others are more visual learners, while some people learn best by doing. If the HAZWOPER training does not speak to all of these learning styles, you risk having some of your employees fail to fully engage with the material.

We have found that a hands-on approach to training, combined with classroom exercises, discussions, and videos works best to ensure all learning styles are catered to. Find out if the training company includes hands-on activities that will keep trainees engaged. At a minimum, the trainer should provide scenario discussions, field exercises, hands-on equipment training and hands-on full chemical protective gear training exercises.

Call the training company and ask how they conduct their training courses. If they don’t mention a hands-on component, then they may not be a good choice for your needs.

Trainees won’t feel satisfied with a course that isn’t fun and engaging.

3. Assess the Learning Environment

A comfortable and quiet learning environment is conducive to information retention. If the course is conducted in a space that has loud noises, or has seats and desks that are not comfortable, trainees will not learn as much.

The simplest and best way to determine how comfortable the learning environment will be is firsthand experience. It is helpful to actually sit in the room and take in the environment, and ask yourself if it is a comfortable area that would be easy to learn in.

ACUTE’s world-class training facility is conveniently located in Waterloo. It is a short drive from Toronto and all other major cities in southern Ontario, opening our HAZWOPER training to Ontario residents from all over.

ACUTE’s classroom is comfortable and bright, and we have the best hands-on training around.

4. Make Sure They Provide After-Training Support

If your employees need help or have questions once the training is done and they’re back on the job, it’s good to be able to tap into the training resource centre rather than put themselves in an unnecessary position of risk.

Ask the training provider for some references, and give them a quick call to inquire about their experience with after course support. Or, you can simply ask the training company what they do for after-course completion support.

ACUTE’s consulting work, for example, combines quick response times with expertise in the Occupational Health & Safety Act and provincial regulations. From ACUTE’s central location in Waterloo, staff will travel to a client’s site to provide diligent and confidential assessments of a company’s needs. ACUTE will also provide help to bring the client into compliance to assist in meeting (and exceeding) regulatory requirements.

For a look at ACUTE’s HAZWOPER training, check this great video!

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The HAZWOPER training standard applies to both employers and their employees, and specifically includes any employees who are exposed to hazardous substances and who are engaged in operations including clean-up, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste.

Workers involved in an emergency response operation dealing with hazardous waste, and workers who have to perform duties at a waste site where hazardous materials or contamination are equally expected to be fully trained and protected. A refresher course will need to be taken 12 months after the initial certification.

ACUTE offers a range of health and safety training programs, and with over 100 years of combined experience, our staff have much more than just theoretical teaching to offer. We have first-hand experience in a variety of workplace situations which allows us to offer the same high-quality training classes across a broad range of subjects.

ACUTE offers the solution to all of your health and safety training needs by emphasizing client participation and establishing rapport in all of our classes. We want to build a relationship with our clients which is foundational to the provision of safety services moving forward.