COVID-19 Health and Safety Measures for In-Person Training
We care about your health and safety! To reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19, we are taking the following measures:
Social distancing: Classrooms have been reorganized to help participants, instructors, and staff maintain a distance of at least six feet between each other. To help ensure this, we also are limiting the number of participants per classroom.
Face masks: We encourage you wear a cloth face cover while attending our in-person training. If you do not have a mask, we will provide a disposable mask for you.
Hand hygiene: We are frequently washing our hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. We ask that participants attending our in-person courses do the same. We will also have alcohol-based hand sanitizer available in the classroom.
Cleaning and disinfecting: We are using EPA-registered disinfection products to disinfect frequently touched surfaces such as door handles, light switches, tables, and training equipment.
Symptom Monitoring: If you have symptoms like coughing, sneezing, runny nose, or fever, please stay home. Please send an email to Pamela.D.Phillips@uth.tmc.edu if you are unable to attend a course. We will apply your registration fee to a future course.
Our team continues to monitor and follow recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local health officials, and UTHealth. If we need to cancel an in-person course, we will refund your registration fee.
The Prevention, Preparedness and Response (P2R) Academy
and
the Texas-Utah Consortium for Hazardous Waste Workers Training
presents
UPDATED
RESCHEDULED FOR August 24th-28th, 2020
Edinburg, Texas
When:
May 18-22, 2020
Where:
The University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley1201 W. University Dr. , Edinburg, TX
TBD
Edinburg, TX 78539
Driving Directions
Registration
Regular Registration
$55 - Students
$155 - Regular
Registration after (April 6, 2020)
$75 - Students
$250 – Regular
To receive the registration rate for Students, you must present your student ID upon sign-in on the first day of class.
Please visit us at www.p2racademy.org
Contact
Pamela D. PhillipsProgram Coordinator
UTHealth| School of Public Health
Prevention, Preparedness and Response (P2R) Academy
713-500-8518
pamela.d.phillips@uth.tmc.edu
About the Course
The HAZWOPER Hazardous Materials course for general site workers is a week-long class. The Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120) applies to employers and their employees who are exposed or potentially exposed to hazardous substances--including hazardous waste--and who are engaged in one of the following five operations: 1) clean-up operations conducted at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites; 2) corrective actions covered by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); 3) voluntary clean-up operations at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites; 4) operations conducted at treatment, storage, and disposal facilities regulated by the RCRA Emergency Response; 5) operations involving hazardous substances.
Course Topics
- Hazard/risk assessment techniques
- Selection and use of PPE; decontamination procedures
- Control, containment, and confinement operations
- Implementing emergency response plans
- Classification, identification, and verification of materials
- Incident Command System.
Registration Refund and Course Cancellation Policy
To cancel your registration, send an e-mail to Pamela.D.Phillips@uth.tmc.edu. To refund your registration, we must receive your cancellation e-mail no later than 10 business days prior to the course start date. We will deduct a $50 administrative fee from the refunded amount. Cancellations received after the refund deadline will not be processed. If you paid your registration via check, provide the check number in your e-mail.
P2R Academy reserves the right to cancel a course no later than 10 business days prior to the course start date. If we cancel a course, we will notify you via the e-mail address provided on your registration form. Our liability for cancelled events is limited to the registration fee paid per course.
Acknowledgement
Training, provided by P2R Academy, is supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under awards U45ES019360 and UH4ES027055.