Hazardous Waste & Disaster

NH COSH is a member of The New England Consortium (TNEC), the New England region's model worker health and safety training organization. Since 1987, TNEC has delivered Hazardous Waste Site Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training to over 15,000 workers. (HAZWOPER training is required under the OSHA 1910.120 standard.) TNEC also provides worker safety training on disaster cleanup and related hazardous work.

TNEC is one of 20 national programs administered by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). In collaboration with the School of Health and Environment of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, TNEC draws upon a wealth of worker health and safety knowledge.

TNEC's courses meet or exceed the OSHA 1910.120 standard for protecting hazardous waste workers and employees who respond to hazardous material emergencies in their workplaces. Upon completion of each course, students receive a certificate and a wallet card that document their training.

TNEC provides dynamic, hands-on, participatory health and safety training. With simulated work tasks and mock incidents, students gain a better understanding of work site hazards and how to properly respond in an emergency situation. In addition to the open enrollment curricula, TNEC is able to custom design trainings to address the needs and hazardous materials specific to a client's work site.

Courses are delivered at TNEC's Training Center at UMass Lowell or at a company's site anywhere in New England.

Who Can Benefit from TNEC's Training?

• Employees who come into contact with hazardous waste and materials
• Employees who respond to hazardous work site situations and emergencies
• Management, supervisors, training leaders, health and safety officers, material handlers, drivers, and anyone else dealing with hazardous waste, and, or its by-products
• Municipal workers who come in contact with hazardous materials

Industries Trained

Private Companies:

• Food/Dairy/Refrigeration
• Chemical Manufacturing
• Heavy Industry
• Waste Facilities
• Utilities
• Semiconductors/Microelectronics
• Pharmaceutical Synthesis
• Colleges and Universities
• Laboratories

Public Agencies:

EPA
OSHA
State Environmental Agencies (in RI, MA, CT, VT, NH)
US Army Corps of Engineers
US Fish & Wildlife Services
US Postal Service
State/Municipal Public Works (in RI, MA, VT, NH)
Fire Fighters throughout New England
Police throughout New England

For more information or to register for training, please contact TNEC directly.