Cal/OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Training (2025)

The course meets and exceeds the compliance requirements of OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120(e) and 29 CFR 1926.65(e), and CAL/OSHA HAZWOPER in Title 8, Section 5192 Paragraphs (a) – (q) regulations. The CAL/OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Training certification covers the General Site Clean-up provision.

The CAL/OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER certification is required for workers who are involved in handling hazardous waste operations and emergency response. This includes but is not limited to employees engaged in cleaning up hazardous waste sites, handling and disposing of hazardous waste, and responding to hazardous materials spills.

• Workers who handle contaminated waste, soil, water, etc.
• Workers who handle tanks that store/treat and pipes that pump in/out contaminated waste.
• Workers who may work near sites that release contaminated waste.
• Workers who may work near contaminated sites, such as hazardous waste treatment plants.
• Clean-up operations crews of hazardous waste sites.
• Workers with emergency response teams who handle or may be exposed to contaminated substances.
• Workers who work at a listed or proposed listing site under the Superfund National Priority List (NPL).
• Workers who conduct operations at corrective action sites under the purview of U.S. EPA's Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

The CAL/OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Training course targets workers exposed to contaminated substances that exceed the Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) and, hence, must wear the appropriate personal protective equipment.

The CAL/OSHA 24-Hour HAZWOPER Training course targets workers working at contaminated sites but undertaking tasks that do not expose them to hazardous substances at or above the PELs.