821 – OSH 15-Hour Disaster Site Worker

OSH 15-Hour Disaster Site Worker

The A.R.G. OSH 15-Hour Disaster Site Worker program provides expanded occupational safety and health training for workers who may participate in disaster response support, recovery, cleanup, demolition, debris removal, utility restoration, heavy equipment operations, or other skilled support activities following natural or human-caused disasters.

The program emphasizes the unique and rapidly changing conditions that distinguish disaster sites from normal construction, demolition, industrial, and cleanup workplaces. Participants receive expanded instruction in recognizing, avoiding, preventing, and controlling significant safety and health hazards encountered during disaster recovery operations.

Course Topics May Include:

• Introduction and Overview of Disaster Site Worker Safety and Health
• Natural and Human-Caused Disaster Environments
• Disaster Site Characteristics and Changing Site Conditions
• Worker and Employer Safety Responsibilities
• Incident Command System (ICS) and Unified Command Awareness
• Communication and Chain-of-Command Principles
• Disaster Work-Zone Safety
• Safety Hazard Recognition, Avoidance, Prevention, and Control
• Health Hazard Recognition and Exposure Awareness
• CBRNE Hazard Awareness
• Traumatic Incident Stress Awareness
• Respiratory Protection Principles and Limitations
• Air-Purifying Respirator Awareness and Use Considerations
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• PPE Selection, Use, Limitations, and Removal Awareness
• Decontamination Principles, Procedures, and Contamination Control
• Electrical and Utility Hazard Awareness
• Structural Instability and Collapse Hazard Awareness
• Heavy Equipment and Mobile Equipment Hazards
• Debris Removal and Material Handling Hazards
• Falls, Walking-Working Surfaces, and Access Hazards
• Fire, Explosion, and Emergency Hazards
• Environmental and Occupational Health Hazards
• Emergency Evacuation and Accountability Considerations
• Hazard Reporting and Incident Prevention
• Disaster Site Safety Scenario Activities
• Final Exercise and Course Review

Course Duration: 15 Hours

Program: A.R.G. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) – Disaster Site Worker Program.

Course Completion: Participants who successfully complete the required training may receive A.R.G. course completion documentation for the OSH 15-Hour Disaster Site Worker program.

Important: This is an independent A.R.G. Construction, Safety & Health occupational safety and health training program. It is not the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA Disaster Site Worker Outreach Training Program and does not issue an OSHA/DOL student course completion card.

HAZWOPER Notice: This program does not satisfy or replace training required under OSHA’s Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) standards. Additional training may be required depending on an employee’s assigned duties, potential exposures, and role during disaster response or recovery operations.

Employers remain responsible for determining applicable regulatory requirements and providing workers with appropriate task-specific, site-specific, equipment-specific, respiratory protection, PPE, emergency response, and other required training.

Provider: A.R.G. Construction, Safety & Health

For course schedules, availability, pricing, or customized group training, contact our Training & Sales Department at sales@argcsh.org.