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SCS offers over 100 different safety, environmental, health and construction management courses. You can see our course yearly schedule by clicking the training schedule above, or MOST classes can be on an as needed basis and taught at your location. Questions about the courses, fees, or other information can be answered by calling in Las Vegas at (702) 645-1521 or Toll Free (888) 229-7668. Discounts are available for organizations sending 5 or more students.

Asbestos Abatement Worker (EPA/AHERA)
This four-day training, approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, is mandatory for any workers removing asbestos in schools and all personnel involved in asbestos-related activities in public and commercial buildings.

Course curriculum includes: history of asbestos; health effects; medical surveillance; federal/state/local regulatory compliance; respiratory and personal protection; state-of-the-art work practices and procedures, and "hands-on" participation.

Asbestos Contractor/Supervisor (EPA/AHERA)  CA-076-03: California Approved Training!
This EPA-approved five-day class is intended for supervisory personnel who direct asbestos abatement projects. The curriculum meets EPA/AHERA requirements as well as the National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS) and OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1101/1910.1001.

Contractor/Supervisor trainees receive all subject matter offered in the Worker course in addition to instruction on supervisory techniques; contract specifications; legal considerations; insurance types; coverage limitations and bonding.

Asbestos Building Inspector (EPA/AHERA)  CA-076-05: California Approved Training!
Approved by the EPA, this three-day instruction is designed for persons who perform asbestos building inspections; take samples of suspect materials, and determine material conditions.

Curriculum includes: history of asbestos; types and uses
of asbestos-containing products; health effects; medical
surveillance; respiratory and personal protection; regulatory compliance; asbestos identification; assessment of suspect material condition; sampling techniques and procedures for report generation.

Asbestos Management Planner (EPA/AHERA)
(Pre-requisite: EPA/AHERA Asbestos Building Inspector)
Certification is required for persons responsible for development of management plans for asbestos in buildings. Course syllabus covers: interpretation/evaluation of asbestos inspection results; hazard assessment determination; selection of response actions; cost estimation and financing operations; public relations and development of operations & maintenance (O&M) programs.

Asbestos Project Designer (EPA/AHERA)
This 3-day course, accredited by EPA, is offered in Arizona exclusively through ETC. The class provides an asbestos abatement project overview from the standpoint of: design concepts; preparation of contract and project specifications; cost estimation considerations and compliance with Federal and Regional regulations.

Asbestos Awareness (OSHA 1910.1001/1926.1101)
This two-hour training is designed for school custodians, building owners, property managers, or interested personnel in facilities containing asbestos.

Discussion covers: what asbestos is; what it looks like; where it can be found; health hazards involved; legal liabilities, and precautions to take once asbestos is discovered.

Asbestos Operations and Maintenance
Under federal regulations, this training is mandatory for all school maintenance, and janitorial personnel if involved with maintenance activities. The two-day class includes an Asbestos Awareness presentation as well as work practices, health considerations and personal protection. The course meets all EPA/AHERA and OSHA requirements.

Asbestos Annual REFRESHER (EPA/AHERA)  California Approved Training!

AHERA a ccredited personnel are required to attend an annual recertification class. Workers, Contractor/Supervisors, and Project Designers attend a yearly 8-hour update. Building Inspectors attend a half-day (4-hour) course and Management Planners attend a half-day (4-hour) refresher training.

Lead-Based Paint Awareness (OSHA 1926.62)
This two-hour training offers an introduction to the health hazards and control measures for lead-based paint. The course offers an overview of the history and use of lead-based paint in residences and industrial settings; health concerns, and current HUD, OSHA, and EPA regulations.

Lead-Based Paint Operations & Maintenace (OSHA 1926.62)
This 16-hour introductory course is designed for consultants, abatement firms, and field personnel involved in lead-based paint removal.

Curriculum includes: history of lead-based paint (LBP) use; health hazards; respiratory and personal protective equipment; regulatory compliance, and standard industry work practices.

Lead Inspector Technician
This course utilizes the EPA-developed curriculum for lead inspections (paint, dust, soil, and drinking water). The curriculum includes classroom lecture/discussion and "hands-on" training in the use of XRF analyzers and wet chemistry identification of lead-based paint.

Heavy Metals Awareness
A 4-hour introduction to heavy metals exposure involving arsenic (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1018); lead (1910.1025) and cadmium (1910.1027).
Curriculum includes: uses of heavy metals; physical properties of dusts and fumes; health effects of over-exposure; hygiene practices and a review of OSHA Compliance Standards.

MSHA New Experienced Surface Miner (30 CFR)
Fulfills MSHA training requirements, particularly for sub-contractors who perform specific project assignments at mine sites. Class topics include: hazard definitions; communication procedures; health hazards; personal protective equipment; first aid and mining industry safety requirements.

MSHA New Inexperienced Surface Miner (30 CFR)
This course meets MSHA requirements for initial training of new personnel without previous mining experience. Classroom instruction is followed by mine site task and hazard training. Curriculum includes: Rights of Miners; introduction to the Work Environment; transportation/ground control; communication systems; respiratory devices; hazard recognition; health and safety; first aid; evacuation plans...and more.

MSHA Annual REFRESHER (30 CFR)
This 8-hour course for surface or underground miners fulfills recertification requirements of the U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Part 48.

Environmental Law
Federal regulations govern air, water, soil, et al, with a legal impact on both public and private business sectors. And in our litigious society, ignorance of the law is no excuse.

This 16-hour course covers: environmental regulations; Arizona compliance (ADEQ/PDEQ/regional agencies); air quality; asbestos/PCBs; solid waste; hazardous waste disposal; underground storage tanks; surface water quality; regulatory enforcement; private litigation...and more.

Environmental Site Assessments
This course utilizes the ASTM Standard for Phase I assessments, going beyond the standard to include RTC requirements permitting user qualification for the "innocent land owner defense" to CERCLA/SARA liability.

Curriculum includes step-by-step methodologies of how site assessments are conducted (site inspections, document search, report preparation and presentation). The 16-hour course is designed for property managers; building owners; risk managers; real estate professionals; loan officers; attorneys; investors or others involved in property transactions requiring ESA audits.

RCRA Annual Refresher
This course complies with annual refresher requirements for personnel at generator facilities and is intended for previously-trained personnel who handle hazardous waste or supervise employees in satellite accumulation or generator storage areas.

Curriculum includes: waste determination; proper accumulation/waste handling practices; emergency procedures and required documentation/training records.

Laboratory Standards (OSHA 1910.1450)
Intended for all personnel involved in the laboratory use of hazardous materials, from industrial settings to physicians offices. The course covers the final OSHA Rule and recent additions under "Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories."

Lab Packing
Proper packaging is a vital aspect of the hazardous waste management process. This 4-hour course covers: container inspection; labeling; waste segregation/inventory/packaging and personal protective equipment.

Indoor Environmental Quality Awareness
Intended for building owners/managers, facilities maintenance personnel and industrial hygiene/health/safety professionals. IEQ focuses on the quality of indoor air/environment and its effect on health and performance of exposed personnel. Topics include: building design, materials and furnishings; ventilation; internal factors (VOC, bacteria) and external factors (natural and manufactured pollutants).

Semiconductor Industry Safety
This 4-hour electroplating safety seminar is specifically designed for the Printed Circuit Board Industry. Curriculum includes: toxicology, storage, handling and spills of commonly-used semiconductor industry chemicals; labeling and permitting determination; pump and feed system maintenance; lockout-tagout procedures; and ventilation systems.

Supervisory Leadership Skills
Intended for new managers or employees with management potential, this one-day course explores the basics of leadership and supervision.

Curriculum includes: management/leadership skills; roles of effective managers (planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling); problem-solving; decision-making; information management and the "be-know-do" approach.

Supervisory Presentation Skills
Intended as a follow-on course to Supervisory Leadership Skills, this "hands-on" dialogue session demonstrates how to effectively communicate ideas and instruction. Syllabus covers interpersonal skills and written, verbal and visual aspects of communication.

Conflict Management
This course assists management in recognizing, understanding and managing the problem employee. Curriculum includes: management concepts; why conflicts occur; detriments/benefits of conflict; breaking paradigms; conflict styles inventory; win-win situations; resolution of personal conflicts; case studies and discussion on how to avoid critical mistakes.

Total Quality Management
A two-day introduction to TQM for team leaders and facilitators. The course covers: historical development (Deming, Drucker, Juran); internal/external customer service; building a structure; idea generation; communications; group dynamics; data analysis and process change.

Introduction to ISO 9000/14000 Standards
ISO 9000/14000 involves international standards for quality management systems used by manufacturing and service industries. This 8-hour introduction covers the series of standards and their content; registration; documentation of quality programs and the auditing/self-evaluation process.

Bloodborne Pathogens (OSHA 1910.1030)
This four-hour seminar complies with OSHA training regulations for "all employees with occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials". Curriculum includes: definitions; exposure control through engineering and work practices; protective equipment; regulated waste; Hazard Communication; record keeping and control plans.

Medical Waste Regulations/Disposal
Designed to provide knowledge necessary to develop programs and ensure compliance with Arizona Department of Environmental Quality regulations on medical waste. Curriculum includes: definitions used in identification, handling, storage, packaging, labeling, disposal of waste streams; biohazardous generators; Medical Waste Management Plan; transportation; documentation and waste disposal in Arizona.

Recycling/Waste Reduction
As waste disposal costs rise, more attention is being paid to waste reduction and recycling as cost-control methods. This introductory seminar discusses: economics of waste reduction; recycling basics; waste audit forms and recycled-content products with an emphasis on local resources.

Hazardous Materials Worker/HAZWOPER (OSHA 1910.120)
Intended for site workers; operators; handlers; personnel at treatment/storage/disposal facilities; sub-contractors and others needing to comply with OSHA initial 40-hour training requirements. HAZWOPER provides knowledge skills necessary to assist with remedial operations surrounding a hazardous materials incident and utilizes a combination of classroom presentation and "hands-on" field exercises.

Course syllabus covers: hazardous materials recognition; basics of toxicology; employee medical surveillance; chemical hazards; respiratory and personal protection; monitoring equipment and procedures; regulatory compliance (OSHA, SARA, CERCLA, RCRA, DOT); confined space entry; operational zone determination; spill control engineering and decontamination.

Hazardous Waste Site Supervisor (OSHA 1910.120)
Required for all supervisors of hazardous waste sites. Class participants will review the requirements for: employer's safety and health programs; employee training programs; personal protective equipment program; spill containment program; implementation of a medical surveillance program and developing a decontamination program. Requirements for site characterization, entry procedures and site monitoring are also covered.

Hazardous Materials Annual Refresher (OSHA 1910.120)
Offered in compliance with OSHA Annual Refresher training requirements. Instructional focus in this one-day update is: state-of-the-art regulatory review; standards for generators; hazard communications; site safety considerations; emergency response actions; waste-handling techniques, and operations and planning.

Hazard Communication (OSHA 1910.1200)
Required for all employees and supervisors who handle or may become accidentally exposed to hazardous materials. Called the Right-To-Know program, the curriculum instructs on proper handling and use of hazardous materials; employee/employer responsibilities; regulations; classes of chemicals; physical and health hazards, and the acquisition and understanding of Material Safety Data Sheets.

Hazardous Materials Awareness (OSHA 1910.120)
An 8-hour orientation into the OSHA Hazardous Materials compliance field. Curriculum includes: regulatory compliance requirements; hazard recognition; health hazards; Hazard Communication; personal protective equipment; respiratory protection and an overview of response protocol.

Hazardous Materials 1st Responder/Awareness (Level 1)
This course meets HAZWOPER training requirements (OSHA 1910.120 (q)(6)(i)]. Designed to inform employees of the hazards of a HazMat incident; identification of a hazardous material; safe actions to take at incidents and reporting procedures to be used. All employees who may witness or could become involved in a chemical spill or release of hazardous materials should attend.

Hazardous Materials 1st Responder/Operational (Level 2)
This intense one-day course, designed to prepare First Responder personnel for hazardous materials incident response, meets HAZWOPER training requirements. Target audience for this curriculum is designated First Responder personnel who would be sent to a hazardous materials incident with the intent of initiating corrective action. The course covers: identification and recognition of hazardous materials; accepted first response actions; personal protective equipment; decontamination procedures and on-scene management at a HazMat incident.

Hazardous Materials Emergency Responder (OSHA 1910.120)
Offered in compliance with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 and NFPA 472 requirements and designed for personnel who assume plugging/patching/containment roles in a hazardous materials release.

Curriculum includes: chemistry and toxicology of materials; risk and hazard assessments; identification, classification and verification procedures; incident management and termination protocol; personal protective equipment and decontamination.

Hazardous Materials Transportation (HM 126F)
This one-day course ensures function-specific familiarization with DOT regulations under 49 CFR.

Curriculum covers: identification/recognition of hazardous materials; Hazard Communication; hazard classes; emergency response procedures; hazardous materials shipping papers, packaging, and handling.

Hazardous Materials Transportation (HM 181)
Designed for certification compliance with Final Rule changes of 49 CFR HM181 under Transportation of Hazardous Materials for Shippers and Generators.

The course covers: DOT identification of hazardous materials; marking and labeling requirements; shipping paper documentation; placarding requirements; storage and loading; separation/segregation requirements, and transportation safety practices.

Hazardous Materials/Waste Transport (DOT/49 CFR)
This 40-hour course offers curriculum compliance required by the EPA and DOT under 49 CFR regulations.

Target audience includes personnel responsible for offering hazardous materials for transportation; preparing shipping papers; choosing packaging, or supervising these activities. Curriculum features: EPA/DOT regulations; Hazardous Materials Table criteria; shipping names, hazard classes, ID numbers, packing groups, packaging, labeling and placarding.

Hazardous Materials Transportation of Dangerous Goods (Air)
This IATA-approved/ICAO-endorsed training certification includes instruction on U.S. highway and international air regulations. Attendees will be able to recognize, identify and certify dangerous goods based on communications requirements; marking; labeling; packaging; Shipper Declaration; placarding and air waybill.

Intended for drivers; transport directors; shipping and receiving personnel; import-export specialists and all other personnel involved with domestic or international transport of dangerous goods.

Hazardous Materials Incidents/Public Relations
Designed for all personnel (from CEOs to HazMat response team members) who would play a part in a hazardous materials release.

Curriculum focuses on the advance need for an appropriate plan of action; how to build a plan; who coordinates what and how; proper positive responses to the community and the media.

Process Safety Management (OSHA 1910.119)
Intended for personnel involved in the implementation of management of Highly-Hazardous Materials. Process safety management is an important part of a Loss Prevention and Control Program.

The course outlines team composition and a team approach to process hazard review. Curriculum focus covers methodologies for determination and evaluation of process hazards ("What If" and Fault Tree Analysis).

Construction Industry/OSHA 500 (10-hour)
These extended one-day sessions provide safety and health topics to entry-level participants. The curriculum, ranging from health and safety provisions of OSHA's General Duty Clause to Hazard Communication instruction, complies with OSHA-designated training topics for either Construction Industry (29 CFR 1926) or General Industry (29 CFR 1910) personnel.

Construction Industry/OSHA 500 (30-hour)
This three-day course provides a detailed awareness of OSHA construction regulations and their implementation at job sites. Students will obtain knowledge needed to implement a construction safety and health practice program.

Subject matter includes: OSHA standards; recordkeeping; safety, health, and environmental controls; fire prevention; personal protective equipment; hand and power tools; material handling; scaffolding; electrical; welding; excavations...and more.

Electrical Safety Orientation
An 8-hour seminar to provide an overview of standard electrical operations. Syllabus includes: principles of electricity; hazards; common injuries; First Aid, and correct application of safety measures.

High Voltage Electrical Safety (OSHA 1910.331-.335)
An intense two-day session to comply with the OSHA Electrical Safety Work-Related Practices Rule. Subjects include: OSHA compliance requirements; principles and hazards of electricity; energized/de-energized work areas; safety measures; electrical injuries; First Aid and electrical hazard checklists.

Machine Guarding
A 4-hour session to introduce various types of industrial machinery and applicable safety standards. Curriculum includes: hazard recognition created by points of operation; rotating parts; flying chips, sparks, and methods of safe machine operations.

Confined Space Entry (OSHA 1910.146)
Offered in compliance of training mandates in OSHA's regulation to improve confined space safety and rescue procedures. Whether your program is established or in preparation, this class will make your efforts more effective.

Curriculum covers: definitions; hazards; entry programs and permits; monitoring equipment; lockout/tagout; personal protective equipment and respiratory protection.

Fire Protection
An 8-hour course to introduce students to possible fire hazards and emergency procedures. Topics covered include: chemistry of fire; types and levels of fire extinguishing devices; detection and alarm systems; evacuation plans and fire brigades.

Job Safety Analysis
JSA is an accident prevention tool that works by finding hazards and minimizing/eliminating them before a job is performed. Job Safety Analysis is used for hazard awareness; new employee training; infrequent job retraining, and accident investigations.

Fall Protection Compliance (OSHA 1926.500)
This course is designed to ensure compliance of training requirements in the OSHA

Fall Protection Standard (29 CFR 1926.500-.503)
Employees or subcontractors who work on scaffolding; trusses; platforms or roofs should attend, as should general contractors; operations managers; safety supervisors and project superintendents.

Fire Extinguisher Training (OSHA 1910.157)
Complies with OSHA training requirements (initial and annual refresher) for an educational program to familiarize employees with general principles of fire extinguisher use and hazards involved in incipient stage fire fighting. Curriculum covers classes of extinguishers, their effectiveness and proper usage.

Respiratory Protection (OSHA 1910.134)
Designed to fulfill training on the need, selection, use, and care of employee respiratory protection under the new OSHA Standard Effective April, 1998. This overview introduces workers, supervisors, and small business owners to compliance requirements of existing protection standards.

Respiratory Fit-Testing (OSHA 1910.139)
A discussion of filter penetration, particle concentrations, and fit factors. Includes a qualitative fit-test of student respiratory equipment.

Personal Protective Equipment (OSHA 1910.132)
This 4-hour course complies with new OSHA training requirements ("Employers must provide training to each employee required to use PPE"). Syllabus covers: equipment selection and use; training required, and eye, face, head, hand and foot protection products available.

Lock Out/Tag Out (OSHA 1910.147)
This 4-hour course provides an overview of hazardous energy control procedures for both construction and general industry application.

Curriculum includes: OSHA training requirements; energy control programs and procedures; energy-isolating devices; inspection; application and removal of locks, tags, and other devices.

Life Safety Code Compliance
A 4-hour session to introduce National Fire Protection Association Standard 101 (Code for Life Safety in Building/Structure Fires). Curriculum includes: definintions; occupancy/content hazard classifications; means of egress; program administration, and fire protection equipment.

OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements
This 4-hour course deals with the most-often-cited OSHA violation involving recordkeeping requirements.

Curriculum familiarizes participants with occupational illness and injury classifications; OSHA Form 101 and 200; determination of case recordability and obligations for employer reporting.

Welding and Cutting Safety (OSHA 1926.350)
An 8-hour full-subject orientation of stick welding safety. This course covers: cylinder receiving/storage/handling/con-nections; hazard assessment; workstation process protocol; ventilation; personal protective equipment; First Aid; fire prevention and response; special applications procedures and waste disposal.

Excavation Safety- Competent Person Training
Competent person training is required for contractors involved in excavations to implement proper engineering controls to prevent trench collapse and cave-ins.

This course covers all aspects of excavation safety including excavation definitions, review of OSHA requirements, daily inspections, shoring system design requirements, safety aspects of excavation equipment, special work rules for high hazards, and confined space requirements.

FUNGAL MANAGEMENT COURSES

F-100A Fungal Contamination in Buildings
Overview & Impact on Businesses & Building Owners
One day course designed too qualify abatement personnel, government agency specialists, building owners, real estate professionals, insurance appraisers & many others who are impacted by buildings with microbial contamination. Course will provide an overview of this new and emerging issue with emphasis on implications, medical issues, case studies, monitoring & analysis techniques, research & development & insurance and liability concerns.

F-100B Fungal Contamination in Buildings
Practices & Procedures for Mitigation
Follow on day of instruction to the overview class. The course is designed for hazardous materials abatement specialists, industrial hygienists, government agency specialists, building owners and others who are involved with the mitigation of microbial contamination in buildings. The course will cover specifications, abatement techniques, decontamination, & cleanup methods, disinfection procedures, microbial treatments, personal protective equipment, medical surveillance & project management.

ASBESTOS INITIAL COURSES

A-100 AHERA/EPA ASBESTOS WORKER INITIAL
This four-day class is mandatory for all workers who are engaged in the removal of asbestos in schools and all other personnel who are involved in asbestos in public and commercial buildings

A-200 AHERA/EPA BUILDING INSPECTOR
This 3-day class is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and is designed for persons who perform asbestos building inspections, sample suspected materials, & determine material conditions, the course curriculum includes a history of asbestos, a review of products containing asbestos, medical surveillance requirements, identification of suspect materials and sampling techniques to identify asbestos. Included are report writing skills.

A-300 AHERA/EPA MANAGEMENT PLANNER
A certification is required by the EPA for persons responsible for development of management plans for asbestos in buildings. This course covers interpretation & evaluation of asbestos inspection results, hazard assessments, response actions, estimation and financing operations, public relations and development and implementation of asbestos operation programs. Note. The Pre-requisite A-200 AHERA/EPA BUILDING INSPECTOR is required prior to this class.

A-400 AHERA/EPA ASBESTOS CONTRACTOR/SUPERVISOR INITIAL
This EPA-approved five-day class is intended for supervisory personnel who direct asbestos abatement projects. The curriculum meets EPA/AHERA requirements as well as the National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS) and OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1101/1910.1001. Contractor/Supervisor trainees receive all subject matter offered in the Worker course in addition to instruction on supervisory techniques; contract specifications; legal considerations; insurance types; coverage limitations and bonding.

ASBESTOS REFRESHER CLASSES
AHERA/EPA personnel are required to attend an annual refresher class. Building inspectors and management planners are required to attend a half-day (four-hour course).

A-600 AHERA/EPA ASBESTOS CONTRACTOR/SUPERVISOR REFRESHER
AHERA/EPA Accredited contractor and supervisor personnel are required to attend an annual recertification class. This class reviews the OSHA and EPA requirements under the model accreditation plan, and covers current topics in abatement issues. Contractors and supervisors are required to attend this 8-hour class.

LEAD IN CONSTRUCTION CLASSES

L-100 LEAD BASED PAINT OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE (OSHA1926.62)
This 2-day introductory course is designed for consultants, abatement firms, and field personnel involved in lead based paint removal. Curriculum history of lead based paint (LBP), uses of lead based paint, health hazards, required respiratory protection, regulatory compliance, and standard industry work practices.

H-120 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONDER (OSHA 1910.120)
Intended for site workers; operators; handlers; personnel at treatment/storage/disposal facilities; sub-contractors and others needing to comply with OSHA initial 40-hour training requirements. HAZWOPER provides knowledge skills necessary to assist with remedial operations surrounding a hazardous materials incident and utilizes a combination of classroom presentation and "hands-on" field exercises.

Please Note:
All asbestos training classes are State of Nevada, State of South Dakota, and Environmental Protection Agency approved. Select asbestos classes are State of California approved.  The Microbial Practices and Procedures class is designed to meet or exceeds the requirements for employees under the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200. For Microbial Abatement Workers and Supervisors, training and certification as asbestos workers is generally considered a pre-requisite.

Contact Information

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3460 West Cheyenne Avenue, Suite 100
North Las Vegas, NV 89032
(702) 645-1521 Tel
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