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Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals

Listening to Tribes and understanding Tribal priorities drives our programs and services we offer.

2025 HAZWOPER 8-Hour Refresher

This Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) 8-hour online course provides refresher training tribal environmental professionals who are exposed or potentially exposed to hazardous substances or health hazards. This HAZWOPER 8-hour refresher meets OSHA’s mandated refresher requirements under 29 CFR 1910.120 for participants who have successfully completed 24-hour or 40-hour HAZWOPER training and have maintained 8-hour refresher training each year since their initial training. It is crucial that employees receive proper prior off-site training and on-the-job training specific to their job duties. It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure workers remain competent in activities specific to their job functions and determine if this training meets the needs for annual refresher training. 
Additionally, participants require site-specific hands on training, this responsibility remains with employers. The employer may determine that hands-on training is unnecessary for a refresher course, however, must assess the employees’ skill level, and ensure that workers remain competent in their current and any newly assigned duties. Additionally, employees are strongly encouraged to attend an in-person 8-hour HAZWOPER Refresher course when possible. See OSHA’s HAZWOPER Training Requirements for more information.

This course has been developed in collaboration with highly qualified subject matter experts and an experienced development and delivery team. Online course facilitators are available to answer questions through online discussion forums. This online course is equivalent to 0.8 continuing education units (CEUs) and requires a minimum of eight hours of total learning time. CEUs and a certificate of completion are earned by passing the final exam with a 70% or better and completing the following course modules:

  • HAZWOPER Regulations, Training Requirements, and Medical Surveillance
  • Identifying Site-Specific Hazards
  • Health and Safety Plans, Personal Protective Equipment, and Site Control
  • Emergency Response

After completing this online refresher course, participants who have successfully completed initial training and maintained annual refresher trainings will be reacquainted with how to:

  • Locate current OSHA HAZWOPER and Hazard Communication regulations and requirements.
  • Determine HAZWOPER training and medical surveillance needed for their job duties.
  • Identify incidents that may be relevant to their job duties.
  • Locate resources to identify hazardous material markings, labeling, and placards and the hazards they present.
  • Use the Emergency Response Guidebook to help manage hazardous material incidents.
  • Use the NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards to determine toxicological information and human exposure limits to hazardous substances.
  • Explain the importance of the Health and Safety Plan.
  • Identify the types and methods of air monitoring.
  • Identify the four levels of personal protective equipment (PPE) and locate resources for choosing the correct PPE.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of site characterization and emergency response actions.
  • Explain the importance of implementing an Incident Command System (ICS).
  • Recognize characteristics of a work zone and site security measures (work practices to minimize risk from site hazards; proper use of engineering controls and equipment on site).
  • Locate resources to identify the principles and levels of decontamination needed specific to their work site.
  • Identify principles and levels of decontamination.

It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure workers remain competent in activities specific to their job functions. 

Eric Lindeman, Hazardous Materials Specialist

Feel free to email us at itep-elearning@nau.edu if you have questions.

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Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals

PO Box 15004
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5004
itep@nau.edu

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Project Planning, QAPPs, & Grants for Alaska

This course is designed for tribal environmental staff who are responsible for managing air quality projects in Alaska Native communities. This will be a highly interactive training. There will be presentations, small-group work, and discussions.

Topics include:

    • Visioning and planning for air quality work in Alaska Native communities
    • Creating an air quality plan
    • Engaging the community
    • Building partnerships
    • Developing and managing an air quality project
    • Using a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
    • Developing a grant work plan with outputs and outcomes
    • Grant reporting

National Tribal Forum on Air Quality

The National Tribal Forum on Air Quality (NTFAQ) aims to support tribal programs by fostering information-sharing and networking opportunities that are focused on building tribal capacity in air quality management. The event’s agenda is driven by tribal input and priorities, with a focus on increasing tribal engagement in air quality initiatives that are relevant to tribal communities across the nation. 

Air Quality Data Management

Course Description:

This mid-level professional development course provides an understanding of the skills needed to successfully manage, interpret, report, and present air quality data.  This course will demonstrate processes, documentation, tools and the experiences of tribal professionals who are responsible for collecting, reviewing and reporting tribal data through a review process (validation and other QA tasks) to a final package that is ready for reporting through multiple venues (AQS, AIRNOW, Outreach to Tribal Leaders/decision-makers). 

Project Planning, QAPPs, and Grants for Alaska

Course Description:

This mid-level professional development course is designed for tribal environmental staff who are responsible for managing air quality projects in Alaskan Native Villages. After completing this course, participants will be able to list important considerations for project planning; create a work plan with outputs and outcomes; develop a matrix of tasks, due dates and responsible persons; understand the importance of a quality assurance project plan (QAPP); and start developing a QAPP.

Air Pollution Science & Technology

Course Description:

This mid-level professional development course provides an overview of the science of air pollution and technical aspects of air quality management. After completing this course participants will be able to characterize sources of air pollutants of concern to tribes; describe components of an emissions inventory including data types and procedures; compare methods of assessing ambient air quality including monitoring and modeling; discuss concepts related to data management; use basic statistics as a tool for data analysis; associate meteorological conditions with air quality; and describe types of mobile source emissions.

Air Quality Outreach & Education in Tribal Communities

Course Description:

This entry-level professional development course is designed to prepare tribal staff to conduct a variety of education and outreach activities that will help tribal members increase the public awareness about environmental issues and increase tribal members’ abilities to make informed decisions that improve environmental quality.  Tribal staff will learn that environmental education is a process that allows individuals to explore environmental issues, engage in problem solving, and take action to improve the environment. As a result, individuals develop a deeper understanding of environmental issues and have the skills to make informed and responsible decisions.  Course participants will experience environmental education tools and curricula that can be used in formal and informal educational settings.

PM 2.5 Monitoring

Course Description:

This is advanced-level professional development course that will provide tribal environmental professionals with a comprehensive understanding of the operation and maintenance of PM2.5 particulate air monitoring equipment, continuous and filter-based.  The theory of operation of Federal Equivalent Method and Federal Reference Method equipment will be presented.  Requirements for collecting NAAQS comparable data will be provided. Emphasis will be on the hands-on activities with various models of PM2.5 air monitoring equipment will be provided.  Equipment tentatively includes Met One Equipment (BAM 1020, BAM 1022, EBAM Plus, EBAM), Teledyne API Equipment (T640 and T640X), and Thermo Fisher Equipment (Partisol 2000i).  

Air Quality in Alaskan Native Communities

Course Description:

This entry-level professional development course is designed for environmental staff from Alaskan Native Communities who are interested in air quality issues. The content is basic and assumes the participant has no background in science or air quality management. The course provides an understanding of the importance of clean air (outdoors and indoors) for the protection of human health and the total environment. Participants are introduced to the criteria pollutants, their sources and effects; the purpose of the NAAQS; air toxics, their sources and effects; climate change; trash burning; road dust; wildland smoke; indoor air quality and other possible activities of a tribal air quality program.

Fundamentals of Air Monitoring

Course Description:

This mid-level professional development course is structured as an overview of a typical tribal air monitoring project and will help both new staff and experienced technicians understand the components of initiating and maintaining a successful air monitoring project from a site operator’s perspective. This course provides tribal environmental professionals with a basic understanding of how to develop and conduct an air monitoring project. This course is designed as an overview and does not include exhaustive detail of each topic. The course focuses on criteria air pollutants, as well as monitoring requirements for those seeking National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) designations from their monitoring projects. It includes information about meteorological monitoring and air toxics. Air monitoring equipment will be available for hands-on activities.

Indoor Air Quality in Tribal Communities

Course Description:

This entry-level professional development course provides an understanding of common indoor air quality problems in tribal homes and schools. After completing this course participants will be able to describe health concerns related to indoor air quality; identify factors responsible for IAQ problems in homes, with emphasis on building science, ventilation and pressure imbalances; apply methods to investigate home IAQ problems and suggest solutions to IAQ problems in tribal homes; use outreach materials to minimize IAQ problems in existing, new, and reconstructed homes; use EPA’s Tools For Schools to improve indoor air quality in schools; develop a plan for IAQ outreach in tribal communities.

Tribal Air Grants & Program Management

Course Description:

This mid-level professional development course is designed for environmental professionals who are responsible for managing tribal air programs and grants.  In this interactive training, groups develop strategic plans and management skills for a tribal air program, including grant management. After completing this course participants will be able to list key concepts of the Tribal Authority Rule (TAR); list several elements in a typical Tribal Air Program; develop a budget for an air program/work plan; explain key concepts of grant management and identify ways to improve your reporting.

Introduction to Air Quality in Tribal Communities

Course Description:

This entry-level professional development course is designed for tribal environmental staff who are NEW to air quality. The course was recently updated with new content. This will be a highly interactive training will include hand on activities, presentations, and group work. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop to the training. The course will consist of a pre-course assignment, a live pre-course webinar, a live 3-day course and follow up assignments. Participants will develop a basic understanding of air quality, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory framework and beyond. Develop or improve a tribal air quality program plan and identify resources (financial and informational) to implement the program.

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Introduction to tribal air quality

This entry-level professional development course provides an understanding of the importance of clean air for protection of the total environment as well as human health. It is appropriate for tribal environmental personnel who are new to air quality and are interested in learning the basics of air quality management. The content is basic and assumes that the participant has no prior background in science or air quality management. Participants are introduced to the concept of pH as it relates to air quality; the criteria pollutants, their sources and effects; the purpose of the NAAQS; air toxics, their sources and effects; climate change; indoor air quality and other possible activities of a tribal air quality program.