National Weather Service
Professional Development Series
Professional Competency Unit

Environmental Compliance

PCU 2: Hazardous Materials Management

Producers: Olga Kebis, Mike Terrell and Terry Brisbin

Description of Job Duty Competency to be Achieved

Understand and apply safe use, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials.

Description of Need

Safely manage hazardous materials.

Specific Job Task Skills and Knowledge

1. Understand & identify properties of hazardous materials.

2. Understand & identify health and environmental effects of hazardous materials.

3. Understand and apply the Hazardous Communications Plan.

4. Understand and apply methods of pollution prevention.

5. Understand and apply proper methods of hazardous materials storage.

6. Understand and apply proper transportation & disposal of hazardous materials.

Instructional Components

Instructional Component 2.1: to be defined

Proposed Evaluation

To be determined

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Last reviewed or updated on 12/09/99