Hazmat Hazards Response and Emergency Management

Course Overview

Recognition and management of HAZMAT and HAZARD which may or can occur at incidents and emergencies at company/organisation and industrial sites/premises or workplaces in particular where HAZMAT/Chemicals/Dangerous Goods are manufactured, used, stored or transported.

Who Should Attend?

• Occupational Safety and Health Practitioners.
• Security/Facilities/Environmental/Risk/Production/ Operations Managers.
• Business Continuity Officers/Managers.
• Loss Adjustors.
• Personnel with Responsibilities in Public Safety/Industrial Management/Industrial Engineering/Emergency Services (Fire, Police and Civil Defence)/Specialist Search and Rescue.

What Will Be Learned?

Recognition and management of HAZMAT and HAZARD, First Response principles and approach, HAZMAT detection, monitoring and sampling, legislation and policy, occupational health and safety, risk mitigation and controls and selection of appropriate PPE.

Real case examples during the course.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Know about First response principles and approach.
• Know the basics of risk management.
• Know about incident command system (ICS) and functions.
• Take command, control and co-ordinate an incident.
• Understand the pathway of HAZMAT toxins to your body.
• Understand the dangers to Occupational Health and Safety. from HAZMAT and HAZARD.
• Able to clearly communicate information incident.
• Know the key things in the SDS which are most important for decision making.
• Know when, where and how to use chemical detectors and monitors.
• Know what measures to take to prevent and reduce HAZMAT impact and HAZARD encountered.
• Know how to select appropriate PPE to prevent or reduce the HAZMAT and HAZARD.

About the Speaker

Dr Jimmy Seow, ENVIRON Pty Ltd, has more than 35 years’ working experience in incident and emergency response and management, legislation and policy, oil gas and mining resource industry and research.

He was formerly Manager for Pollution Response WA Department of Environment and Water Regulation 15 years responsible for state-wide 24/7 365-day response to HAZMAT, Chemical and Pollution Incidents and Emergencies, and former member three WA state Emergency Management Committees for HAZMAT, CBRN and Marine Oil Spill.

Dr Seow is also a subject matter expert on PFAS and Firefighting Foam, Chemical & Industrial Fire Pollutants and HSE Risk Management.

He is currently advising Australian companies on PFAS technology and business and a member of an international PFAS subject matter experts’ group from the US, Canada, UK and the EU.

Dr Seow has also published several papers and reports on HAZMAT Response and management and PFAS and firefighting foam and presented talk, lectures and training workshops on those subject matter at various forums in Australia and overseas.

Dr Seow is also an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University and Murdoch University for PFAS research, and former Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin for HAZMAT Management and Response teaching and development and Research Fellow HELP University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

His previous career included Government, Environmental Technology and Management, Oil & Gas and Mining, IT and Technology and Business Facilitation and Development.