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The Environmental Management Institute at Ivy Tech Community College provides training, information, and compliance assistance for workers, managers, regulators, and concerned citizens. It promotes the understanding and utilization of prudent chemical management practices to protect human health and the environment.

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Initial and Refresher Classes

We offer classes for asbestos, customized options, hazardous material, HAZWOPER, lead and OSHA compliance.

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General Information

Course Offerings

Asbestos

Asbestos Training

Explore Asbestos Training options below. When ready to sign up for a course, follow these instructions or call us at (317) 248-4848 with questions.

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Abatement Worker (Initial)	Abatement Worker (Refresher)
Building Inspector (Initial)	Building Inspector (Refresher)
Management Planner (Initial)	Management Planner (Refresher)
Operations & Maintenance Worker (Initial)	Operations & Maintenance Worker (Refresher)
Project Designer (Initial)	Project Designer (Refresher)
Project Supervisor (Initial)	Project Supervisor (Refresher)
Asbestos Awareness

Asbestos Abatement Worker (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50419/50421	Tuesday-Friday	December 1-4	8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$525	$470

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

4 8-hour Days
Continuing Education: 2.8 CEUs

State and federal law (EPA, OSHA and DOT) requires the use of accredited abatement workers for asbestos removal projects involving more than small amounts of asbestos. This course not only meets the state and federal training requirements, it also prepares participants to conduct jobs to ensure that the work is done safely and efficiently.

Course Features

Nature of asbestos and asbestos-containing materials (ACM).
Health effects of asbestos.
State-of-the art work practices for recognizing and working with ACM.
Asbestos waste disposal requirements.
Regulations affecting asbestos work.

After Class Participants Receive:

Course Manual
Institute Compendium of Asbestos Rules
Hands-on training in:
- Cleanup of a minor fiber release episode.
- Removal of resilient floor tile and mastic.
- Glove bag removal of pipe insulation.
- Use of PPE, including optional respirator fit-testing (if desired trainees can bring their own P100 negative pressure air-purifying respirator for testing).
- Constructing a negative pressure enclosure and 3-chamber decontamination facility.
- Removal of ACM from ceilings.

Certification Information:

In addition to completing the course and scoring at least 70% on the course exam, you must meet the individual state requirements to receive a state license. This generally involves completing the state application, paying a fee, and meeting the experience/education requirements. However, EPA, Indiana, and most other states have no educational or experience requirements for asbestos abatement workers.

Our courses are accepted for licensing in Indiana and Illinois and in states requiring only EPA approval, such as Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. Call us regarding other states you might be interested in.

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Asbestos Abatement Worker (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Government & Nonprofit Rate
50422/50423	Monday	December 14	8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$200	$175

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information:

8-hour course
Continuing Education Units: 0.7 CEUs
Participants receive examination review study guide(s)

Although OSHA does not require licensing, it does require that workers, competent persons, and inspectors receive annual refresher training equivalent to the EPA-approved training courses. These courses do fulfill all OSHA requirements.

The Institute's approved refresher courses bring you up-to-date on changes in federal, state, and local regulations, provide details on state-of-the-art work practices, review the basic information included in the initial accreditation course, and offer participants an opportunity to raise questions and discuss common concerns with other asbestos professionals.

Certification Information:

To remain licensed/accredited to conduct asbestos abatement, inspections, or to prepare management plans, you must complete an approved refresher course in each specialty. The Institute courses are accepted in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and in all states that accept EPA-approved courses. Persons completing the course and attaining at least 70% on the course examination will be issued a certificate for completing the licensing/accreditation process.

Note: Although not mandated by the federal rule, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky (and several other states) require that all persons taking a refresher course must pass a course examination with the minimum of 70%. The examination and a review of the material covered in the initial course are a part of each refresher course.

It is important to complete your refresher training in a timely fashion. Although the federal rule allows you to miss your refresher training for a day less than one year, Indiana requires that you take it within 18 months of the last valid training or re-take the initial course. (And, of course, you cannot perform any work while your license is expired.)

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Asbestos Building Inspector (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50126/50127	Tuesday - Thursday	December 8 - 10	8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$550	$500

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

3 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 2.4 CEUs

Federal Regulations mandate asbestos inspections in all areas of structures that will be affected by renovation or demolition. These inspections must be performed by an accredited building inspector, even in commercial and industrial facilities. In addition, K-12 schools must regularly use accredited inspectors to re-inspect their buildings. The Institute's Asbestos Building Inspector Initial training not only meets Indiana, Illinois, and federal accreditation requirements, it also provides participants with practical help and materials to carry out this task.

Course Features

A comprehensive slide-show tour of a representative facility.
Health effects of asbestos.
Identification, classification, and assessment of PACM (Presumed Asbestos containing materials) and suspect ACM (Asbestos Containing Materials).
Inspection procedures.
Sampling and analysis requirements.
Report preparation and record keeping.
Regulations related to asbestos.

After Class Participants Receive:

Training manuals.
Institute Compendium of Asbestos Regulations.
Job aids to simplify inspection procedures.
Hands-on experience in:
- Sample collection.
- Use of PPE. (Bring your own P100 negative pressure air-purifying respirator if you would like to have it fit-tested during the course.)

Certification Information:

In addition to completing the course and scoring at least 70% on the course exam, you must meet the individual state requirements to receive a state license. This generally involves completing the state application, paying a fee, and meeting the experience/education requirements. For example, in Indiana, inspectors must have a high school diploma or a GED certificate.

Our courses are accepted for licensing in Indiana, Illinois and in states requiring only EPA approval, such as Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. Call us regarding other states you might be interested in.

Persons completing the inspector initial course are eligible for further training as Asbestos Management Planners.

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Asbestos Building Inspector (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Government & Nonprofit Rate
50209/50210	Friday	November 13	8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	$160	$145
50401/50402	Friday	December 18	8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	$160	$145

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information:

4-hour course
Continuing Education: 0.4 CEUs
Participants also receive an examination review study guide

Course Features:

Update on state, federal and local asbestos regulations
Examination for state reaccreditation.

Certification Information:

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Asbestos Management Planner (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 1.4 CEUs

Under its AHERA Asbestos in Schools Rule, EPA mandated that all public, nonprofit private, and Defense Department K-12 schools must have an updated management plan for each building that leases, owns, or otherwise uses as a school building even if there are no asbestos-containing building materials (ACBM) in such buildings.

Thus, the management planner must work with the building owner to accomplish two principal tasks:

To prepare a management plan for all buildings with or without ACBM, and
To make recommendations for the proper management of asbestos in all buildings with ACBM.

Course Features

Reviewing inspection reports.
Assessing asbestos hazards.
Regulations affecting building owners.
Selecting from the five AHERA response actions to safely and cost-effectively manage asbestos in buildings.
Preparation of management plan, including a complete Operations & Maintenance program.

After Class Participants Receive:

Institute course manuals.
Useful job aids and forms for completing the task.
Classroom training.
Required certification examination.
Hands-on experience in plan preparation.

Certification Information:

Asbestos Building Inspector is a pre-requisite to get a management planner license. In addition to completing the Management Planner course and scoring at least 70% on the course exam, you must meet the individual state requirements to receive a state license. This generally involves completing the state application, paying a fee, and meeting the experience/education requirements. For example, in Indiana management planners must either have a post-secondary degree in one of several specific disciplines or one year of specific building-related experience.

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Asbestos Management Planner (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Government & Nonprofit Rate
50414	Friday	November 13	12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$125	$125

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information:

4-hour course
Continuing Education: 0.4 CEUs
Participants receive an examination review study guide

Certification Information:

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Asbestos Operations & Maintenance Worker (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50180/50181	Monday - Tuesday	November 2 - 3	8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$325	$300

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

16 hours (2 days), including classroom, hands-on, and test
Continuing Education: 1.4 CEUs

OSHA (29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)) and EPA (AHERA, 40 CFR 763.92(a)) require that persons disturbing asbestos as a part of assigned maintenance or repair operations receive specific Asbestos Operations/Maintenance Worker training. The Institute's 16-hour initial course fulfills all these requirements except the site specific portion of the rules (that is, the actual location of ACM and PACM at the worksite and the structure of the asbestos management program at the site).

The course also allows trainees to meet the OSHA competent person requirements for persons in charge of Class III and Class IV maintenance projects and for competent persons in charge of an persons performing resilient floor covering removal work.

Course Features

Recognition of asbestos-containing materials.
Health effects associated with asbestos fibers.
State-of-the-art work practices for handling asbestos materials.
Federal, state, and local asbestos regulations governing asbestos work.

After Class Participants Receive:

Complete training manual.
In-class progress examination.
Extensive hands-on training, including:
- Cleanup of a minor fiber release episode.
- Removal of resilient floor tile and mastic.
- Glove bag removal of pipe insulation.
- Use and maintenance of PPE, including respirator fit-testing (if desired trainees can bring their own P100 air-purifying respirators for testing).

Certification Information:

Participants successfully completing this course will be able to conduct projects on nonfriable asbestos that remains nonfriable during the project and on friable asbestos up to a maximum of 3 linear feet on pipes, 3 square feet on other surfaces, or a total of 0.75 cubic feet of asbestos. To work on a large amount of friable asbestos, you must be licensed as an Abatement Worker or a Project Supervisor is required by law.

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Asbestos Operations & Maintenance Worker (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Government & Nonprofit Rate

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information:

4 hours (includes test)
Continuing Education: 0.4 CEUs

Course Features

Recognition of asbestos-containing materials.
Health effects associated with asbestos fibers.
State-of-the-art work practices for handling asbestos materials.
Federal, state, and local asbestos regulations governing asbestos work.

Participants Receive

Complete training manual.
In-class progress examination.
Extensive hands-on training, including:
- Cleanup of a minor fiber release episode.
- Removal of resilient floor tile and mastic.
- Glove bag removal of pipe insulation.
- Use and maintenance of PPE, including respirator fit-testing (if desired trainees can bring their own P100 air-purifying respirators for testing).

Certification Information:

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Asbestos Project Designer (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

3 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 2.1 CEUs

Project designers work with building owners and abatement personnel to ensure that the project can be conducted safely and with minimal risks to building occupants. They prepare the work specifications for response actions (which may include asbestos removal, encapsulation, or enclosure).

In the AHERA rule for K-12 schools, the U.S. EPA required that local education agencies obtain the services of an accredited / licensed project designer before beginning most response actions affecting friable asbestos-containing building materials. Later the EPA extended the accreditation program to include persons designing certain asbestos projects in public and commercial buildings, namely:

response and removal actions, other than small-scale, short-duration maintenance activities;
maintenance activities that disturb friable ACBM, other than SSSD activities;
responses to major fiber release episodes.

Course Features

Recognition of ACM (asbestos containing materials) and ACBM (asbestos containing building materials).
Health effects of asbestos.
Regulations affecting asbestos in buildings and on structures.
Procedures for managing asbestos in place.
Procedures for safely removing asbestos

After Class Participants Receive:

Institute course manual.
Institute Compendium of Asbestos Rules.
Classroom training.
Design exercise.
Required certification examination.

Certification Information:

In addition to completing the course and scoring at least 70% on the course exam, you must meet the individual state requirements to receive a state license. This generally involves completing the state application, paying a fee, and meeting the experience/education requirements. For example, in Indiana, project designers must either have a specific post-secondary degree or must have a high school degree and be able to demonstrate ability in the design or supervision of specific types of construction or asbestos projects.

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Asbestos Project Designer (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Government & Nonprofit Rate

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information:

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.7 CEUs
Participants will receive examination review study guides

Course Features:

Update on state, federal and local asbestos regulations
Examination for state reaccreditation.

Certification Information:

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Asbestos Project Supervisor (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50424/50425	Monday - Friday	November 2 - 6	8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$700	$620

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

5 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 3.5 CEUs

State and federal law (OSHA, EPA, and DOT) requires the use of accredited project supervisors for all asbestos removal projects in schools and public and commercial buildings involving more than small amounts of asbestos. This course not only meets the training requirements for EPA, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky accreditation, it also prepares participants to plan the work to ensure that the job is done safely and efficiently. OSHA now requires this level training for competent persons assigned to conduct Class I or Class II asbestos removal activities.

In addition to covering the topics of the Institute's asbestos abatement worker training, this course includes training in legal liabilities and how to reduce them, how to perform pre-bid and pre-work activities, how to read an asbestos contract, and how to be an effective supervisor.

Course Features

Nature of asbestos and asbestos-containing materials (ACM).
Health effects of asbestos.
State-of-the art work practices for recognizing and working with ACM.
Asbestos waste disposal requirements.
Regulations affecting asbestos work.

After Class Participants Receive:

Institute Course Manual.
Institute Compendium of Asbestos Rules
All necessary hands-on materials.
Hands-on training including:
- Cleanup of a minor fiber release episode.
- Removal of resilient floor tile and mastic.
- Glove bag removal of pipe insulation.
- Use and maintenance of PPE, including respirator fit-testing (if desired trainees can bring their own P100 negative pressure air-purifying respirator for testing).
- Constructing a negative pressure enclosure and 3-chamber decontamination facility.
- Removal of ACM from ceilings.

Certification Information:

In addition to completing the course and scoring at least 70% on the course exam, you must meet the individual state requirements to receive a state license. This generally involves completing the state application, paying a fee, and meeting the experience/education requirements. For example, in Indiana project supervisors must be able to demonstrate six months' experience (holding a worker card for example) as an asbestos worker or supervisor.

Persons completing the supervisor initial course may also be eligible for licensing as asbestos abatement contractors.

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Asbestos Project Supervisor (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Government & Nonprofit Rate
50426/50427	Monday	November 12	8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$180	$160

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information:

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.7 CEUs
Participants receive examination review study guides

Course Features:

Update on state, federal and local asbestos regulations
Examination for state reaccreditation.

Certification Information:

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Customized Training Options
Customized Training Options

Have You Considered the Advantages of Customized Training?

Get What You Need. We can target a course to your specific needs and procedures, and we can even help you develop those procedures. All of the courses on our website can be offered at your site, and we can tailor special courses to meet your specific training needs. Not sure how this could help? Check out a few of the recent tailored classes that we have put together for our clients.

Get It When You Need It. We can offer the course on your shift schedule and usually at your best opportunity. And you get training attendance records and certification as needed.

Get It Where You Need It. Your site or ours: We deliver quality training.

Save Money Doing It. Instead of spending travel funds, get the training you need at the lowest possible cost at a site convenient to your people.

Request Customized Course

Available areas of customized training are listed below:

Asbestos Customized Training

Asbestos Awareness for Custodial and Maintenance Employees
- 2 hours
- Continuing Education: 0.2 CEU
Request Customized Course

Both OSHA (29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)) and EPA (40 CFR 763.92(a)) require that maintenance and custodial personnel who may come in contact with asbestos must receive awareness training.

This training should be tailored to the local situation, so we do not offer this as a regularly scheduled course. Therefore, we present the training as a customized course for your employees at your location or ours.

Participants Receive
- A course summary covering the required OSHA/EPA topics
- Review of company procedures and what not to do.
Course Features
- Classroom presentations and discussion
Asbestos Asphaltic Pipe Wrap Worker
- 4 hours
- Continuing Education: 0.4 CEU
Request Customized Course

OSHA (29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(11) and k(9)) requires that persons removing asphaltic pipeline wrap must receive training. However, the rule is nonspecific about the amount of training required.

The Institute's course has been used by persons in six states to meet the OSHA and corporate safety requirements for proper removal, handling, and disposal of this important industrial material.

Participants Receive
- Institute manual for asphaltic pipeline wrap removal
- Training completion certification
Course Features
- Classroom lecture and discussion on requirements for managing asphaltic pipe wrap, including proper disposal.
- Hands-on training in the management of these materials.
Asbestos Flooring Removal Supervisor
- 1.5 Full Days
- Continuing Education: 1.2 CEU
Request Customized Course

OSHA (29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(2)) requires that all resilient floor covering (such as asphalt tile, vinyl tile, asphalt sheet flooring, or vinyl sheet flooring) installed prior to January 1, 1981, must be presumed to be an asbestos-containing material (ACM) unless the facility owner or employer has the flooring analyzed to show that it is not ACM.

OSHA (29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)) requires that removal of all known or presumed ACM resilient floor covering be conducted under the supervision of a trained competent person. Furthermore, the work must be done according to the methods established by the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) or by equivalent methods. The required course is a minimum of 12 hours in length and must include hands-on training in the RFCI methods.

Participants Receive
- The Institute training manual.
- The RFCI manual for the removal of floor tile.
Course Features
- The basics of asbestos, including its source, uses, physical properties, and health hazards
- Hands-on experience in removing resilient floor covering
- OSHA, EPA, and state requirements for managing resilient floor covering, including the generated wastes
- Proper methods (including the RFCI procedures) for working with asbestos-containing materials.
Notes
1. We only offer this training as customized training.
2. Persons wishing this training can take our 16-hour Asbestos Operations and Maintenance Worker Initial training. It includes all elements of this training plus it allows persons completing the training to conduct small operations and maintenance projects (up to 3 linear feet on pipes or 3 square feet on other surfaces).
3. OSHA requires that persons completing this training have annual refresher training; our 4-hour Asbestos Operations and Maintenance Worker refresher training meets this requirement.
2 hours
Continuing Education: 0.2 CEU

Both OSHA (29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)) and EPA (40 CFR 763.92(a)) require that maintenance and custodial personnel who may come in contact with asbestos must receive awareness training.

This training should be tailored to the local situation, so we do not offer this as a regularly scheduled course. Therefore, we present the training as a customized course for your employees at your location or ours.

Participants Receive

A course summary covering the required OSHA/EPA topics

Review of company procedures and what not to do.

Course Features

Classroom presentations and discussion.

Asbestos Flooring Removal Worker
- 1 hours
- Continuing Education: 0.7 CEU
Request Customized Course

OSHA (29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(2) requires that all resilient floor covering (such as asphalt tile, vinyl tile, asphalt sheet flooring, or vinyl sheet flooring) installed prior to January 1, 1981, must be presumed to be an asbestos-containing material (ACM) unless the facility owner or employer has the flooring analyzed to show that it is not ACM. OSHA (29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)) requires that removal of all known or presumed ACM resilient floor covering be conducted by persons with at least 8 hours of training and under the supervision of a trained competent person.

Employers are required to provide annual refresher training for flooring workers, but no hours are specified in the rule.

Participants Receive
- The Institute training manual.
- The RFCI manual for the removal of floor tile.
- Hands-on experience in removing resilient floor covering.
Course Features
- The basics of asbestos, including its source, uses, physical properties, and health hazards.
- OSHA, EPA, and state requirements for managing resilient floor covering, including the generated wastes.
- Proper methods (including the RFCI procedures) for working with asbestos-containing materials.
Asbestos Packings & Gasket Maintenance Worker
Request Customized Course

OSHA (29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(9), (g)(10) and k(9)) requires that persons removing asphaltic pipeline wrap must receive training. However, the rule is nonspecific about the amount of training required.

The Institute's course has been used by persons in two states to meet the OSHA and corporate safety requirements for proper removal, handling, and disposal of this important industrial material.

Participants Receive
- Institute manual for managing intact asbestos-containing packings and gaskets
- Training completion certification
Course Features
- Classroom lecture and discussion on requirements for managing intact asbestos-containing packings and gaskets, including proper disposal.
- Hands-on training in the management of these materials.
Asbestos Roofing Removal Supervisor
Request Customized Course

OSHA regulates roofing removal under two separate parts of the asbestos construction standard (29 CFR 1926.1101(g)). In paragraphs 7-8 it is regulated as a Class II removal, but in paragraph 11 there are special provisions for incidental roofing removal, that is, roofing work involving small amounts of asbestos-containing roofing removal.

OSHA (29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)) requires that Class II roofing removal must be conducted by persons with at least 8 hours of training and under the supervision of a trained competent person. A Class II competent person must have the equivalent of the 40-hr EPA Project Supervisor training. Similarly, persons conducting or supervising incidental roofing removal must be trained, but the amount of training is not spelled out in the standard.

Thus, roofing supervisors who complete the 40-hour Class II Project Supervisor training requirement can serve as OSHA competent person on all roofing jobs, or the employer can provide a more limited training for supervisors who will only work on incidental roofing removal projects.

We provide the 40-hour Project Supervisor on a regular basis, and we can provide either level of training as a customized course. To properly quote the cost and length of training needed, we need to know which type of projects your employees will be conducting.

OSHA mandates annual refresher training for both types of competent persons. For the Class II supervisor, the 8-hr Project Supervisor Refresher class is required; for incidental removal no training hours are stated in the rule.

Project Supervisor (Class II) Participants Receive
- The Institute training manual.
- The Institute Compendium of Asbestos Removal Rules
Course Features
- The basics of asbestos, including its source, uses, physical properties, and health hazards
- Hands-on experience in removing asbestos-containing roofing materials.
- OSHA, EPA, and state requirements for asbestos-containing roofing materials, including the generated wastes
- Proper methods for working with asbestos-containing materials.
- Responsibilities of project supervisors/competent persons.
Asbestos Roofing Worker
Request Customized Course

OSHA regulates roofing removal under two separate parts of the asbestos construction standard (29 CFR 1926.1101(g)). In paragraphs 7-8 it is regulated as a Class II removal, but in paragraph 11 there are special provisions for incidental roofing removal, that is, roofing work involving only the removal of flashing.

OSHA (29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)) requires that Class II roofing removal must be conducted by persons with at least 8 hours of training and under the supervision of a trained competent person. A Class II Worker must have a minimum of 8 hours of training. However, for persons conducting incidental roofing removal, the amount of training is not spelled out in the standard. Thus, roofing workers who complete the Class II 8-hr training requirement can work on all roofing jobs, or the employer can provide a more limited training for workers who will only work on incidental roofing removal projects.

We can provide either level as a customized training. To properly quote the cost and length of training needed, we need to know which type of projects your workers will be conducting.

OSHA requires that all asbestos workers, including roofers, have annual refresher training, but the rules and guidance do not specify a length of training.

Participants Receive
- The Institute training manual.
- In-class competency exam.
Course Features
- The basics of asbestos, including its source, uses, physical properties, and health hazards
- Hands-on experience in removing asbestos-containing roofing materials.
- OSHA, EPA, and state requirements for asbestos-containing roofing materials, including the generated wastes
- Proper methods for working with asbestos-containing materials.
- Responsibilities of project workers/competent persons.
Lead Customized Training

Lead Clearance Examiner
- 1.0 Full Days
- Continuing Education: 0.8 CEU
Request Customized Course

Clearance Examination

"Clearance Examination" is a procedure for ensuring that a job site is left in a lead-safe condition. U.S. EPA requires it after all lead abatement projects. U.S. HUD requires it in federally-owned/federally-financed lead abatement and interim control projects [the HUD equivalent of an EPA renovation project]. It is a more stringent test than the "Swiffer" test specified in the current U.S. EPA RRP Rule. Clearance is also allowed on RRP projects by a Clearance Sampling Technician.

Paint (and coatings like varnish, stains) in residences ("target housing") and child-occupied facilities built before 1978 are presumed by U.S. EPA and U.S. HUD to contain lead-based paint (LBP). When projects disturbing LBP are performed in federally-assisted or federally-owned target housing, HUD requires that a clearance examination be conducted before payment of the contractor and removal of protections. In abatement (permanent removal of LBP hazards) such clearance examinations must only be performed by licensed inspectors or risk assessors. For HUD interim control projects, a state-licensed clearance examiner (EPA sampling technician) may perform the work.

Certification Information: HUD requires that persons performing clearance examinations after interim controls must possess valid state certification but does not specify which state. Indiana certifies clearance examiners but does not require the use of clearance examiners. The Indiana certification fee is $150 for a three year license. Refresher training is required every three years. Contact: the Indiana Lead and Healthy Homes Program. (https://www.in.gov/isdh/24707.htm)

Participants Receive
- U.S. EPA course manual
- U.S. EPA Lead Sampling Technician Field Guide
- Institute supplemental materials
- Classroom training
- Hands-on experience in:
  
  Assessing level of cleanup achieved
  
  Preparing a clearance report
Course Features
- Hazards of lead and lead-based paint
- OSHA, HUD, and EPA Requirements for lead-based paint work in target housing and child-occupied facilities
- Procedures for working safely with lead-based paint
- Required course examination
Lead-Safe Work Practices
- 0.5 Full Days
- Continuing Education: 0.4 CEU
Request Customized Course

Paint in most residences ("target housing") and child-occupied facilities built before 1978 are presumed by U.S. EPA and U.S. HUD to contain lead-based paint (LBP). Workers conducting interim controls or maintenance (paint stabilization, renovation, remodeling) disturbing paint in such facilities must use lead-safe work practices. For work done in federally-owned, federally-assisted housing, such training must be HUD-approved. This half-day course provides you with a HUD-approved introduction to the hazards of lead and accepted procedures for working safely around it. In addition, it introduces you to a valuable Field Guide containing step-by-step instructions on how to perform a number of common renovation procedures safely on lead-painted surfaces.

Participants Receive
- Institute course manual
- Classroom training
- HUD Field Guide of methods for working with LBP
- Hands-on experience in:
  
  LBP removal and cleanup
  
  Assessing level of cleanup achieved
Course Features
- Hazards of lead and LBP
- OSHA, HUD, and EPA Requirements for LBP work in target housing and child-occupied facilities
- Procedures for working safely with LBP
Indiana Lead Rules Awareness
- 0.25 Full Days
- Continuing Education: 0.2 CEU
Request Customized Course Pricing

To facilitate reciprocal licensing, the Indiana State Department of Health does not require licensed individuals from other states to re-take their initial training. However, they do want to ensure that such persons understand the specific Indiana requirements. This 2-hour course fulfills this requirement.

Participants Receive
- Institute course manual
- Classroom or training through a webinar
- Indiana State Lead Rule
Course Features
- Indiana licensing requirements
- Indiana abatement requirements
- Indiana interim control requirements
OSHA Lead in Construction Worker
- 1 Full Day
- Continuing Education: 0.8 CEU
Request Customized Course

Lead-based paints are still widely found in industry, especially on steel structures. In addition, construction workers also encounter lead in sheet form and as a potential hazard during cleanup of abandoned industrial sites.

This course is designed to teach workers how to work with lead safely and how to use appropriate hygiene practices and personal protective equipment to protect themselves and their families. It also introduces them to the OSHA lead in construction standard and describes their rights and responsibilities under that standard.

Participants Receive
- Institute course manual
- Classroom training
- HUD Field Guide of methods for working with lead-based paint
Course Features
- Hazards of lead and lead-based paint
- OSHA and EPA requirements for working with lead and lead-bearing wastes
- Procedures for working safely with lead-based paint
- Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for various types of construction work disturbing lead and lead-based paints
Mold Customized Training

Mold Awareness
- 6 Hours
- Continuing Education: 0.6 CEU
Request Customized Course

Molds are a naturally occurring part of the human environment. We can never rid the world of them, nor should we want to: they can help us as well as harm us.

While molds in the outdoor environment are not under our control, we can and should control indoor mold growth. Indoor molds can cause a wide variety of human illness, including infections, allergies, triggering asthma, and toxic effects. The primary source of indoor mold problems is excess moisture (as water or vapor) infiltration.

Recent legal actions have focused on the need to rapidly identify and remediate mold intrusions in buildings, although there are currently no regulations or mandatory state or federal standards for how this is to be done.

In this course you will obtain a basic knowledge of what molds are, why they can become a problem, and what should building owners do to reduce their potential liabilities.

Participants Receive:
- Institute outline of important mold information
- Brief summaries of significant guidelines and certification opportunities
Course Features:
- What is mold?
- Why can mold be a problem (and when isn't it)?
- What can be done to assess the problem?
- What can be done to alleviate the problem?
- What regulations and guidelines exist for mold-related work?
- What are the liability issues relating to mold?
Mold Maintenance Worker
- Initial : 7 hours (1 day)
- Includes hands-on, classroom, and test (no mandated refresher).
Request Customized Course
Recent Tailored Classes

What Can We Teach Your People?

At the Environmental Management Institute we love a challenge. While we work hard to keep our regular courses current and interesting to trainees, we welcome the opportunity to teach a new course or a new version of an old course. Thus, we are always open to putting together a customized course in environmental health and safety to meet a client's special needs. Some of the courses we have recently put together are listed below. Contact us and give us a challenge!

Hazardous Materials Shipping. A client wanted to review their specific chemical shipping names and shipping paper requirements. We did some research and took the information and made it a 4-hour class.

Asbestos Designated Person. The Kentucky Division for Air Quality needed a contractor to help schools' designated persons comply with the law. We developed and taught a course that provided them with the information and the pre-written forms to enable them to be in compliance without adding an unnecessary time burden. In addition, we developed a large number of job aids to make this part-time attention work. The course successfully introduces these school employees to the concept of managing asbestos risk while complying with federal and Kentucky requirements.

If you have a course in mind to meet a current or future need, fill out our contract training request form and let show you how we can help.
Hazardous Material
Hazardous Materials Training

Explore Hazardous Materials Training options below. When ready to sign up for a course, follow these instructions or call us at (317) 248-4848 with questions.
1. Click on "Click Here for Class Information and Registration"
2. Select a training title
3. Find the section that works with your schedule
4. Click the green "Register" button to the right of that training
5. Fill out our short enrollment form
Course Options

Click links below for class details.

Certified Hazardous Materials Manager Exam Prep DOT Hazardous Materials Shipping

Certified Hazardous Materials Manager Exam Prep

Section

Day of Week

Meeting Date(s)

Start/End Time

Standard Rate

Govt/Nonprofit Rate

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.
- You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
- Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
- For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.
Course Information
- 3 8-hour days
- Continuing Education: 21 IN WWO General Hours, 2.1 CEUs
Focusing on the analysis and application of hazardous materials regulations, the Institute's Advanced Materials Management course explores a succession of individual management issues and representative compliance situations. Challenging case studies demonstrate practical methods to analyze both familiar and new situations. Course topics are presented by management activity (release reporting, emergency planning, right- to-know, etc.), emphasizing efficient methods for hazardous materials managers to conduct their daily activities.

This course also provides an intensive review of the chemical and toxicological properties of hazardous materials, regulations governing their use, and management practices to achieve safe, cost-effective compliance. It is an excellent way to prepare for professional certification examinations, such as the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager examination.

Advanced Hazardous Materials Management presents an overview of the structure of government regulatory programs, their interrelationships, and their implications for hazardous materials management while providing an opportunity to discuss these issues with other professionals.
Course Features
- An opportunity for trainees to select emphasis areas before taking the CHMM exam.
- A review of the fundamentals of compliance - emphasizing tort law, regulatory development, enforcement procedures, and the roles and perspectives of regulatory agencies
- An analysis of the scope, structure, and relationships of the eleven principal Hazmat laws
- A comparison of the many Hazmat terms and lists
- A review of basic environmental chemistry terms and concepts
- An analysis of the OSHA, EPA, HMIS, NFPA, and DOT health and physical hazards
- An overview of TSCA information-gathering authorities and their potential impact
- A review of the management of special materials such as asbestos, lead, CFCs, pesticides, and PCBs
- A comparison of the different programs to clean up contaminated sites - including RCRA, UST and CERCLA
- The general requirements for shipping hazardous materials: new definitions, shipping names, and placarding, labeling, and marking requirements
Participants Receive
- The Environmental Management Institute's coursebook, providing topical outlines and key reference materials.
- A copy of the NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
- A copy of the Emergency Response Guide
- A copy of Managing Hazardous Materials - A Definitive Text edited by our own Borgias and Bradfield. (If you bring you own copy of the book, there will be a reduction of the course fee.)
Certification Information:

The Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) title is the premier designation for Americans in environmental health and safety. This certification is earned by showing sufficient educational background and experience in the field and then passing a rigorous multiple choice examination written and maintained by the Examination Board of the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management (IHMM).

To assist persons preparing for the examination, we offer a review course covering all areas of hazardous materials management. This course is taught by our President, Jack E. Leonard, Ph.D., IHMM Fellow, who also is Senior Editor of the original Managing Hazardous Materials, A Definitive Textbook (first edition), published by IHMM and based on the outline of our long-running review course.

To take the CHMM exam you must register for the exam through the IHMM at least six weeks before the scheduled exam date.

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DOT Hazardous Materials Shipping

Section

Day of Week

Meeting Date(s)

Start/End Time

Standard Rate

Government & Nonprofit Rate

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.
- You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
- Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
- For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.
Course Information:
- 1 8-hour day
- Continuing Education: 7 IN WWO General Hours, 0.7 CEUs
This one-day course provides an overview of the U.S. DOT requirements for shippers of hazardous materials (also known as "dangerous goods"). The morning session introduces the basics of the DOT hazardous materials classification schemes and illustrates how this connects to similar OSHA, EPA, HMIS, and NFPA classifications.

On the basis of this introduction, the afternoon session shows how to use relevant DOT tables of information to properly package, label, mark, and placard shipments of DOT wastes and how to provide the essential emergency response information for the shipment.

To meet the DOT training requirement, tests are administered, marked, and reviewed in class to assure that participants are aware of the correct responses. (Note: Merely passing the exam is insufficient according to DOT guidance; participants must understand the correct answers to all test questions on these examinations of competency.)

Course Features
- Classification of hazardous materials.
- The HM-181 system and its impact on shippers.
- Use of the DOT Emergency Response Guidebook.
- Waste manifesting.
- DOT shipping papers and recordkeeping.
- DOT packaging, labeling, marking and placarding.
Participants Receive
- Institute course manual
- Emergency Response Guidebook.
- Classroom training.
- Required certification examination and proof of completion.
- Hands-on experience in classification and shipping name identification.
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HAZWOPER

HAZWOPER Training

Explore HAZWOPER Training options below. When ready to sign up for a course, follow these instructions or call us at (317) 248-4848 with questions.

Click on "Click Here for Class Information and Registration"
Select a training title
Find the section that works with your schedule
Click the green "Register" button to the right of that training
Fill out our short enrollment form

Course Options

Click the links below for class details

Cleanup Site Worker (Initial)		Cleanup Site Worker (Refresher)
Cleanup Limited Site Worker
Emergency First Responder Awareness		Emergency First Responder (Refresher)
24-Hour Emergency Response Technician (Initial)
40-Hour Emergency Response Technician (Initial)
Emergency Response Incident Commander
RCRA TSDF Worker (Initial)		RCRA TSDF Worker (Refresher)
Training Developer
Waste Site Cleanup & UST Removal Supervisor

Cleanup Site Worker (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50450/50452	Monday - Friday	October 26 - 30	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	$700	$640

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

5 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 4.0 CEUs

OSHA HAZWOPER requirements (29 CFR 1910.120(b-o) and 1926.59(b-o)) for cleanup operations apply to all employees who work at the site of an ordered cleanup or who are contracted to cleanup a release after a HAZWOPER emergency response has occurred concerning an OSHA hazardous substance. An OSHA hazardous substance to include DOT hazardous materials, CERCLA hazardous substances, RCRA hazardous wastes, disease-causing agents, and includes petroleum products with a flashpoint of 200 F or less.

Course Features

Basics of hazardous materials.
Procedures for handling hazardous materials, known and unknown.
Proper personal protective equipment (PPE) for hazardous waste site cleanups.
Site control.
Decontamination.

Participants Receive:

Midwest Consortium Training Manual.
Institute Compendium of OSHA Rules
Institute HAZWOPER Cleanup Reference Book
Hands-on practice in:
- Monitoring for chemicals.
- Personal protective equipment, including the use of SCBA equipment.
- Drum Handling.
- Decontamination.

Certification Information:

HAZWOPER certification is always the responsibility of the employer. We issue a course certificate indicating that the employee demonstrated competence on both the hands-on and classroom portions of the training. The employer must then ensure that the employee works for three days with supervision before being allowed to work unsupervised.

Partial support for our HAZWOPER training is provided by NIEHS Grant #ES06184

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Cleanup Site Worker (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Government & Nonprofit Rate
50441/50442	Monday	November 16	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	$150	$130

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information:

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

The OSHA HAZWOPER standards (29 CFR 1910.120 and 29 CFR 1926.59) requires training for employees who might be exposed to a DOT hazardous material or a biological hazard while performing three types of work:

conducting cleanups at a government-recognized waste site;
working at a RCRA-permitted hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF); or
performing emergency response to a potential or actual release.

OSHA specifies that workers in the first two categories have an 8-hour annual refresher, but the specific number of training hours is notspecified for emergency responders. Contrary to what you may have heard, OSHA does not have a course approval system, however, the Institute courses cover all of the elements required by 29 CFR 1910.120 and 1926.59.

In addition, the Institute is one of the programs participating in the Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training, funded by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS, grant #ES06184), so we can offer you high quality HAZWOPER training at an attractive cost. The Consortium course materials are consistent best-sellers at the NIEHS website.

Course Features:

Review of major topics in initial course.
Hands-on or tabletop exercise in one or more emphasis areas to reinforce earlier learning.

Participants Receive:

Consortium course manual.
Classroom training.
Hands-on or tabletop exercise.
Challenge examination.

Certification Information:

As detailed on our HAZWOPER Home Page, OSHA requires that employers provide all persons conducting certain types of work with the appropriate initial and annual refresher training so that they can continue to perform their duties. These courses can be offered by the employer or by a training program such as ours.

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Cleanup Limited Site Worker

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50454/50455	Mon. - Wed	October 26-28	8 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	$400	$370

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

3 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 2.4 CEUs

OSHA HAZWOPER requirements (29 CFR 1910.120 / 1926.59 paragraphs (b)-(o)) for cleanup operations apply to all employees who work at the site of an ordered cleanup or who are contracted to cleanup a release after a HAZWOPER emergency response has occurred concerning an OSHA hazardous substance. An OSHA hazardous substance to include DOT hazardous materials, CERCLA hazardous substances, RCRA hazardous wastes, disease-causing agents, and includes petroleum products with a flashpoint of 200 F or less.

If it is expected that an employee will not be exposed above the OSHA PEL or published exposure limits, the training standard (29 CFR 1910.120(e)) allows a reduced initial training requirement (24 hours instead of the usual 40).

The Institute Limited Site Worker course is designed to help such persons obtain this training. Because of its emphasis on hazard awareness and exposure prevention, it is also a good course for people managing household hazardous waste.

Course Features

Basics of hazardous materials.
Procedures for handling hazardous materials in small quantities or closed containers.
Proper personal protective equipment (PPE) for exposures below the PEL.

Participants Receive:

Midwest Consortium Training Manual.
Institute Compendium of OSHA Rules
Institute HAZWOPER Cleanup Reference Book
Hands-on practice in:
- Monitoring procedures.
- Decontamination.

Certification Information:

HAZWOPER certification is always the responsibility of the employer. We issue a course certificate indicating that the employee demonstrated competence on both the hands-on and classroom portions of the training. The employer must then ensure that the employee works for one day with supervision before being allowed to work unsupervised.

Partial support for our HAZWOPER training is provided by NIEHS Grant #ES06184

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Emergency First Responder Awareness

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
xxxxx/xxxxx	Friday	November	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	$220	$240

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1.5 days
Continuing Education: 12 IN WWO General Hours, 1.2 CEUs

OSHA requires (29 CFR 1910.120(q) and 1926.59(q)) that employees performing chemical emergency response must receive training commensurate with their duties. First Responder Operations level employees are an important part of any emergency response team, because they can perform a multitude of duties. Although they are forbidden by the rule to approach the release area for the purpose of containment or control, they are allowed to carry out of defensive operations to protect equipment or people at the scene. They can also serve in a number of roles in the support zone of the incident.

OSHA requires that First Responder Operations employees receive a minimum of eight hours of training. However, our experience is that in an open registration course we must require 12 hours of participation because we need to cover all of the possible classes of hazardous materials that might be present at a release site. We can provide a shorter customized course at sites where there is a well-characterized set of hazards that we can use to structure the presentation.

Course Features

OSHA HAZWOPER requirements for emergency responders.
Chemical and biological hazard classification.
Basic techniques for protection from chemical hazards.

Participants Receive:

Institute course manual.
Classroom training.
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards.
Emergency Response Guide.

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Emergency First Responder (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

conducting cleanups at a government-recognized waste site;
working at a RCRA-permitted hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF); or
performing emergency response to a potential or actual release.

Course Features

Review of major topics in initial course.
Hands-on or tabletop exercise in one or more emphasis areas to reinforce earlier learning.

Participants Receive:

Consortium course manual.
Classroom training.
Hands-on or tabletop exercise.
Challenge examination.

Certification Information:

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40-Hour Emergency Response Technician Initial

Section

Day of Week

Meeting Date(s)

Start/End Time

Standard Rate

Govt/Nonprofit Rate

xxxxxx

Monday - Friday

December 14 - 18

8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m

$700

$640

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

5 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 40 IN WWO General Hours, 4.0 CEUs

OSHA requires that incident commanders receive a minimum of 16 hours of training beyond the First Responder Operations level course. However, we do not offer a minimal 24-hour incident commander course because in our judgment it is important for all incident commanders to receive the Hazardous Materials Technician training: you should not be directing the activities of responders unless you know the options available to them and the limitations placed on them by the personal protective equipment that they use.

There is no training beyond the 24-hour technician training for HazMat Specialists, but since OSHA defines them as a having a liaison function, we feel that it is important that they be trained in the same topics as the person in charge. Thus, our HAZWOPER Professional course is a 40-hour course rather than a shorter course allowed by the law.

Note: If you have already had a 24-hour or longer HazMat Technician class you may wish to complete your training by enrolling in our Incident Commander Completion Course.

Course Features

OSHA HAZWOPER requirements for emergency responders.
Chemical and biological hazard classification.
Classroom and hand-on experience in:
- Personal protective equipment selection at a response scene.
- Techniques for monitoring for hazardous substances.
- Containment and control response options.
- Equipment, site, and personnel decontamination.
- Sizing up a response scene
- Site control
- Selecting and implementing safe and appropriate response actions.
- Response termination.
- Response review.
- Computer resources for emergency planning and response.

Participants Receive:

Institute course manual.
Classroom training.
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards.
Emergency Response Guide.

Certification Information:

OSHA (29 CFR 1910.120(q) and 1926.59(q)) has two levels of training beyond the HazMat Technician level, namely, the HazMat Specialist and the Incident Commander level. Our Emergency Response technician course combines both of these specialties and provides trainees with the full knowledge of the duties and actions which can be taken by Incident Commanders and HazMat Specialists. Incident Commanders are in overall charge of the incident and HazMat Specialists serve as the lead responder in charge of the entry and back up teams. Their roles are described more fully in the section on Emergency Response Team Organization.

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24-Hour Emergency Response Technician (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

3 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 24 IN WWO General Hours, 2.4 CEUs

OSHA (29 CFR 1910.120(q) and 1926.59(q)) requires that employees performing chemical emergency response must receive training commensurate with their duties. Hazardous materials technicians (and specialists) are the people on the HAZWOPER emergency response team who are allowed to enter the release zone to actively attempt to contain and control the release. Their role is described more fully in the section on Emergency Response Team Organization.

Trainees in this course will actually don and doff the type of Level A equipment used for protection during responses to releases of especially hazardous chemicals, as well as receiving training on all aspects of the response and their role in the overall incident management system.

Course Features

OSHA HAZWOPER requirements for emergency responders.
Chemical and biological hazard classification.
Course competency exam.
Classroom and hand-on experience in
- Personal protective equipment selection at a response scene.
- Techniques for monitoring for hazardous substances.
- Containment and control response options.
- Equipment, site, and personnel decontamination.
- Sizing up a response scene
- Site control

Participants Receive:

Institute course manual.
Classroom training.
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards.
Emergency Response Guide.

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Emergency Response Incident Commander

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

2 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 2.0 CEUs

OSHA requires (29 CFR 1910.120(q) and 1926.59(q)) that employees performing chemical emergency response must receive training commensurate with their duties. The Incident Commander has overall charge of the scene and works with the other persons there to achieve the response objectives. Their role is described more fully in the section on Emergency Response Team Organization.

This course is offered only to persons who can demonstrate that they have completed the HazMat Technician course at the Institute or elsewhere. Ideally Incident Commanders would take our HazMat Professionals course, but we offer this course for people who have been functioning as HazMat Technicians but whose employers want them to take on additional responsibilities.

Course Features

OSHA HAZWOPER Requirements for Emergency Responders.
Course competency exam.
Classroom and hand-on experience in
- Sizing up a response scene
- Site control
- Selecting and implementing safe and appropriate response actions.
- Response termination.
- Response review.

Participants Receive:

Institute course manual.
Classroom training.

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RCRA TSDF Worker (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50445/50446	Monday-Wednesday	October 26-28	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	$410	$360

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

3 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 2.4 CEUs

The OSHA HAZWOPER standard (29 CFR 1910.120(p) and 1926.59(p)) requires that people who work at permitted hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (RCRA TSDFs) must receive specific training on the hazards of the operations which they perform, including the emergency response plan for dealing with releases.

The Institute RCRA TSDF Worker course is designed to help such persons obtain this training. Because of its emphasis on hazard awareness and exposure prevention, it may also be a good course for people managing household hazardous waste.

Course Features

Basics of hazardous materials.
RCRA contingency plan requirements.
Procedures for handling hazardous wastes.
Proper personal protective equipment (PPE).

Participants Receive:

Midwest Consortium Training Manual.
Institute Compendium of OSHA Rules
Institute HAZWOPER Cleanup Reference Book
Hands-on practice in:
- Various types of PPE.
- Monitoring procedures.
- Decontamination.

Certification Information:

HAZWOPER certification is always the responsibility of the employer. Because the specific requirements for RCRA TSDF training are very site-specific, we would be glad to arrange a training customized to your TSDF and your procedures.

Partial support for our HAZWOPER training is provided by NIEHS Grant #ES06184

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RCRA TSDF Worker (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50439/50440	Monday	November 16	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	$150	$130

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

conducting cleanups at a government-recognized waste site;
working at a RCRA-permitted hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF); or
performing emergency response to a potential or actual release.

Course Features

Review of major topics in initial course.
Hands-on or tabletop exercise in one or more emphasis areas to reinforce earlier learning.

Participants Receive:

Consortium course manual.
Classroom training.
Hands-on or tabletop exercise.
Challenge examination.

Certification Information:

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Training Developer

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
xxxxx	Please call.	Please call.	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	$350	$300

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

The OSHA HAZWOPER standard (40 CFR 1910.120 and 1926.59, paragraphs (e) and (q)) requires that persons conducting HAZWOPER training be trained in the particular specialty they will be training and have experience and/or training in how to conduct adult courses.

Our HAZWOPER Trainer course provides participants with information on the full range of course development, presentation, and evaluation and prepares them to develop training plans, practices, and assessment techniques that consistently yield positive training results.

Course Features

Structured approach to course development.
Discussion with other participants about successful training techniques.
Exercises to improve your understanding of training elements.
Hands-on training exercises in:
- Designing course objectives.
- Selecting course presentation techniques.
- Presenting course information.
- Selecting course assessment tools.
- Preparing various types of examination questions.

Participants Receive:

Course manual.
Personalized evaluation of presentation techniques

Note: Participants are expected to already know the subject matter of the particular courses for which they are preparing to teach. Each participant will be asked to work on a topic within such courses during the day's training.

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Waste Site Cleanup & UST Removal Supervisor

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
xxxxx	Please call.	Please call.	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	$300	$275

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

HAZWOPER requirements for cleanup operations (29 CFR 1910.120(e))apply to all employees who work at the site of an ordered cleanup or who are contracted to cleanup a release after a HAZWOPER emergency response has occurred concerning an OSHA hazardous substance. An OSHA hazardous substance to include DOT hazardous materials, CERCLA hazardous substances, RCRA hazardous wastes, disease-causing agents, and includes petroleum products with a flashpoint of 200° F or less.

Not only must all employees at the site be trained to the 24- or 40-hour level, but supervisors must receive an additional 8 hours of off-site training and an additional day of on-site supervised work before being certified competent by the employer. This course meets the off-site training requirements of the rule.

Course Features

Site safety analysis
Site-specific safety plan requirements.
Supervisory responsibilities

Participants Receive:

Midwest Consortium Training Manual.
All materials necessary for hands-on experience.

Certification Information:

HAZWOPER certification is always the responsibility of the employer. We issue a course certificate indicating that the employee demonstrated competence on the classroom portions of the training. The employer must then ensure that the employee works for one additional day with supervision before being allowed to work unsupervised.

Partial support for our HAZWOPER training is provided by NIEHS Grant #ES06184

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Housing Training

Explore Housing Training options below. When ready to sign up for a course, follow these instructions or call us at (317) 248-4848 with questions.

Click on "Click Here for Class Information and Registration"
Select a training title
Find the section that works with your schedule
Click the green "Register" button to the right of that training
Fill out our short enrollment form

Course Options

Click the links below for class details

Healthy Homes Basic		Healthy Homes Essentials
Healthy Homes Rating System

Healthy Homes Basic

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
xxxxx	please call	please call	8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$125	$100

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.7 CEUs

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Healthy Homes Essentials

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Government & Nonprofit Rate
xxxxx	please call	please call	8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$250	$200

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information:

2 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 1.4 CEUs

Many things threaten our health, and a surprising number of these things are in the home. This course will teach you how to locate and identify common problems found in unhealthy homes.

The course focuses on the seven principles of a healthy home: Keep it

Living in an unhealthy home can sap you of energy and maybe even prove life-threating. In this course you will learn how to recognize and categorize some common household health problems and to recommend mitigation for the consequences of such a release. A variety of specialists may find this a valuable supplement to their current expertise, including:

Course Features:

The home as an integrated system;
Indoor health hazards and their causes;
The basic procedures for housing assessment, and
The use of the seven principles to identify home health problems.

Participants Receive:

Training packet, including the NCHH course manual
Classroom training

Certification Information:

Governmental: None

Nationally Recognized: The National Center for Healthy Homes has a nationally recognized Healthy Homes Specialist certification program. Certification is based on experience and on successful completion of an examination which must be taken or online (aftere registration with NEHA (National Environmental Hazards Association) at hundreds of locations nationwide. Certification requires at least five years of experience in housing, or environmental or public health, and satisfactory completing both the course exam and an online home assessment exercise. Although no course is required for certification, this two-day course includes all required elements and should adequately prepare candidates for successfully completing the examination.

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Healthy Homes Rating System

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
xxxxx	please call	please call	8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$250	$200

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

2 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 1.4 CEUs

Many things threaten our health, and a surprising number of these things are in the home. This course will teach you how to evaluate and assess common problems found in unhealthy homes and the possible outcomes for those hazards.

The course focuses on four categories that include 29 hazards.

Physiological
Psychological
Infection
Safety

Each of the 29 hazards are assessed separately and weighted according to the likelihood of occurrence and the possible outcomes should the hazard result in harm. A variety of specialists may find this a valuable supplement to their current expertise, including:

Home Inspectors,
Public Health Inspectors,
Housing Rehab Contractors,
Code Enforcement Inspectors,
Lead Inspectors and Risk Assessors.

Course Features

Practice using the Healthy Homes rating system for evaluating risks posed by conditions found in the home
Practice using a risk based assessment system to consider the effect of hazards on occupant health
Practice using the comparison of risks associated with different types of hazards
A system for prioritizing corrective actions
HHRS assessment reporting

Participants Receive:

Training packet, (including the NCHH course manual and additional materials),
Classroom training,
Hands-on experience.

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Industrial Wastewater Treatment

There are currently no scheduled courses for Industrial Wastewater Treatment Training at this time. Please check back for class information or contact us.

Lead

Lead Training

Explore Lead Training options below. When ready to sign up for a course, follow these instructions or call us at (317) 248-4848 with questions.

Click on "Click Here for Class Information and Registration"
Select a training title
Find the section that works with your schedule
Click the green "Register" button to the right of that training
Fill out our short enrollment form

Course Options

Click the links below for class details

Abatement Worker (Initial)		Abatement Worker (Refresher)
Certified Lead Renovator (Initial)		Certified Lead Renovator (Refresher)
Dust Sampling Technician/Clearance Examiner (Initial)
Indiana Lead Rules Awareness (Initial)
Lead Abatement Supervisor (Initial)		Lead Abatement Supervisor (Refresher)
Lead Inspector (Initial)		Lead Inspector (Refresher)
Lead Risk Assessor (Initial)		Lead Risk Assessor (Refresher)
OSHA Lead in Construction Worker (Initial)

Abatement Worker (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50284/50285	Wednesday-Thursday	November 4 - 5	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m	$400	$375

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

2 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 1.4 CEUs

Certification Information:

To remain licensed/certified to perform lead-based paint (LBP)abatement, inspection, or risk assessment in target housing, you must complete an approved refresher course in each specialty. Lead Risk Assessors are NOT required to take both the inspector and risk assessor refreshers. If a risk assessor chooses not to take the inspector refresher, they will still be allowed to conduct an inspection. The application fee will be paid just for the Risk Assessor and they will be listed only on the IN list of Risk Assessors. Anyone wishing to be on both lists must take both classes.

The Institute courses are accepted in Indiana and Illinois (all except the worker class). In addition, the Institute courses are approved by the EPA which is all that is required for the states of Florida, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming. (Click here for more accreditation information)

Persons completing the course and attaining at least 70% on the course examination will be issued a certificate for completing the licensing/certification process. Recertification does not usually require re-taking the third party examination.

It is important to complete your refresher training in a timely fashion and to pay close attention to state-by-state variations:

Illinois: Renew your license annually and take your refresher every 3 years.
Indiana: Renew your training and your license every 3 years. Indiana gives up to 12 months variance on the training but only six months on the license.
EPA-only states: Renew your training every 3 years. (No license is required.)

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Abatement Worker (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50075/50076	Thursday	November 19	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	$200	$175

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

Participants Receive:

Study guide of important topics
Job tools to enhance performance
Hands-on experience to reinforce skills.

Course Features:

Update on state, federal and local lead regulations
Presentation of state-of-the-art methods for lead projects
Examination for state recertification.

Certification Information:

It is important to complete your refresher training in a timely fashion and to pay close attention to state-by-state variations:

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Certified Lead Renovator (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50159/50160	Thursday	October 22	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m	$275	$250
50428/50429	Thursday	November 11	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m	$275	$250
50430/50431	Friday	December 11	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m	$275	$250

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

The U.S. EPA and U.S. HUD define target housing as any housing in the U.S. constructed before 1978 with a few exceptions. EPA further defines child-occupied facilities as places built before 1978 in which a child six or under in age spends a significant time each week or year.

A person responsible for a project that disturbs more than a de minimis amount of paint in target housing and child-occupied facilities must be certified as a Lead Renovator. Completion of this course satisfies this requirement.

Course Features:

Methods for identifying lead-based paint (LBP)
The hazards of LBP and of improperly performed RRP where LBP is present
Recordkeeping
Training non-certified individuals
Regulations affecting RRP work

Participants Receive:

EPA training manuals and Institute supplemental materials
Hands-on practice in
- Using the EPA approved test kits to determine whether lead-based paint is present.
- Collecting paint chip samples
- Setting up and cleaning up the project
- Worker protection
- Cleaning verification process

Certification Information:

Satisfactory completion of the classroom and hands-on portions of the training, and passing the course exam, enables the trainee to be fully certified as a Renovator by the U.S. EPA to supervise and perform renovation, repair, and painting activities in target housing and child-occupied facilities.

Besides the U.S. EPA requirements (40 CFR 745 Subpart E) this course satisfies the U.S. HUD certification requirements (24 CFR 35) for persons conducting interim controls.

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Certified Lead Renovator (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50432/50433	Monday	November 9	8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	$180	$150

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 4-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.4 CEUs

Persons supervising a project disturbing more than a de minimis amount of paint in target housing and child-occupied facilities must be certified as a lead renovator. Those having a current (not expired) Renovator certificate are eligible to take this course.

Course Features

Review of:

Setup, prohibited practices, PPE and dust control
Cleaning activities and checking your work
Record keeping
Training non-certified individuals

Participants Receive

EPA training manuals and Institute supplemental materials
Hands-on practice in
- Using the EPA approved test kits to determine whether lead-based paint is present
- Collecting paint chip samples
- Setting up the project.
- Cleaning (and verifying the cleaning) at the end of the process.

Renovator Refresher ONLINE Training from ProTech
*You must hold an unexpired Renovator Certificate to enroll.

Certification Information:

This course meets the U.S. EPA requirements (40 CFR 745 Subpart E) under the RRP rule.

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Dust Sampling Technician/Clearance Examiner (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
xxxxx	please call	please call	8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	$320	$300

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

"Clearance Examination" is a procedure for ensuring that a jobsite is left in a lead-safe condition. U.S. EPA requires successful clearance after all lead abatement projects in target housing and child-occupied facilities. U.S. HUD requires it in federally-owned/federally-financed lead abatements and interim control projects [the HUD equivalent of an EPA RRP renovation project] in target housing only

Paint in most residences ("target housing") and child-occupied facilities built before 1978 are presumed by U.S. EPA and U.S. HUD to contain lead-based paint (LBP). When projects disturbing LBP are performed in federally-assisted or federally-owned target housing, HUD requires that a clearance examination be conducted before payment of the contractor and removal of protections. In abatements (permanent removal of LBP hazards) such clearance examinations can only be performed by licensed inspectors or risk assessors . For HUD interim control projects, a state-licensed clearance examiner (EPA sampling technician) may perform the work.

Course Features

Hazards of lead and LBP.
OSHA, HUD, and EPA Requirements for LBP work in target housing and child-occupied facilities.
Required course examination.

Participants Receive

U.S. EPA course manual.
U.S. EPA Lead Sampling Technician Field Guide.
Institute supplemental materials.
Classroom training.
Hands-on experience in:
- Assessing level of cleanup achieved.
- Sample collection
Preparing a clearance report.

Renovator Refresher ONLINE Training from ProTech
*You must hold an unexpired Renovator Certificate to enroll.

Certification Information:

HUD requires that persons performing clearance examinations after interim controls must possess valid state certification but does not specify which state. Indiana certifies clearance examiners but does not require the use of clearance examiners. The certification fee is $150 for a three year license. Refresher training is required every three years. Contact: ISDH Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

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Indiana Lead Rules Awareness (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
xxxxx	please call	please call	8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	$225	$225

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 2-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.2 CEUs

To facilitate reciprocal licensing, the Indiana State Department of Health does not require licensed individuals from other states to re-take their initial training. However, they do want to ensure that such persons understand the specific Indiana requirements. This 2-hour course fulfills this requirement.

Course Features

Indiana licensing requirements.
Indiana abatement requirements.
Indiana interim control requirements.

Participants Receive

Institute course manual.
Webinar or Classroom training.
Institute Compendium of Lead Rules.

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Lead Abatement Supervisor (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

4 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 3.2 CEUs

The U.S. EPA and U.S. HUD define "target housing" as any housing in the U.S. constructed before 1978 with a few exceptions. EPA defines "child-occupied facilities" as places built before 1978 in which a child six or under in age spends a significant time each week or year.

Persons supervising lead-based paint abatements in target housing and child-occupied facilities must be accredited. In addition, persons seeking to become a lead-based paint abatement contractor must either be accredited as a supervisor or employ such a supervisor.

This course is designed to meet the training requirements for U.S. EPA accreditation (40 CFR 745 Subpart L) and for U.S. HUD certification (24 CFR 35)

.Although OSHA requires that each employer use trained persons on all construction projects disturbing lead, there is no specific length of training required. While this course would certainly meet the requirements, one of our shorter training courses might be suitable where work other than actual lead-based paint abatement were being conducted. Other options include our approved lead abatement worker course or the U.S. EPA Certified Lead Renovator (RRP) course.

Course Features

Methods for identifying lead,lead-based paint (LBP), and LBP hazards.
Methods for safely working with LBP.
Clearance requirements for LBP work.
Regulations affecting LBP work.
Liabilities involved with LBP work
Supervisory responsibilities
Hands-on practice in:
- Establishing containment around LBP work.
- Safely removing and cleaning up after LBP work.
- Using appropriate PPE (personal protective equipment) - including selection of PPE

Participants Receive

Institute and EPA training manuals.
Institute Compendium of Lead Rules

Certification Information

To be fully accredited, persons completing this course must meet the state's experience and education requirements, fill out an application form, pay a licensing fee, and satisfactorily complete a third-party exam offered by the licensing state.

(Click to see requirements for Indiana or for Illinois. For EPA-only states, see our Lead Accreditation Information page.)

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Lead Abatement Supervisor (Refresher)

There currently are not any scheduled trainings for this class. Please check back or contact us for details.

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

Our approved refresher courses bring you up-to-date on changes in federal, state, and local regulations and review the basic information included in the initial accreditation course, and offer participants an opportunity to raise questions and discuss common concerns with other lead-based paint professionals.

Course Features

Update on state, federal and local lead regulations
Examination for state recertification.

Participants Receive

Study guide of important topics
Job tools to enhance performance

Certification Information

To remain licensed/certified to perform lead-based paint (LBP) abatement, you must complete an approved refresher course in each specialty.

It is important to complete your refresher training in a timely fashion and to pay close attention to state-by-state variations:

Illinois: Renew your license annually and take your refresher every 3 years.

Indiana: Renew your training and then your licensing every 3 years. Indiana gives a grace period of up to 12 months on the training and the licensing.

EPA-only states: Renew your training every 3 years. (No license is required.) or you will have to take the initial class again

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Lead Inspector (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50071/50072	Monday - Wednesday	October 19 - 21	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	$580	$550

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

3 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 2.4 CEUs

Persons conducting full lead-based paint inspections in target housing and child-occupied facilities must be accredited. In addition, persons conducting inspections for U.S. HUD target housing must be certified. HUD allows LBP inspectors to conduct clearance examinations following abatement or interim controls. Various states set similar requirements.

This course is designed to meet the training requirements for U.S. EPA accreditation (40 CFR 745 Subpart L) and for U.S. HUD certification (24 CFR 35).

Course Features

Methods for identifying lead-based paint (LBP), and LBP hazards.
Theory and method of using the X-ray fluorescence analyzer (XRF) for identifying lead-based paint.
Clearance requirements and techniques for conducting clearance.
Regulations affecting LBP work.
Liabilities involved with LBP work.
Hands-on practice in
- Determining the number of units to be inspected.
- Identifying the elements of a testing location.
- Using the XRF.
- Safely collecting paint chip samples.
- Conducting clearance sampling.
- Field trip to actual target housing.

Participants Receive

Institute and EPA training manuals.
Institute Compendium of Lead Rules

Certification Information

(Click to see requirements for Indiana or for Illinois.) For EPA-only states, see our Lead Accreditation Information page.

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Lead Inspector (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50077/50078	Tuesday	November 17	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	$175	$200

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

Our approved refresher courses bring you up-to-date on changes in federal, state, and local regulations, provide details on state-of-the-art work practices, review the basic information included in the initial accreditation course, and offer participants an opportunity to raise questions and discuss common concerns with other lead-based paint professionals.

Course Features

Update on state, federal and local lead regulations
Presentation of state-of-the-art methods for lead projects
Examination for state recertification.

Participants Receive

Study guide of important topics
Job tools to enhance performance
Hands-on experience to reinforce skills.

Certification Information

Indiana no longer requires Lead Risk Assessors to take both the inspector and risk assessor refreshers if they complete the risk assessor refresher. If a risk assessor chooses not to take the inspector refresher, they will still be allowed to conduct an inspection. The application fee will be paid just for the Risk Assessor and they will be listed only on the Indiana list of Risk Assessors. Anyone wishing to be on both lists must take both classes.

It is important to complete your refresher training in a timely fashion and to pay close attention to state-by-state variations:

Illinois: Renew your license annually and take your refresher every 3 years.

Indiana: Renew your training and then your licensing every 3 years. Indiana gives a grace period of up to 12 months on the training and the licensing.

EPA-only states: Renew your training every 3 years. (No license is required.) or you will have to take the initial class again

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Lead Risk Assessor (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50073/50074	Thursday - Friday	October 22 - 23	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	$395	$360

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

2 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 1.6 CEUs

The U.S. EPA and U.S. HUD define target housing as any housing in the U.S. constructed before 1978 with a few exceptions. EPA further defines child-occupied facilities as places built before 1978 in which a child six or under in age spends a significant time each week or year.

Persons conducting full lead-based paint risk assessments in target housing and child-occupied facilities must be accredited. In addition, persons conducting risk assessments for U.S. HUD target housing must be certified. HUD allows LBP risk assessors to conduct clearance examinations following abatement or interim controls. Various states set similar requirements.

Course Features

Methods for identifying lead-based paint (LBP) and LBP hazards.
Clearance requirements and techniques for conducting clearance.
Regulations affecting LBP work.
Liabilities involved with LBP work.

Participants Receive

Institute and EPA training manuals.
Institute Compendium of Lead Rules
Hands-on practice in
- Planning a risk assessment.
- Safely collecting paint chip samples.
- Conducting dust wipe sampling and clearance examinations.
- Field trip to actual target housing.

Certification Information

(Click to see requirements for Indiana or for Illinois. For EPA-only states, see our Lead Accreditation Information page.)

Besides the U.S. EPA accreditation (40 CFR 745 Subpart L) and similar state requirements, this course satisfies the U.S. HUD certification requirements (24 CFR 35).

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Lead Risk Assessor (Refresher)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50080/50082	Wednesday	November 18	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	$200	$175

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

Course Features

Update on state, federal and local lead regulations
Presentation of state-of-the-art methods for lead projects
Examination for state recertification.

Participants Receive

Study guide of important topics
Job tools to enhance performance
Hands-on experience to reinforce skills.

Certification Information

It is important to complete your refresher training in a timely fashion and to pay close attention to state-by-state variations:

Illinois: Renew your license annually and take your refresher every 3 years.
Indiana: Renew your training and your license every 3 years. Indiana gives up to 12 months variance on the training but only six months on the license.
EPA-only states: Renew your training every 3 years. (No license is required.)

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OSHA Lead in Construction Worker (Initial)

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
xxxxx	please call	please call	8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	$200	$175

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 0.8 CEUs

Lead-based paints are can still be used in industry, especially on steel structures. In addition, construction workers also encounter lead in during a variety of demolition and construction projects.

This course is designed to teach workers how to work with lead safely and how to use appropriate hygiene practices and personal protective equipment to protect themselves and their families. It also introduces them to the OSHA lead in construction standard and describes their rights and responsibilities under that standard.

Course Features

Hazards of lead and LBP.
OSHA and EPA requirements for working with lead and lead-bearing wastes.
Procedures for working safely with LBP.
Appropriate PPE for various types of construction work disturbing lead and lead-based paints.

Participants Receive

Institute course manual.
Classroom training.

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OSHA Compliance

OSHA Compliance Training

Explore OSHA Compliance Training options below. When ready to sign up for a course, follow these instructions or call us at (317) 248-4848 with questions.

Click on "Click Here for Class Information and Registration"
Select a training title
Find the section that works with your schedule
Click the green "Register" button to the right of that training
Fill out our short enrollment form

Course Options

Click the links below for class details

Confined Space Entry

OSHA 10-hour Construction Safety

OSHA 30-hour Construction Safety

Confined Space Entry

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Govt/Nonprofit Rate
50443/50444	Tuesday	November 10	8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$250	$220

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information

1 8-hour day
Continuing Education: 7 IN WWO General Hours, 0.7 CEUs

To manage the risk associated with working in confined spaces, OSHA required employers to identify confined spaces and conduct appropriate training to enter such space.

The Institute's Confined Space Entry course not only enables your supervisors and workers to comply with the standard, but it provides useful forms and hands-on experience in the proper techniques for entry and attendance so that your people will not become statistics.

Course Features

Procedures to identify and label confined spaces.
Equipment review.
Procedures for posting warnings
Entry approval procedures
Entry preparation procedures
Requirements for training
Requirements for rescue (and how to reduce the need)

Participants Receive:

Institute course manual.
Classroom training.
Useful forms, including sample permits.
Hands-on experience in:
- Use of PPE
- Air monitoring
- Actual entry

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OSHA 10-hour Construction Safety

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Government & Nonprofit Rate
xxxxx	please call	please call	9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.	$285	$255

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information:

1.5 days
Continuing Education: 1.0 CEUs

This course fulfills all requirements of the OSHA 10-Hour Construction Industry Outreach Training for construction workers. This course is available only as a customized course.

Course Features:

Basics of OSHA worker protection system and specific requirements for Excavations.
Walking / working surfaces.
Ladder, scaffold, and stairways.
Fire prevention and emergency actions.
Confined space entry
Fall protection.
Personal protective equipment.
Signs and barricades.
Lock-tag-try programs.
Electrical hazards.

Participants Receive:

Institute course manual.
Classroom training.
OSHA-accepted wallet card from an OSHA-certified trainer.

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OSHA 30-hour Construction Safety

Section	Day of Week	Meeting Date(s)	Start/End Time	Standard Rate	Government & Nonprofit Rate
xxxxx	please call	please call	8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$600	$575

*Please note that we can no longer accept cash or check payments onsite.

You will receive an email with directions on how to pay online after your registration form is completed successfully.
Payment must be received before the class begins or your seat in the class may be forfeited.
For companies that wish to pay registration fees for their employees, please complete the registration form and select "Company will pay for this course" as the payment option. Our Business Office will invoice you for payment.

Course Information:

4 8-hour days
Continuing Education: 3.0 CEUs

This course fulfills all requirements of the OSHA 30-Hour Construction Industry Outreach Training for construction employees having some safety responsibility.

Course Features:

Advanced presentation of OSHA worker protection system and specific requirements for topics presented in 10-hour course plus OSHA record-keeping and general duty requirements.

Participants Receive:

Institute course manual.
Classroom training.
OSHA-accepted wallet card from an OSHA-certified trainer

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EXPLORE COURSE OFFERINGS

Use the dropdown above to explore various new/initial and refresher course offerings. We offer trainings for asbestos, customized, hazardous material, HAZWOPER, housing, lead and OSHA compliance.

If you have any questions or trouble enrolling in a course, contact us at 317) 248-4848 or Indianapolis-EMI@ivytech.edu.

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About Us

Contact Information, Mission Statement and More

Address	Institute Phone	Direct Line	Email	Facebook	Twitter
9301 E. 59th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46218	317-248-4848	317-917-5902	Indianapolis-EMI@ivytech.edu	@EnvironmentalManagementInstitute	@hazmatinfotrng

IMPORTANT: If you are trying to register for a class that is not yet available or having issue, contact us at Indianapolis-EMI@ivytech.edu for assistance.

Attention

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is accepting certificates for those attending an asbestos refresher course virtually. The Indiana State Department of Health is also accepting attendance at a refresher course through virtual training. All initial courses are back to business as usual, being offered at our Lawrence facility. Attending virtually will not be accepted by the Illinois Department of Public Health for asbestos or lead recertification.

Mission Statement

Ivy Tech serves communities across Indiana, providing world-class education and driving economic transformation. It is the state’s largest postsecondary institution and the nation’s largest singly accredited statewide community college system. It serves as the state’s engine of workforce development, offering high-value degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its communities, along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.

Who We Are and What We Do

More than three decades ago, several individuals came together with an ambitious idea: connect health and safety information with those who need it. That idea served as the basis for the Environmental Management Institute, which opened its doors in 1990. Although based in the township of Speedway, the Institute provided training in the handling of asbestos, lead, and hazardous materials throughout the midwest. A stellar combination of knowledgeable instructors and expertly-crafted courses soon made the Institute a household name in the environmental health and safety community.

We have continued this mission into our newest chapter with Ivy Tech Community College. In summer of 2019, we merged with Ivy Tech and moved across town to the Fairbanks campus in Lawrence. Our 5000-square foot facility on the west side of Indianapolis provides us with ample space to provide both classroom and hands-on training year round. In our new facility, we still offer the numerous quality OSHA, EPA, DOT, and HUD compliance courses that industry professionals have come to expect from us. Workers, managers, regulators, and concerned citizens alike still turn to the Institute for their asbestos, lead, and hazardous materials training needs.

Each year, we train thousands of people in dozens of different courses, all of them related to the proper management of hazards. We are Indiana’s largest asbestos and lead trainer, providing courses to workers, supervisors, inspectors, planners, and many more. We are officially licensed in Indiana and Illinois, and most of the training certificates we provide can be used in multiple other states.

We are also Indiana’s largest private sector in-person trainer for the OSHA HAZWOPER standard, covering emergency response, waste-site cleanup, and RCRA TSDF disciplines. We are the proud Indiana training partner in the Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training. This Consortium has provided premium training courses for the midwest since 1988, funded in part by support from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).

We hope you will take the opportunity to browse our course offerings. Feel free to contact us with any questions about our courses or environmental or occupational health and safety. We may also be able to provide custom training to suit your needs. Our contact information can be found in the panel to the right, and our Recently Asked Questions section can be found below.

Frequently Asked Questions

Asbestos Questions

Question: A building with asbestos/asphalt/steel (galbestos) siding was involved in a fire. The siding is intact but some of the siding has friable asbestos exposed. If asbestos-trained roofing workers screw new siding onto the existing galbestos, is that regulated work?

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Question: My client has a utility tunnel with a soil floor. Due to previous (incorrect) abatement, there is a good deal of asbestos waste mixed with the soil. How can this be made safe and are licensed personnel required?

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Question: We are shipping asbestos wastes in bladder bags. The U.S. DOT says our driver must have a commercial drivers license with a hazmat endorsement. Is that true?

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Question: I received a call from a commercial flooring contractor. What training do thon's people need to remove asbestos flooring?

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Question: I am confused. When does the EPA NESHAP standard actually require me to perform point-counting rather than ordinary PLM analysis?

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Question: While my crew was removing floor tile and mastic, we had a visit from the local asbestos enforcement inspector. The inspector told me that my mastic remover residues are a hazardous waste? Is thon right?

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Question: While sampling the plaster at a large facility I collected eighteen samples from what appeared to be a single homogeneous area. The initial results showed four low positives, but after point-counting only one sample exceeded 1%. Does my client have to treat all areas of the plaster as ACM?

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Hazardous Waste / Hazardous Material Questions

Question: We are shipping asbestos wastes in bladder bags. The U.S. DOT says our driver must have a commercial drivers license with a hazmat endorsement. Is that true?

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Question: While my crew was removing floor tile and mastic, we had a visit from the local asbestos enforcement inspector. The inspector told me that my mastic remover residues are a hazardous waste? Is thon right?

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Question: While cleaning out a remote building, we found a 5-lb can of calcium carbide in a storage area. How should we dispose of it?

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Lead Questions

Question: I was doing a risk assessment for a HUD rehab grant. Because your trainer encouraged us to always take a soil sample, I sampled one area near the house, even though there was less than the de minimis amount of bare soil in the yard. The sample came up very high (13,900 ppm). Now what should I do?

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Question: During a lead inspection I checked the painted parking lot stripes and found high lead levels. Was I required to check this and what should I do with the information?

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Meet the Team

Joan Ketterman

Greg Sauer

Justin Shuller

Jack Leonard, PhD.

Trainer

President Emeritus

If you call to arrange a customized training, you will speak to Joan at some point. As our director, she divides her time between managing the program and teaching multiple lead, asbestos, and DOT hazardous materials courses.

Joan came to the Institute with more than a decade of K-12 teaching experience. During the early days of the EPA’s AHERA rule, Ms. Ketterman moved from teaching in schools to doing asbestos work within them. As a consultant, she conducted numerous asbestos building inspections, wrote a variety of management plans, participated in virtually all aspects of asbestos abatement projects, and directed technical training programs. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Michigan University and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Saginaw Valley State College.

Greg has been a contractor in the Indianapolis area for more than 25 years.

He specializes in 1890’s Victorian restorations.

Mr. Sauer brings an eclectic set of skills to the Institute, as he has done work ranging from energy audits for the Indiana Builders Association to working at Zion Nuclear Power Station. He has training in various lead, asbestos, and OSHA disciplines.

The newest member of our training team, Justin Schuller holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Indiana University.

There, he spent hours in biology and chemistry labs, working with everything from hydrochloric acid and methylene chloride to fruit flies and E. coli.

Justin is actively involved in several Local Emergency Planning Committees, as well as the Indiana Traffic Incident Management Effort. He now serves as the lead trainer for HAZWOPER Emergency Response and Asbestos Supervisor courses.

Since the founding of the Institute with Tom Neltner (now of the Environmental Defense Fund) in 1990, Jack’s determination and resolve has brought the Institute to its premier status today.

Dr. Leonard holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry and Biology from the California Institute of Technology. Jack officially retired in March of 2019, but he can still frequently be seen around the Institute.

He fields the toughest client questions, and occasionally teaches a class or two.

Directions
From downtown Indianapolis
- Follow I-70 Eastbound to I-465 Northbound
- Follow I-465 Northbound to the 56th Street Exit
- Follow 56th Street Eastbound to Post Road and turn left (north)
- Follow Post Road to its end (at 59th Street) and turn right.
- Proceed about 0.15 mile east to the Fairbanks Building of Ivy Tech. We are in the right hand (West wing) ground level.
From outside of Indianapolis

Make your way to the I-465 loop on the East side of Indy, exit at 56th Street and follow directions above.
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