Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NNFA-0276
Organization's ID:
R/N0655
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
43 hours and 25 minutes
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Hazardous Materials Management in Waste Technology/Technician
Description

Objective:

The course objective is for students to analyze and evaluate the science component to implement a risk-based response at a hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incident.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Apply the fundamentals of hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) response.
  • Evaluate classification technologies and their capabilities, applications, and limitations.
  • Evaluate the field identification technologies and their capabilities, applications, and limitations.
  • Apply the science component of a risk-based response process to actual and simulated hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) scenarios.

General Topics:

  • • fundamentals of hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction response • capabilities, applications, and limitations of classification technologies • capabilities, applications, and limitation of field identification technologies • application of science • final assessment
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials