CPT Credit: 4 Hours

Description: This course meets the requirements for hazmat refresher training at the awareness level as specified by the California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI). The course references the 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2000).

Note: The course is copyrighted by OnGuard, and POST distribution and use of the course is restricted to California law enforcement agencies and training presenters, and Hazmat will run only on computers POST configured computer.

Organization
Diagnostic Quiz: Fifty-item test designed to assess the student’s current knowledge of hazmat. Test results are divided into sections corresponding with the lessons of the course. One can then determine which sections to emphasize when taking the course.

Modules:

• General Principles
• Recognizing the Incident - Part I
• Recognizing the Incident - Part II
• Safety, Isolation, and Notification

Scenarios: Student applies what has been learned to three different hazmat situations: an incident at a nursery, one at a drug lab, and another at a spill from a truck. Only one scenario needs to be completed. Each time one takes the course, a new scenario is presented.

Features:
Go To: Fast way to access modules and lessons without returning to the main menu.

Options Menu:

• Bookmarks - marks place for returning to a particular screen.
• Status - shows progress through the course and scores on the diagnostic quiz, scenario, and final quiz.
• Glossary - presents definitions of terms used in the course

Help:

• Tutorial - describes the function of all of the control buttons.
• What do I do here? - gives specific directions for what to do depending on where one is in the course and the type of exercise

Scoring:
Final Quiz: The passing score on the 20-item quiz is 70%. The quiz can be taken two times before having to re-take the course.