This course is specifically designed to apply the concepts of workplace health and safety to the increasingly complicated arena of waste management. As well as practical skills and information, the course will emphasize the worker's roles and responsibilities to take care of themselves, and each other, on the job at landfills, debris disposal sites, WTE plants, transfer stations, MRFs, and other waste processing facilities.

This course was originally approved by the SWMTC in Decmeber of 2012 and will be valid until December 2021.