Complete Successful ‘HAZWOPER’ Training; Start Date for Next Class Set

Training for Hazardous Waste Operations Workers designed to provide training of the clean-up of an uncontrolled hazardous waste site was a success.  The “OSHA HAZWOPER” class held at East Central Community College’s Career Advancement Center in Louisville taught participants the importance of on site safety and health plans, response protocol, confined space entry, emergency planning, decontamination, trenching, and excavation.  Participants who completed the training pictured front row from left are Delvontrese Goss, Dekendrick Hannah, Jerry Carter, Jeffrey Moore, and Lonnie Hobby all of Louisville, and Zach Hobby of Brandon; pictured second row from left, David Hickman, Rio Loving Desrick Baker, Frederick Harris, and Primas Hall, all of Louisville; pictured back row from left, Lee Parker of Noxapater, Ken Hickman, Kendrick Holmes, Douglas Triplett, and Calvin Triplett, all from Louisville; and pictured standing, Ben Rosenkrans, Instructor.  The start date for the next “HAZWOPER 40 Hour Training Class” is set to begin on Monday, October 1 and will run through Friday, October 5 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Financial assistance is available; visit your local WIN Job Center.  For more information on this class or other offerings at the Center, contact Shelley Thomas, Louisville Site Coordinator, at 662-536-1150; or Chris Clark, ECCC Workforce Development Coordinator, at 601-635-6245.  The email addresses are sthomas@eccc.edu, cclark@eccc.edu, or visit us on the web at www.eccc.edu/workforce.  (EC Photo)