Psychological Effects and Community Stress: Community Stress Training for Environmental Health Professionals - Section IV - Response Strategies to Chronic Exposures

This Net Web Conference Training represents a series of modules on possible psychological effects and stress encountered in communities faced with chemical releases. The material will be discussed over a five week period, and is divided into five sections. The first section (Section I) is an overview, which presents basic definitions of what psychological stress is, the various types of st...
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ArcGIS10: Geoprocessing- Advanced Techniques for Environmental Applications

This course is designed for intermediate to advanced GIS users to explore advanced ArcGIS techniques for geoprocessing. We will start with ArcToolbox, work into Model Builder, and then into Python scripting. It is expected that upon completion of this course each student will have an in depth understanding model builder and introduction into Python scripting in ArcGIS. After completing this...
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Negotiations for OSCs (Internet-based Seminar Series)

CERCLA Inspectors pursuant to EPA Order 3500.1 have basic training requirements including Fundamentals of Superfund, Enforcement Process Overview, Removal Process, and a negotiations training course. OSC Credentials are currently being renewed and some senior OSCs do not have adequate documentation that they have met the basic training requirements. To facilitate EPA OSCs obtaining the required tr...
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Best Management Practices for Site Assessment, Site Remediation, and Green Remediation Footprint Reduction

The Best Management Practices for Site Assessment, Site Remediation, and Green Remediation Footprint Reduction 1-day course is comprised of the following three Best Management Practices (BMP) sessions: BMPs for Site Assessments: These BMPs draw on science and technology advancements and practitioner experience to develop strategies for making site assessments more scientifically-defensible,...
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ArcGIS10: An Introduction to Environmental Applications

This 3-day hands-on class introduces participants to the environmental applications of ESRI's ArcGIS 10 software. The course will build upon a discussion of general concepts and vocabulary to form a comprehensive overview of ArcGIS 10’s functions and uses in the environmental field. Each participant will have their his or her own computer workstation to create, edit, display and analy...
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Meeting New Federal-Aid Requirements for Value Engineering Analysis Studies

Value Engineering is used by government agencies as well as design, construction, and manufacturing industries to optimize projects, business and manufacturing processes, and product development. The benefits of a VE study include decreasing costs, increasing profits, and improving quality and performance, while enhancing customer satisfaction. More substantial changes have been made to federal ...
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Advanced NEPA-An Intensive One-Day Seminar With Solutions to the Most Difficult NEPA Problems

You’ve been to training on the basics, the fundamentals, the essentials, the step-by-step. You’ve been to refreshers and updates. It’s time to take the National Environmental Policy Act to the next level – Advanced NEPA. NEPA is often criticized for costing too much, taking too long, and accomplishing too little. If you have any role in the NEPA process, you have a s...
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Combined RRT 1 and 2 Spring 2017 Meeting

**Save the Date - April 11-13, 2017** You are invited to attend and participate in the combined Regional Response Team 1 and 2 (RRT1 and 2) Spring 2017 meeting. The agenda for the meeting is under development and will be posted to this site when available. RRTs are the federal component of the National Response System, made up of representatives from 15 federal departments and agencies ...
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Facilitation Skills and Collaborative Negotiation Training for Environmental Professionals

This course combines concepts and material from NWETC's Facilitation Skills for Environmental Professionals and Collaborative Negotiation Skills for Environmental Professionals. A basic agenda of the topics covered is: Negotiation 1. How to get a group who is negotiating a compromise to re-direct the course of the negotiations when you are a team member and when you h...
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Hazardous Materials Technician

This 3-day, 24-hour course emphasizes how to properly respond to releases or potential releases of hazardous materials for the purpose of mitigating the release in accordance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(iii). This course is designed for the first responders (firefighters, law enforcement, hazmat team members and environmental personnel...
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