The career that I am interested in is hazardous material removal worker. They are the first people to respond to a disaster that involves any hazardous materials that could negatively impact the environment or the inhabitants in a given area.
A hazmat removal worker’s job is to identify, contain, and dispose of any material that can cause harmful effects to humans, animals, and the environment. The materials that are usually disposed of are toxic, flammable, radioactive, corrosive, and materials that are dangerous if exposed to the human body for prolonged periods of time. The jobs that are assigned to each group of workers is dependent of which branch they are in. Constructing containment areas and quartan off areas as well as relocating the …show more content…
The education required to become a hazmat removal worker is a Highschool diploma and mandatory 40 hours on the job training in agreement with OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration).
The average salary range for a hazmat removal worker is $26,630 to $74,160 making an average of $16.61 an hour. Hazmat removal workers get an incremental raise in their paycheck every two years of experience. They can expect health insurance and a week of paid vacation as fringe benefits.
The cons of being a hazmat removal worker are spending days away from your family and loved ones if a disaster occurs, overtime is common and depending on weather you are employed at a nuclear facility you can be either working overtime during refueling periods or unemployed, you could get sick from exposure to the hazardous materials that you are disposing of.
One of the most important tasks of a hazmat removal worker is to calculate the half-life of a radioactive substance or how long will a gaseous hazard stay active and how quickly it spreads and dissipates in a room. They also must work in groups of three to quickly and efficiently scrub down the contaminated area and to quarantine, contain, and relocate/dispose of the hazardous
A hazmat removal worker’s job is to identify, contain, and dispose of any material that can cause harmful effects to humans, animals, and the environment. The materials that are usually disposed of are toxic, flammable, radioactive, corrosive, and materials that are dangerous if exposed to the human body for prolonged periods of time. The jobs that are assigned to each group of workers is dependent of which branch they are in. Constructing containment areas and quartan off areas as well as relocating the …show more content…
The education required to become a hazmat removal worker is a Highschool diploma and mandatory 40 hours on the job training in agreement with OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration).
The average salary range for a hazmat removal worker is $26,630 to $74,160 making an average of $16.61 an hour. Hazmat removal workers get an incremental raise in their paycheck every two years of experience. They can expect health insurance and a week of paid vacation as fringe benefits.
The cons of being a hazmat removal worker are spending days away from your family and loved ones if a disaster occurs, overtime is common and depending on weather you are employed at a nuclear facility you can be either working overtime during refueling periods or unemployed, you could get sick from exposure to the hazardous materials that you are disposing of.
One of the most important tasks of a hazmat removal worker is to calculate the half-life of a radioactive substance or how long will a gaseous hazard stay active and how quickly it spreads and dissipates in a room. They also must work in groups of three to quickly and efficiently scrub down the contaminated area and to quarantine, contain, and relocate/dispose of the hazardous