Overview

H2S safety is a serious matter that cannot be taken lightly. H2S (Hydrogen Sulfide) is an extremly toxic gas that can kill a person instantly, or in just a matter of minutes. The first line of defense against the dangers of Hydrogen Sulfide is a quality H2S Awareness Training course. Through H2S safety training you will learn what H2S is, where you might encounter H2S, H2S properties and characteristics, the health effects of H2S, safe work practices, PPE, detection methods, and emergency response procedures. An understanding of these topics could save your life. Many people work around H2S everyday safely, and it is because they have had the training necessary to protect themselves from this highly dangerous gas. The H2S Training and Education Center's H2S Awareness Training course is designed first and foremost to help keep you safe, and help individuals and orginizations comply with OSHA's H2S safety training requirements. Take our H2S Awareness Training course today, and protect yourself from the known and unknown dangers of H2S tomorrow.

This course is for

Anyone who works or may work in an environment where H2S could be present, and has taken an H2S Awareness Training course before.

Compliance

This H2S safety training course is designed to help fufill the H2S training requirements of ANSI Z390.1, API Recommended Practice 49, OSHA H2S training requirements, and other international standards.

This H2S Awareness training is accepted in the following industries

• Oil Refining
• Natural Gas Processing
• Mining
• Natural Gas transmission and distribution
• Oil transmission and distribution
• Pulp and Paper
• Oil and Gas exploration
• Sewage and wastewater treatment
• Chemical manufacturing

Topics

• What is H2S
• How H2S is formed
• Common names
• Scientific names
• Properties and characteristics
• Color
• Odor
• Solubility
• Vapor density
• Flamability
• Corrosive
• Health effects of H2S
• How H2S affects the body
• Consequences of exposure
• Safe exposure limits
• OSHA H2S exposure limits
• NIOSH H2S exposure limits
• Industry standards
• Where H2S can be found
• Where H2S is in Nature
• Where H2S is in industry
• Gas detection equipment
• Electric H2S gas monitors
• Other H2S gas detection methods
• Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Basic requirements
• Respiratory protection
• H2S safe work practices
• Buddy system
• Engineering Controls
• Ventilation
• Containment
• H2S gas removal
• Contingency Plans
• Contingency plan defined
• Essential and non-essential personnel
• Emergency Response
• Emergency plan
• Successfull Rescues