Welcome to the web site of the National Capital Chapter of the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP), located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Members of the National Capital Chapter include Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (CHMMs) and environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) professionals from the District of Columbia and surrounding areas, including Northern Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland
The Potomac Section of the AIHA
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The National Capital Chapter of the AHMP
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The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Present
On February 27, 2012
The 2012 Professional Development Conference
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An 8-Hour HAZMAT Packaging and Handling Certification Course
Followed by:
The Essentials of Hazardous Materials Management 2/28/12 – 3/2/12
(A 4-Day Course – formerly known as the overview course and helpful in studying for the CHMM exam)
At Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus in Rockville, near Shady Grove Hospital
The PDC features 2 key note speakers
National Safety Professional of the Year, Emory Knowles discussing "Emerging Issues Impacting the EHS Profession"
NIOSH’s Max Lum discussing "Social Media in OH&S"
The PDC will have concurrent breakouts (see conference details for specifics).
The EHMM Course will cover 23 topics over 4 days and is taught by experts on these topics. The class has been expanded to 4 days without increasing the price based on feedback from previous sessions. This allows for more student to teacher interactions. This class is great for individuals who are preparing to sit for the CHMM exam and for those who are knew to the EHS field and would like an overview of key regulations affecting the area.
The 8-hour DOT HAZMAT course is designed to meet the general awareness and familiarization employee training requirements specified by USDOT in 49CFR Subpart H section 172.704 for employees meeting the definition of “Hazardous Materials Employee”.
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