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Occupational Title: HAZMAT Maintenance Technician Key Purpose: Treat, monitor, store, and dispose hazardous materials and conduct emergency response.
Critical Work Function 5 Monitor, inspect, and conduct sampling for environmental, health, and safety compliance.			Occupational Skills, Knowledge and Conditions
Key Activities		Performance Criteria	Occupational Skills and Knowledge	Conditions
Those duties or task clusters that are necessary to perform each critical work function.		Specific demonstrable performance and standards that indicate when the key activity has been performed successfully.	Those skills and knowledge that are specific to the occupation, such as technical processes or procedures common across the occupation that are critical to the related key activity.	Tools, resources and equipment necessary to carry out key activities and their related performance criteria.

5.1	Perform facility and equipment inspections.	Number Criteria 5.1.1  Inspect personal protective equipment (PPE) and respiratory protection systems according to regulations.  5.1.2  Inspect hazardous waste storage areas for compliance with appropriate rules and regulations.  5.1.3  Document activities of hazardous waste treatment and disposal contractors.  5.1.4  Inspect equipment and monitoring systems.  5.1.5  Post inspection checklist completed.	Knowledge and application of proper procedures to conduct facility and equipment inspections.   Knowledge and understanding of the proper use of Personal Protective Equipment.	Personal Protective Equipment.
5.2	Perform enviromental health and safety monitoring to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.	Number Criteria 5.2.1  Evaluate meter and gauge reading trends.  5.2.2  Calibrate field and laboratory instrumentation, such as instrumentation for air monitoring, groundwater monitoring, soil monitoring, solid waste monitoring, and surface water monitoring.  5.2.3  Perform field tests according to instructions and procedures.  5.2.4  Adjust procedures appropriately for potential sample interferences.  5.2.5  Identify the appropriate use, limitations, and applications of sampling equipment, such as colorimetric indicator, combustible gas indicator, and organic vaporizer analyzer.  5.2.6  Perform personal exposure monitoring in accordance with appropriate standards, such as noise monitoring, radiation dosimetry, temperature extremes, and threshold limit value/biological exposure indices.  5.2.7  Follow appropriate plans, such as assessment plan, health and safety plan, initial sampling plan, remediation plan, risk assessment plan, site closure plan, standard operating procedures, and waste minimization plan.  5.2.8  Operate field and laboratory instrumentation such as instrumentation for air monitoring, groundwater monitoring, soil monitoring, solid waste monitoring, and surface water monitoring.  5.2.9  Post-monitoring audit indicates adherence to environmental health and safety federal and state regulations.	Knowledge of federal and state environmental health and safety monitoring procedures.   Knowledge and understanding of the proper use of Personal Protective Equipment.   Knowledge and ability to use monitoring equipment.	Personal Protective Equipment Monitoring Equipment
5.3	Conduct air, soil, water, and waste sampling for analysis.	Number Criteria 5.3.1  Collect samples, such as, air and soil, bulk materials, groundwater, solid wastes, and surface water in accordance with instruction and/or procedures.  5.3.2  Characterize hazardous waste for sampling purposes.  5.3.3  Document sampling for hazardous wastes characterization purposes.  5.3.4  Document procedures appropriately for potential sample interferences. 5.3.5  Prepare and ship samples to laboratory.  5.3.6  Identify hazardous wastes for acute toxicity, corrosivity, ignitability, and reactivity. 5.3.7  Post-analysis documentation indicates air, soil, water, and waste sampling conducted according to regulations.	Understanding and utilization of air, soil, water, and waste sampling analysis procedures.   Understanding and usage of maintenance and sampling equipment and procedures.	Groundwater Well Sampling Equipment (balers and submersible pumps)  Decontamination Equipment  Monitoring Equipment  Water and Soil Sample Containers  Composite Sampler  Soil Sampler  Refrigerator