COURSE OVERVIEW

Address leaks, confined-space hazards, and over-pressurization events involving carbon dioxide. Students analyze dispersion patterns, oxygen deficiency risks, and emergency mitigation strategies. Through tabletop and hands-on exercises, they practice ventilation, containment, and personal protection protocols, learning to interpret sensor data, manage scene safety, and make rapid, risk-based decisions in dynamic, potentially life-threatening CO₂ environments.

This course is built for hazardous materials technicians who already understand the basics, but need to tighten how they interpret what they’re seeing. We focus on how CO₂ actually behaves in real environments, how it impacts atmospheric monitoring, and why standard metering approaches can give you a false sense of security. Through real-world examples and scenario-based discussions, students will work through the kinds of situations where “normal readings” don’t mean normal conditions—and where assumptions start to break down.

This course satisfies the following requirements: OSHA 1910.120(a)(p)(q); NFPA 55, 400, 470, 472, 704, 1072, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994; ISO 17840-1:2022