8-Hour HAZWOPER Annual Refresher

8 Modules • 8 hours

80% Passing Score Required

You must score 80% or higher on each module quiz and on the final assessment to earn your completion record.

Before you use this refresher record

This course documents an annual refresher. Your employer or site operator must still confirm the records, procedures, and authorizations that control your actual work.

Proof that you previously completed the applicable 24-hour or 40-hour HAZWOPER initial training.
Site-specific safety and health plan information for the location where you will work.
Your assigned work role, exposure limits, supervision, medical surveillance, and emergency response level.
Employer respiratory protection program requirements, fit testing, medical clearance, cartridge change schedules, and respirator limitations where applicable.
PPE selection, inspection, donning, doffing, decontamination, and disposal procedures for the actual hazards at the site.
Emergency communication, spill/release reporting, evacuation, decontamination, and incident command interface procedures.
Any required hands-on demonstration, equipment-specific instruction, or employer verification before assignment.

If any of these items are missing, stop and ask for employer/site direction before accepting an assignment. Refresher completion alone is not a work authorization.

Completion documents 8-hour HAZWOPER annual refresher training for workers who previously completed applicable HAZWOPER initial training. This course does not provide initial 24-hour or 40-hour HAZWOPER certification and does not independently authorize site duties, PPE use, emergency response level, or hazardous waste operations assignment.

Module 1

HAZWOPER Refresher Purpose, Limits, and Worker Eligibility

HAZWOPER Refresher Purpose, Limits, and Worker Eligibility; Course boundary; Employer role; Annual timing; Completion record.