Scott Burkart

Scott Burkart

Professional Speaker and Trainer
Senior Safety Consultant, Pearl Engineering
Former Deputy Chief of EMS Prevention and Training
– Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Scott Burkart is a Senior Safety Consultant for Pearl Engineering Corporation with more than 30 years’ experience as a professional firefighter.  Mr. Burkart was the Fire Chief for the Eau Claire, WI prior to his retirement and joining Pearl Engineering as a Senior Safety Consultant.  Scott also has over 25 years’ experience as an instructor in safety and fire safety.

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Confined Space Entry
This eight hour course prepares the worker to work in and around confined space safely as defined in the OSHA 1910.146 permit required confined spaces and other OSHA standards.

This course covers the required information on the regulations and procedures  for the Entrant, Attendant, and Entry Supervisor duties and responsibilities through lecture and hands on practical drills.

Upon competition the worker will be able to identify permit required confined spaces and the hazards that may be present.

Includes:

How to complete the required entry permit and prepare the confined space for entry using ventilation, lockout/tag out procedures and other techniques to identify hazards prior to entry.

How to monitor for atmospheric hazards, eliminate, control or protect themselves from all hazards and use the Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) needed to safely perform their duties in and around confined spaces.

Confined Space Rescue
This eight hour course is designed to prepare the worker that is designated by the employer to perform rescues from Permit Required Confined Spaces.

This hands on class allows the worker to practice using the PPE, retrieval equipment, air monitoring and rescue equipment to perform rescues from vertical, horizontal and restricted openings in permit required Confined spaces.

This class meets the requirements for the designated rescue team requirements as outlined in OSHA 1910.146 standard.

Confined Space Rescue Annual Refresher
This 4 to 8 hour Class is based on the confined space rescue needs of the company as stated in OSHA 1910.146.

The OSHA standard requires each member of the designated rescue team to perform an actual or simulated rescue from every size, type, configuration of confined spaces they may make a rescue from.

This annual confined space refresher will assist with developing rescue plans for Permit Required Confined Spaces at the facility and review and sharpen the workers skills by using the PPE, retrieval equipment and other tools to practice rescues from the identified permit required confined spaces.

HAZWOPER 24 hour class
OSHA 1910.120 standard requires training for the worker that works with or responds to a hazardous material spill or release to mitigate the incident in an offensive mode.  This class covers regulations, terminology, toxicology, physical properties, incident command, hazard identification and hazard mitigation as outlined in the OSHA standard along with the hands on requirement of PPE, response equipment used, and Air monitoring meters.
HAZWOPER 40 hour class
OSHA 1910.120 standard requires training for the worker that works with or responds to a hazardous material spill or release to mitigate the incident in an offensive mode.  This class covers regulations, terminology, toxicology, physical properties, incident command, hazard identification and hazard mitigation as outlined in the OSHA standard along with the hands on requirement of PPE, response equipment used, and Air monitoring meters.
HAZWOPER 8 hour Annual Refresher
OSHA 1910.120 standard requires training for the worker that works with or responds to a hazardous material spill or release to mitigate the incident in an offensive mode.  This class covers regulations, terminology, toxicology, physical properties, incident command, hazard identification and hazard mitigation as outlined in the OSHA standard along with the hands on requirement of PPE, response equipment used, and Air monitoring meters.
Incipient Industrial Fire Brigade Member Training: 8 to 16 class hours
This class is for the worker that is designated by their employer to operate and extinguish fire in the incipient stage with portable extinguishers and or hand lines flowing 125 gpm or less.

The class will cover the OSHA and NFPA standards relating to industrial fire brigades, fire behavior, incident command, and operation within the companies emergency response plan.

The hands on session will allow the worker to select the proper extinguisher, and evaluate the fire and room condition to safely extinguish a fire with portable extinguisher and 1 ½ hose lines.

Haz mat operations level 24 hour

Haz mat operations annual refresher 4 – 8 hours

Haz mat awareness level 2 – 4 hours

Haz comm

Haz Mat DOT shipper 8 hours

Emergency response training

Fire Extinguisher training

Lock-out Tag-outFall Protection

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