For those adjusters looking to diversify their professional portfolio, online HAZWOPER 40 Certification is now available in both English and Spanish through AdjusterPro.

What is HAZWOPER 40?
HAZWOPER is an loose acronym for OSHA’s Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard.  This standard defines safety protocol for various types of personnel exposed to hazardous materials.  HAZWOPER 40 is the most comprehensive and rigorous certification within this standard.

How is HAZWOPER 40 valuable to adjusters?
We see HAZWOPER making great sense because it adds another tool to your professional toolkit.  Like Rope and Harness certification, there is a demand for licensed independent adjusters with special training of a niche type – in this case, claims resulting from environmental disaster.  While you may not be donning a hazmat suit and rolling tar-balls, you will almost assuredly be expected to understand the implications of hazardous environmental conditions as you handle a claim.  And the bottom line is that all things being equal, adjusting firms providing these claims services are going to give the nod to a HAZWOPER 40 trained adjuster over an adjuster without the cert every time.  And finally, while odds are that nothing will come of it, there is no telling just how a major hurricane could interact with the oil contaminated waters of the gulf and affect shore-line properties.

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