Nev. Admin. Code § 459.95418 - Training procedures

The owner or operator of a facility with a process that is subject to C.A.P.P.:

1. Shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, ensure that each employee who is operating a process or will operate a process is trained in an overview of the process and in the operating procedures created pursuant to NAC 459.95416. Such training must include, without limitation, training in:

(a) The layout of the plant;

(b) The location of equipment and instruments;

(c) The specific safety and health hazards;

(d) Emergency operations, including, without limitation, procedures for an emergency shutdown;

(e) Safe work practices that are applicable to the job tasks of the employee; and

(f) The program for the management of changes developed and implemented pursuant to NAC 459.95423, including instruction on how to recognize activities that are not replacement in kind.

2. May, in lieu of providing the training required pursuant to subsection 1, certify in writing that an employee who was operating a process on May 26, 1992, possesses the required knowledge, skills and abilities to carry out the duties and responsibilities safely as specified in the operating procedures.

3. Shall provide an employee with refresher training at least once every 3 years, and more often if it is determined after consultation with the employees who operate the process to be necessary, to ensure that the employee understands and adheres to the current operating procedures of the process.

4. May provide employees with any combination of classroom and field training, including, without limitation, on-the-job training. Training must, at a minimum, follow a predefined syllabus or checklist to ensure that each employee receives training which is essential to his or her job performance. On-the-job training, if it is the only method employed, does not satisfy the requirements of this subsection unless it follows a predefined syllabus or checklist.

5. Shall ascertain that each employee who operates a process has received and understood the training required pursuant to this section.

6. Shall prepare records that include, without limitation:

(a) The identity of the employee;

(b) The date of training;

(c) The substance of the training provided on that date; and

(d) The means used to verify that the employee understood the training, including, without limitation, any test records from such verification.

Notes

Nev. Admin. Code § 459.95418

Added to NAC by Environmental Comm'n by R121-98, eff. 5-27-99; A by R041-01, 10-25-2001; R137-04, 2-15-2005

NRS 459.3818, 459.3833