Attachment 3 Training and Certifications Requirements.pdf

This is an attachment outlining training and certification requirements for contract employees under federal contract 80AFRC26Q0005.

The document specifies mandatory training and certifications organized by occupational category. Under Occupational Medicine, all health unit staff must maintain Basic Life Support Provider certification from the American Heart Association every two years. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider certification is required every two years for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and paramedic/rescue specialists. All registered nurses must hold a current State of California RN nursing license (renewed annually) and CAOHC occupational hearing conservation certification (every five years). One registered nurse and one nurse practitioner or physician assistant must complete the NIOSH Spirometry Course every five years. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants must obtain FMCSA Medical Examiner certification every ten years. One position requires an MD or DO medical license from California (renewed every two years), and one position requires FAA Designated Senior Aviation Medical Examiner certification (renewed every three years). Paramedic and rescue specialists must maintain NREMT certification annually.

Under Environmental Health, one position requires either California Certified Asbestos Consultant or Certified Site Surveillance Technician certification (renewed annually). One environmental technician must complete the AIHA Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene Course (one-time requirement). One environmental technician requires Health Physics Technician Level 1 certification with hands-on radiation instrumentation training (one-time). Health physicists must maintain DOT/IATA Shipping of Radioactive Material Course certification (two years for IATA, three years for DOT) and complete Laser Safety Officer and Radio Frequency Safety Officer Training courses (both one-time requirements).