Applied Chemistry for EHS Professionals™

Applied Chemistry for EHS Professionals™ has been delivering a powerful and practical understanding of chemistry for more than 20 years. This course has been refined and updated as a single three-day course to meet the needs of today’s EHS professionals. Rest assured, no background in chemistry is required!

Stronger understanding of chemistry allows EHS professionals to better understand nearly all aspects of their work, including selecting appropriate laboratory analysis and interpreting results, site characterization, toxicology, monitoring data, regulatory and permit limits, and environmental and human health hazards. You will be better prepared to predict and understand fate and transport of chemicals in environmental media, select sampling and monitoring strategies, evaluate laboratory analytical data, diagnose unexpected results, and make more informed EHS decisions.

Aarcher Institute presenters draw on many years of applied, practical environmental chemistry experience to provide straightforward, understandable explanations of the chemical processes and issues that affect important environmental compliance management considerations. Case studies and real-world examples are used throughout.

Applied Chemistry for EHS Professionals™ is offered most often at our training facility in the Annapolis (MD) historic district and online via live virtual attendance. All sessions run three days, and the course fee is $1,625, with discounts available for early registration, groups of three or more, government employees, students, and veterans. Corporate partnership discounts are also available. 

Browse upcoming dates and register early—early bird pricing and seats are limited: Applied Chemistry for EHS Professionals™

Who Should Attend?

This course is a valuable professional development opportunity for anyone who performs monitoring, evaluates permit limitations, receives laboratory analytical data, conducts site assessments, manages hazardous materials or hazardous wastes, or analyzes technical EHS reports. No chemistry background required.

What is the Course Format?

We believe the most effective learning experience is created from live courses. 

The course is presented as a series of topical modules over three days with case studies and real-world examples, frequent breaks, and a 1-hour lunch. Open discussion is encouraged throughout to clarify information and explore aspects of applied chemistry.

What Does the Course Deliver?

You will leave with the chemistry knowledge necessary to succeed as an EHS professional, along with a course binder, presenter contact information, and continuing education credits accepted by all major certifying bodies.

Participants will:

• Understand chemistry principles that affect nearly all aspects of EHS compliance 
• Gain confidence in understanding and questioning laboratory analytical results
• Develop new capabilities in understanding EHS technical reports and analyses
• Learn the basis for hazardous materials and waste characterization and management
  

Why Choose Aarcher Institute?

Aarcher Institute is a professional training organization that has hosted more than 9,500 professionals for more than 20 years. Presenters are selected for regulatory expertise, real-world experience, and demonstrated training ability.

Our exclusive course content was developed and continually refined by experienced compliance professionals. This is not a self-paced slide deck or scripted presentation delivered by full-time instructors or guest speakers. Practicing EHS professionals provide live instruction and foster open discussion to enhance understanding.

Over 20 years of proven delivery of exclusive content designed specifically for EHS professionals, not academic chemists. Presented by a presenter with 35+ years of environmental engineering, consulting, and applied chemistry experience.

Are Course Discounts Available?

Yes. Early bird registration (10% off), groups of three or more (15% off), government employees (15% off), students, and veterans all receive discounts. 

Corporate partnership discounts are also available.

Applied Chemistry for EHS Professionals™ covers the chemistry concepts most relevant to environmental compliance work, from chemical measurements and physical properties through sampling, analysis, and statistics for EHS professionals.

Topics Covered

• Chemical Measurements (Both U.S. and SI)
  
  • Scientific Notation
    
  • Accuracy and Precision
    
  • Dimensional Analysis
• Physical Chemistry
  
  • Physical and Chemical Properties
    
  • Gas Laws, Henry’s Law, etc.
• Organic Compounds
  
  • Nomenclature
    
  • Transformations/Reactions
• Metals
  
  • Fate and Transport
    
• Inorganic Substances
  
  • Reactions/Reactivity
    
  • Nuclear Chemistry/Radioactivity
    
• Special Chemicals and Processes
  
  • Organic (e.g., PCBs, CFCs, etc.)
    
  • Inorganic (e.g., NOx, SOx, etc.)
    
  • Metals (e.g., Pb, As, Hg, etc.)
    
  • Waste Treatment Processes
    
• Sampling
  
  • Techniques in Different Media
    
  • Data Quality Objectives
    
  • Common Sampling Errors
    
• Analysis
  
  • Techniques (e.g., SW846, etc.)
    
  • Laboratory Data Quality
    
  • Common Analytical Problems
    
• Statistics for EHS Professionals
  
  • Descriptive
    
  • Tests of Hypotheses
    
  • Control Charts

Every participant leaves the Applied Chemistry for EHS Professionals™ course with the chemistry knowledge necessary to succeed as an EHS professional. You will return with a course binder, useful references, example documents, and other tools, presenter contact information for follow-up questions, and your notes from the presentations and discussions.

You Will Receive:

• Continued Access to Presenters: Contact your presenter in the future as challenges arise
• Printed Materials: Binder of presentation materials for later reference
• Reference Materials: Electronic copies of key reference materials and example documents
• Notes: Your notes from class discussions
• Printed Certificate: Embossed certificate of accomplishment to display and share

Applied Chemistry for EHS Professionals™ is approved by all major environmental, safety, legal, and engineering certifying bodies for continuing education and professional development credits. Upon completion, you will receive a certificate with the information needed to submit to your licensing or certifying body. If any issue arises with the award of credits, the Aarcher Institute will work directly with the certifying body on your behalf.

All Aarcher Institute presenters are exclusive and present Aarcher Institute proprietary course content.

Applied Chemistry for EHS Professionals™ is presented by a presenter with over 35 years of environmental engineering, consulting, and site remediation experience, for whom chemistry was an integral aspect of his career. The presenter draws on extensive applied chemistry experience to provide straightforward, understandable explanations relevant to EHS work.

Presenter:

• Richard (Rick) Stanford, PE, CHMM