2026 8 Hour HAZWOPER Refresher

Renewing HAZWOPER, or Training a Crew from Scratch

Start from the worker rather than the product: who is renewing, what language they train in, whether anyone checks a card at the gate, and who has never held HAZWOPER training at all.

• 2026 8 Hour HAZWOPER Refresher. The page you are on. For an English-speaking worker whose employer files the certificate and needs nothing else in the wallet.
• 2026 HAZWOPER 8 Hour Refresher w/ ID Card. For a worker whose site or client asks to see something physical. A printed ID card ships on top of the printable certificate. View the 2026 HAZWOPER 8 Hour Refresher w/ ID Card
• 2026 HAZWOPER 8 Hour Refresher - Spanish. For a crew that trains in Spanish. The refresher is narrated in Spanish from the first unit through to the final exam. View the 2026 HAZWOPER 8 Hour Refresher - Spanish
• OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Training Online. For anyone on the crew who has never held HAZWOPER training. Initial training comes first, and the level decision is resolved on that page. View the OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Training Online

Sort the crew into those four rows and the purchase order writes itself. Mixed crews often need two of them in the same order.

What OSHA Expects an Annual HAZWOPER Refresher to Cover

29 CFR 1910.120(e)(8) sets the eight hours and also names what they are supposed to contain, which is why this course is built the way it is.

• The refresher draws on the initial course syllabus. The paragraph points back at the items listed at (e)(2): the hazards present on site, use of personal protective equipment, work practices, safe use of engineering controls, and medical surveillance requirements including the signs of overexposure.
• The past year's incidents belong in the training. The standard's own wording calls for any critique of incidents that have occurred in the past year that can serve as training examples of related work. It is the regulation asking the year's own events to feed back into the training.
• Other relevant topics are part of the requirement too. The requirement closes on other relevant topics, which is how a refresher keeps pace with what changed on the site since the worker last trained.
• Five units carry all of it. General categories of hazards, medical surveillance programs, general physical hazards, chemical protective clothing and respiratory requirements, and site characterization and control procedures.