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P.D. Shafer III, CHMM
David Shafer holds a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Health
from Drexel University. His
twenty-eight plus years of experience include the application of health
and safety knowledge and skills in the fields of hazardous waste site
activities, emergency response, and industrial operations.
He is an OSHA Authorized Trainer for both the Construction and
General Industry Outreach Training Programs.
Shafer is a
Certified Hazardous Materials
Manager (CHMM).
Throughout his career, Dave Shafer has developed training courses and
provided instructional services.
He has presented over 1560 days of training including more than
560 courses for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, California
EPA, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Center for
Hazardous Materials Research and many large and small private firms and
non-profit organizations.
Shafer served a one year temporary appointment from September 1986 to
June 1987 as a full-time faculty member in the Department of
Environmental Science at Allegheny College.
Since 1986 he has been associated with Rutgers University as an
adjunct instructor. Shafer
also worked as an instructor at the Pennsylvania College of Technology
for nine years.
Dave Shafer started his professional career working as a contractor to
the US Environmental Protection Agency.
He served as a Training Instructor for the EPA Incident Response
Training Program in Cincinnati, Ohio and Edison, New Jersey.
During that time he was directly involved in the development of
the following courses: Personnel Protection & Safety (165.2), Hazardous
Materials Incident Response Operations (165.5), Response Safety
Decision-Making Workshop (165.8), Field Monitoring & Sampling of
Hazardous Materials (165.4), Air Surveillance at Hazardous Materials
Sites (165.4). He was one of
three principal authors of the EPA health and safety training manual
that now serves as a standard training text.
He was also very involved in the development and review of the
EPA Standard Operating Safety Guides for hazardous materials incident
response. The EPA Incident
Response Training Program served as the model for the OSHA HAZWOPER
training requirements.
From 1988 through 2000 Shafer operated a multi-disciplinary
environmental consulting firm.
He managed services that included industrial environmental
management; residential environmental hazard evaluation including radon,
lead-based paint and asbestos; industrial hygiene and safety; wetland
delineation and permitting; on-site health and safety services for
hazardous waste site clean-up workers; and phase 1 and 2 environmental
site assessments. He also
developed and implemented health and safety programs for industry
including Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, Confined Space
Entry and Lab Safety Programs.
Shafer continues to expand his expertise regarding hazardous chemicals
and materials. Since 2004 he
has completed training in DOT/IATA Hazardous Materials Transportation,
Clandestine Laboratory Safety and Operations, Health Care Facility
Infection Control,
FEMA EMI Professional Development Series and the NJDHSS 40 Hour
Bioterrorism Preparedness Training Program.
He has also completed the required training and received OSHA
authorization to conduct the 10 and 30 hour Outreach Training courses
for both the Construction and General Industry.
Allegheny College
Shafer served a one year temporary appointment from September 1986 to
June 1987 as a full-time faculty member in the Department of
Environmental Science.
Responsible for the development and presentation of the following
academic courses: Elements of Physical Geography, Junior Seminar in
Environmental Science, Introduction to Environmental Science, Evaluation
and Assessment of Environmental Problems.
California EPA
As a consultant to the State of California EPA (formerly the Department
of Health Services, Toxic Substances Control Division) Shafer provided
training services for air monitoring instruments used at industrial and
abandoned sites contaminated with hazardous chemicals and wastes as well
as emergency response.
Project involved instructing State personnel in the proper use of such
instruments in assessing site hazards.
Cook College/New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Shafer has served as an adjunct instructor at Cook College Rutgers
University in the Office of Continuing Professional Education since
1986. He has developed and
presented health and safety training courses to the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection and New Jersey county health
officials.
Shafer served on the Instructional Staff for the 40 Hour Bioterrorism
and Emergency Preparedness Training Certificate Program in 2004 and was
responsible for developing and presenting Module 6 of the program,
“Developing Emergency Preparedness Plans.”
He also served as the back-up instructor for Module 13/14 –
HAZWOPER refresher for BT Responders.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
From 1980 to 1984 Shafer worked for consulting engineering firms under
contract to US Environmental Protection Agency.
He served as a Training Instructor for the EPA Incident Response
Training Program in Cincinnati, Ohio and Edison, New Jersey.
During that time he was involved in the development and
presentation of the following courses:
Shafer's primary responsibility was to develop the first three courses
and contribute to the development of the remainder.
In fulfilling the course development, he served as one of three
principal authors of a health and safety training manual which now
serves as a standard training text.
In addition, several video training tapes and slide presentations
were designed and produced. Other responsibilities included contributing
to the development and review of the EPA Standard Operating Safety
Guides. As an instructor
for the EPA Training Program, he presented training to over 1500
federal, state, and local response personnel in more than 60 course
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