California Title 22 · Online · Self-paced
California Hazardous Waste Generator Training
Train California generator personnel on state-specific waste determinations, accumulation, containers, manifests, emergency response, and training records.
California-specific, not generic RCRA
Covers the Title 22 layer, California-only waste, and the employer actions needed beyond an online course.
Title 22-aligned
Built around current DTSC generator guidance and California SQG/LQG requirements.
Practical delivery
Short videos, module quizzes, a final assessment, and job-focused decisions.
Audit-ready evidence
Completion certificate with a three-page regulatory crosswalk attached.
Built for California generator operations
California regulates hazardous waste more broadly than the federal program. This course teaches personnel how to use the current state framework, recognize California-only waste, select the correct generator controls, and build a record that makes sense during a CUPA inspection.
The honest compliance boundary
Online instruction is one part of the employer’s program. You still need job-specific procedures, facility emergency systems and equipment, supervised work where required, local CUPA requirements, and any separate HAZWOPER or DOT training that applies.
What learners will be able to do
Apply California’s hazardous-waste determination sequence at the point of generation.
Distinguish federal RCRA waste from California-only hazardous waste.
Determine monthly generator status and use the applicable accumulation limits.
Manage containers, tanks, labels, inspections, manifests, and core records.
Carry out assigned preparedness, emergency, and escalation responsibilities.
Build training records that connect course completion to actual job duties.
Regulatory basis
Each citation links to current DTSC guidance explaining the California generator requirement.
- 22 CCR 66262.11
Requires a generator to make an accurate hazardous-waste determination at the point of generation using the applicable listing, characteristic, testing, and generator-knowledge rules.
- 22 CCR 66262.16(b)(7)(C)
Requires SQG employees to be thoroughly familiar with proper waste handling and emergency procedures relevant to their responsibilities.
- 22 CCR 66262.17(a)(7)
Establishes the LQG personnel-training program, including job-relevant hazardous-waste procedures and effective emergency response.
- 22 CCR 66262.17(a)(7)(D)–(E)
Specifies LQG training-record content and retention for current and former personnel.
Course curriculum
Eight instructional modules, eight module quizzes, and a scored final assessment.
- 01
Why California Is Different
Federal RCRA, California-only waste, DTSC, CUPAs, cradle-to-grave responsibility, and the employer’s site-specific duties.
- 02
Is It California Hazardous Waste?
Waste-stream definition, exclusions, federal and M-listed waste, four characteristics, TTLC, STLC, WET, and generator knowledge.
- 03
Generator Status in California
Monthly counting, acute quantities, identification numbers, SQG/LQG limits, satellite areas, time limits, and escalation routes.
- 04
Containers, Tanks, Labels, and Storage
Container condition and compatibility, closed-container controls, inspections, hazard communication, dates, tanks, and emergency access.
- 05
Manifests, Transporters, and Records
Authorized destinations, transporters, paper and electronic manifests, return-copy tracking, exception reporting, and record systems.
- 06
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Prevention, equipment, coordinators, contingency plans, alarms, releases, cleanup boundaries, reporting, and role practice.
- 07
California Special Topics
Universal waste, used oil, treatment triggers, permit tiers, local overlays, and practical stop-and-escalate decisions.
- 08
Your Training Program Obligations
SQG familiarity, LQG program direction, deadlines, annual review, job mapping, syllabi, certification, and retention.
- 09
Final Assessment
A scored final assessment verifies the learner’s understanding before the completion certificate is issued.
Included resource
Regulatory crosswalk
Review the regulation-to-lesson map before purchase. The same crosswalk is attached to each completion certificate.
Who this course is for
California hazardous waste training FAQs
Who should take California hazardous waste generator training?
This course is designed for California personnel whose work affects hazardous-waste identification, accumulation, labeling, storage, manifesting, recordkeeping, inspections, or emergency response. That commonly includes EHS staff, generator-area supervisors, laboratory and production personnel, maintenance teams, and employees assigned waste-handling duties.
Does this course cover both SQG and LQG requirements?
Yes. The course explains the California SQG personnel-familiarity standard and the more formal LQG training-program, annual-review, and recordkeeping requirements. Employers must still classify the facility correctly each month and train each person on the procedures that apply to that person’s actual job.
Is online training allowed for California LQG personnel?
Yes. California’s LQG rule allows classroom, computer-based or electronic instruction, and on-the-job training. The program must still be directed by a person trained in hazardous-waste management procedures and must cover the duties, emergency systems, equipment, and procedures relevant to each position.
How often must California LQG training be renewed?
LQG personnel must complete the required initial program within six months of employment or assignment and take part in an annual review. The employer should also retrain when duties, waste streams, equipment, emergency procedures, or applicable rules change.
Does the certificate by itself make a facility compliant?
No. The certificate documents completion of this course, but the employer must add facility-specific job duties, waste streams, contingency or emergency procedures, equipment, local CUPA requirements, supervised work where required, and any separate HAZWOPER or DOT training that applies.
What records are included?
Learners receive a completion certificate with a regulatory crosswalk attached. The employer should retain it with the employee’s job title, job description, training description, completion evidence, and other records required for the facility’s generator category.
Is this the same as federal EPA RCRA training?
No. California implements an authorized hazardous-waste program with additional state-only classifications and generator requirements. This course teaches the California Title 22 layer and shows where federal RCRA concepts still apply. Facilities outside California should use the federal EPA RCRA course instead.
Which course do I need?
Compare California generator training with the federal RCRA and DOT transportation courses.
- Best for
- For anyone who touches hazmat shipments — the 1–2 hour baseline
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- Duration
- 1–2 hrs
- Best for
- For drivers, loaders, and shipping staff who perform regulated tasks
- Renewal
- Every 3 years
- Duration
- 6–8 hrs
- Best for
- For generator-site staff and EHS teams who manage hazardous waste
- Renewal
- Annual review for LQG personnel
- Duration
- 3–4 hrs
- Best for
- For California generator-site personnel who manage state-regulated hazardous waste
- Renewal
- Annual review for LQG personnel
- Duration
- Approx. 3 hrs
Availability and pricing are shown on each course page and confirmed at checkout. Renewal intervals reflect the cited federal regulations.
Train the team before the next CUPA inspection
Give California generator personnel a common operating baseline, then add the facility-specific procedures their jobs require.