What is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)?

Managing hazardous materials and potentially hazardous materials has wide-ranging effects and requires proven skill and competence. The CHMM is a professional who has demonstrated, through education, experience and examination, the ability to identify and assess the risks of hazardous materials, mitigate or eliminate those risks, and manage their impact on human health and the environment. CHMMs provide proper controls for material handling, transportation, and security throughout the life cycle of hazardous materials, from design and production through storage, recycling, and ultimate disposal. They apply scientific knowledge, engineering technologies, and best management practices in compliance with all regulatory requirements.

What is a Certified Hazardous Materials Practitioner (CHMP)?

The CHMP is a person experienced in handling hazardous materials in a wide variety of specialties, such as environmental protection, emergency response, safety, transportation, and security. CHMPs have experience in packing, shipping, tracking or securing hazardous articles; responding to spills; and/or cleaning up contaminated sites. The CHMP certification is related to the CHMM, but focuses more on hands-on or workplace experience as a practitioner and less on the management aspects of the field. The certification is designed for hazardous materials workers with at least 5 years of relevant experience, but no BA/BS degree.

FAQs on the New Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) Recertification Standards

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Recertification Reminder...

All Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (CHMMs) who were certified or last recertified in 2003 are due to submit their recertification documentation covering the years 2004-2008 to the Institute office during 2009 according to the following schedule:

Your Last Name begins with: Submit Documentation by:

A - G June 30, 2009

H - O July 31, 2009

P - Z October 31, 2009

If you are a CHMM who was certified or last recertified in 2002 or earlier,

and you have not gone through recertification in the past year,

you are now overdue and subject to having your credential revoked.

The CHMP is here!

The Certified Hazardous Materials Practitioner (CHMP) is a new credential designed for Hazardous Materials workers with at least 5 years of relevant experience (or equivalent) but no BA/BS degree. To find out more and to download application materials, click here.