BioRecovery Technician Refresher Course
Whether you call it crime scene cleanup, trauma scene recovery, forensic restoration, or biorecovery, training is a must!
This course was designed to convey the most scientifically accurate information in a way that is incredibly interesting and easy to understand. Twenty chapters of our comprehensive course material includes:
Introduction to microbiology; disease and defense; orientation to bloodborne pathogens; protecting yourself on the job; intro to HAZCOM and SDS; confined space operations; lockout/tagout; other regulated hazards; biorecovery equipment & supplies; specialty equipment and its use; chemicals of biorecovery; containment of sharps and waste; biohazard cleanup; decomposition and its odors; non-biohazard cleanup; transport of regulated medical waste; crime scenes; dealing with family and survivors; dealing with psychological stressors; legal issues and documentation; photographing the scene; dealing with the media.
Your Instructor
Kent Berg, ACBTI, is the Director of NIDS. He has taught specialty decontamination of crime scenes, meth labs, disease outbreaks, and other biohazard challenges to over 800 companies across the U.S. , Canada, Australia, and the U.K.; and has provided countless others with technical assistance. Experience: He has supervised the cleanup and disinfection of over 1,000 crime and trauma scenes, and has written five training manuals which are considered by many to be the most comprehensive in the world. In 2001 his company was contracted by the U.S. Government to decontaminate a postal facility within the Veterans Medical Center in Washington, DC that was contaminated with anthrax.
He has personally performed Cruise Ship decontamination for Norovirus, and MRSA. As a consultant, he has assisted Cities, Counties and the U.S. military prepare bid requests for biorecovery services, and assisted in creating legislation for biorecovery statutes.
Published Works: He is a Freelance Writer for ICS and R&R journals. His articles review the administrative and technical aspects of biological remediation outside of the healthcare environment.
Other Accomplishments: Mr. Berg is an OSHA-authorized Outreach Trainer, and is the Founder, Past President, and currently a consultant/advisor for the American BioRecovery Association. He was recently invited to chair the IICRC S-540 Consensus Committee for Trauma and Crime Scene Cleanup Standards. He holds membership in the American BioRecovery Association, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, International Association of Hazardous Materials Technicians, and the Cleaning Industry Research Institute.