Updated on 11/1/22
Effective Date: October 22, 2022
This rule created a new chapter, refinery worker training and certification in high-hazard facilities, implementing the advanced safety training requirements under chapter 49.80 RCW, adopted by the Washington State legislature in 2019. Chapter 49.80 RCW, requires owners of petroleum refining or petrochemical manufacturing facilities to use a skilled and trained workforce when contracting for construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or maintenance work. All workers in the skilled and trained workforce must have completed at least 20 hours of approved advanced safety training for workers at high-hazard facilities within the past three calendar years. This adoption includes requirements for advanced safety training certification for workers, a curriculum for in-person classroom and laboratory instruction, and approval of training providers.