About HazMat Student
HazMat Student, Inc. is a nationwide online safety-training provider founded in 2007, specializing in OSHA, HAZWOPER, DOT, first responder, and EMS training. With more than 67,000 course completions, we deliver fully narrated, self-paced online courses, plus classroom and onsite instruction, to the working people and employers who keep America's most hazardous jobs safe.
Our Company
Why HazMat Student Exists
HazMat Student was founded in 2007 with a straightforward goal: make fully compliant safety training genuinely accessible to the people who need it, and to the employers responsible for them. Compliance shouldn't be confusing, overpriced, or written only for safety professionals.
Nearly two decades later, that mission has grown into a curated catalog of 165+ courses spanning HAZWOPER, OSHA outreach, DOT hazmat, first responder, and EMS training. Our students are laborers, truck drivers, field and site crews, warehouse and environmental workers, and the safety managers and HR teams who train them. Every course is built to meet OSHA, EPA, and DOT standards, and to be understood and applied by the person actually doing the work.
Real-World Expertise
The Experience Behind Our Training
HazMat Student was founded by Rod Zierenberg, who brings direct, real-world experience to the training the company stands behind. Across a 25-year fire service career, Rod rose from certified Hazardous Materials Technician to Hazardous Materials Specialist on the Ventura County Fire Department's Hazardous Incident Response Team (HIRT), where he served roughly two decades, and retired as a Fire Captain. He held EMT licensure throughout his career and responded to thousands of emergency medical calls.
Rod founded HazMat Student in 2007 and built it on that experience: not theory written by marketers, but hazardous-materials, regulatory, and emergency-response knowledge earned in the field.
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Hazmat & HAZWOPERHazardous Materials SpecialistRoughly two decades on the Ventura County HIRT
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OSHA ComplianceOSHA Outreach InstructorOSHA 10 & 30-Hour, General Industry & Construction
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Emergency MedicalCareer-Long Licensed EMTThousands of EMS calls in the field
How It Works
How Our Training Is Delivered
Online, On Your Schedule
Our online courses run on the Online Training System (OTS): fully narrated, self-paced, supported by video and photography, with reinforcement quizzes and an immediate certificate on completion. Start, pause, and resume from any device.
Onsite & In the Classroom
Classroom, group, and onsite training for corporate accounts is delivered on location by accredited OSHA Outreach Instructors and EMS professionals representing HazMat Student, in HazMat Student gear, to the same standard as our online courses.
Trusted Since 2007
Built on Real Numbers, Not Slogans
Ready to Get Trained & Compliant?
Browse our full catalog of OSHA, HAZWOPER, and DOT courses, or set up a corporate account for group and onsite training.
