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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

IHMM professional certification recognizing competency in hazardous materials management.

Licensing authority: Institute of Hazardous Materials Management · Application information

Initial by examination
Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) examination
Agreements
Agree to Certification Agreement, Code of Ethics and application consent/confidentiality policies; make required criminal-conviction disclosures for IHMM review.
Applicability
Current official CHMM pages, publicly served October 2021 blueprint and November 2023 handbook were checked in this investigation; exact unpublished commencement/retirement dates remain null.
Approval
Submit application and fee; IHMM must approve eligibility before exam purchase, scheduling and sitting. Approved applications expire after 12 months and then require reapplication.
Attendance
Schedule after authorization and examination-fee payment through IHMM/Kryterion. Test-center candidates need Authorization to Test and two IDs including government-issued photo ID with signature and matching name; no walk-ins. Live remote proctoring is an alternative subject to IHMM equipment, quiet-room and onboarding requirements.
Award
Pass the CHMM multiple-choice examination and pay the annual fee for issuance. The official CHMM initial requirements identify this one examination and no separate oral, practical or writing assessment.
Documentation
Upload official transcript or diploma before submission. Foreign degrees require recognized U.S. BS/BA equivalency; the handbook permits an applicable additional relevant accredited U.S. degree transcript instead of a foreign equivalency report.
Education
Baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited institution, with preference for the applied science and related fields listed in the official requirements; no academic waiver.
Experience
At least four years of relevant hazardous materials management or related experience, with third-party employment verification.
Language And Accommodations
English only; no translators. ESL additional time and ADA accommodations require the prescribed IHMM request and supporting review.
Training
Specific exam preparation or training is not required; courses and self-study are optional, with no compulsory course-attendance condition in the CHMM requirements.

Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) examination

Provider
IHMM; proctored delivery through Kryterion
Format
English multiple-choice knowledge examination; test-center or live remote proctoring
Exam questions
Total questions: 140.
Time limit
3 hours
Passing score
700 on the reported 0–1000 scaled-score scale
Examination outline
  • Planning for Materials with Hazards (10.71%)
    • Identify hazardous materials by name
    • Identify hazardous material from four SDS
    • Identify hazardous constituents from laboratory reports
    • Select pollution prevention strategies
    • Identify effective recycling
    • Identify pollution impacts and related regulations
    • Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment elements and sequence
    • Impacts to air
    • Impacts to water resources
    • Impacts to soil
    • Minor and major permits
    • Permit application and review
    • Permitting inspection, training and waste requirements
    • EPA risk management program threshold quantities
    • Standard Operating Procedure components
  • Shipping and Transporting Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials (10%)
    • Hazmat transportation requirements
    • Packaging and appropriate containers
    • Transportation labeling
    • Domestic and international shipping marking
    • Shipping documents and proper shipping description
    • Required placarding
    • Shipment acceptance and rejection conditions
  • Store Materials with Hazard (9.29%)
    • Storage location site requirements
    • Inventory control regulations
    • Storage facility signage
    • Storage container labeling
    • Control of access to hazardous materials and waste
    • Storage compliance
  • Facility Operations Involving Materials with Hazards (9.29%)
    • Engineering controls for treatment
    • Engineering controls for storage
    • Engineering controls for disposal
    • Regulatory training records
    • Hazard communication from SDS
    • PPE for sampling and handling
    • Testing procedures for material hazards
    • Health, safety and security requirements
  • Disposition of Materials with Hazards (8.57%)
    • Waste profile components
    • Waste disposition options
    • Disposal facility qualification and disqualification
    • Material disposition requirements
    • Confirming and documenting final RCRA disposition
    • Managing releases from containers
    • Managing air emissions during waste disposition
    • Managing water discharges during waste disposition
  • Record Keeping and Reporting (6.43%)
    • Spill reporting timeframes, thresholds and recipients
    • Regulatory program record keeping
  • Training Personnel (7.86%)
    • Regulatory program training requirements
    • Activity-specific competencies
    • Required job training types
    • Training assessment selection
    • Agencies participating in hazmat drills and exercises
    • Adequacy of training content and duration
  • Response and Recovery (7.86%)
    • Spill or release hazards, quantity and location
    • Determining spilled or released amounts
    • National Response Center reporting conditions
    • Mitigating receptor impacts
    • Recovery or incident action planning
    • Incident investigation data
  • Remediation (6.43%)
    • Constituents of concern, extent and receiving media
    • Remedial objectives
    • Remedial treatment selection
    • Tools to ensure remedial objectives are achieved
    • Capital and recurring remedial costs
    • Redevelopment considerations and pitfalls
    • Cleanup standard achievement from soil results
  • Management Systems (6.43%)
    • Regulations for multi-media programs
    • Record maintenance and retention
    • Determining current regulations
    • Knowledge for regulation development
    • Interested parties and communication processes
    • Required public outreach mechanisms
    • Management system audits versus compliance audits
    • Financial analysis variables
    • Operations requiring a program
  • Environmental Studies (6.43%)
    • Property transfer environmental due diligence
    • Building surveys for regulated materials
    • Regulatory process and output
    • Contaminants of concern from analytical data
    • Likely exposure routes from contamination sources
  • Health and Safety (10.71%)
    • Exposure routes and susceptible populations
    • Exposure routes from screening thresholds
    • Job tasks, hazards and controls
    • Process safety management
    • OSHA-compliant site safety plan elements
    • Emergency response plan elements
    • Appropriate hazardous material containment
    • Product labeling requirements
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