KEY PERSONNEL

Jon-Paul Acker

ERS Site Safety Officer

ERS Emergency Response Foreman

 

Mr. Acker, a former Marine, was trained in a Special Forces division and assigned to an Expeditionary Unit specializing in Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare and Defence.  Within this unit, Mr. Acker performed training in the subjects of decontamination, recognition and identification of hazards, toxicology, downwind hazard protection, sampling and air monitoring, radiation monitoring, respiratory protection, personal protective equipment, chemical treatment and neutralization, specialized preparation for decontamination for mass casualties, in addition to writing and developing standard operating procedures for the decontamination of certain types of aircraft carriers.  Being designated as a creative problem solver, Mr. Acker, demonstrated his leadership skills during his tenure of service.

Upon entry into the civilian work field, Mr. Acker worked for Confined Space Services, a division of Inland Waters specializing in confined space entry operations, confined space rescue, high angle rescue, and specialized confined space projects.

Mr. Acker also was employed by a waste transportation and hazardous waste disposal company in the Midwest.  His responsibilities included running an industrial wastewater treatment plant which processed over 1.5 million gallons of wastewater annually.  Mr. Acker also responded to hazardous material emergencies, chemical lab packing events, household hazardous waste collection events, waste segregation, chemical neutralization and stabilization projects, development of site safety plans and work plans, tank cleanout projects, and confined space entry operations. 

With Mr. Acker’s training, expertise, regimented commitment to safety, and work practice discipline provides the ERS Emergency Response Team an exceptional safety leader.  His leadership skills and emergency mode activities demonstrate his skills to ensure an emergency is handled in the most safe and professional manner- even during a high hazard, high profile incident. 

Mr. Acker’s decision making abilities coupled with a common sense approach allows projects to be performed within regulatory boundaries to complete the task at hand in an effective manner.

  

Education and Training

 

Hazardous Material Handling

Waste Packaging and Shipping Requirements

Waste Processing Systems

OSHA, 40 Hour HAZWOPER

DOT Hazardous Material Training