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Asbestos Awareness
Who is this course for?
This basic working with Asbestos safety training course is specifically designed for anyone whose job may put them at risk from coming into contact with asbestos during the course of their work and which involves them using all necessary precautions and equipment to avoid working with asbestos containing materials [ACM].
IMPORTANT: This course does not train you to carry out any unlicensed, unlicensed notifiable work or licensed work on asbestos. You will need specific training for this.
This course can also benefit the supervisor/manager responsible for those working in the construction and maintenance industry and looking for a basic understanding to better appreciate when to “stop the job” if suspected ACM’s are found.
What are the objectives of the course?
The aim of this course is to keep it simple and real, whilst all the key subject areas are covered of how to avoid working with asbestos.
Course Content
A half day course, covering:
- Types and uses of asbestos within domestic and industrial buildings and installations
- Health effects
- How to identify asbestos
- Documentation and legislation requirements
- Question paper
Dealing with Asbestos
- On locating asbestos containing material, what are your options? More often than not, asbestos can be managed and not removed. Simply by making people aware of its presence is the first step in ensuring that employees or tradesmen do not inadvertently release asbestos fibres into the air when they work.
- It is particularly relevant for workings whose daily activities can bring them into contact with asbestos containing materials, and a potential fibre release.
Examples are:
- Artex
- Insulation
- Pipe lagging
- Ceiling & floor files
- Concrete roofing
- Plaster
- Paper
- Roofing felts
- Gaskets & ropes
- Guttering/down pipes
- Fire doors
