Asbestos Awareness

Course Overview

Asbestos Awareness will provide delegates with the awareness and understanding needed to work with asbestos safely.
 

Benefits

This course will give delegates a solid understanding of:

• The dangers associated with asbestos.
• The health effects to individuals who are exposed to asbestos or asbestos containing materials (ACM’s).
• The importance of keeping an up-to-date asbestos register.
• How to identify the different types and locations of any ACMs in the workplace or customer sites.

Course Content

• The types and properties of asbestos
• The health risks associated with asbestos exposure
• Types of material that can contain asbestos
• The duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic properties
• Safe work practices
• Control limits
• PPE and RPE uses and limitations
• Accidental release and decontamination procedures

Aimed at

The course is aimed at those whose work could expose them to asbestos, including those who work in demolition, refurbishment and maintenance trades.The course is also intended for those who want a basic understanding of the risks associated with work with asbestos.