TOP 10 ASBESTOS AWARENESS TRAINING COURSES IN CANADA - PAGE 2

Majors McGuire Inc. provides an Asbestos Type 1 and 2 Abatement general awareness course teaching participants their legislative responsibilities and educating workers about potential hazards associated with their assigned tasks.

At your workplace or our modern training facility, SafestWork provides expert and engaging safety training to help prevent workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.

This course is mainly for two groups: employers whose operations may require workers to handle or work in an environment with asbestos or asbestos-containing materials; and workers who work with asbestos removing and cleaning up asbestos waste materials or, very occasionally, installing asbestos.

This course is intended for those who will perform Type 1 and/or Type 2 asbestos work operations. Please note: the scope of this course is not sufficient for performing Type 3 asbestos work.

Course certifies trainees with an Asbestos Awareness Certificate and prepares them for work in environments where individuals may be exposed to asbestos.

The training course is based on WORKSAFEBC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Part 6 for safe working requirements when entering the spaces containing asbestos, lead and silica dust. The training provided by Metro Safety Training Inc. consists of two parts.

Asbestos is a group of naturally occurring minerals used in many products because it adds strength, heat resistance, and chemical resistance. Asbestos is a hazardous material.

Exposure to respiratory hazards is recognized as a major cause of workers’ illness and disability.

Working around known sources of Asbestos fibres present dangers to your health. To protect yourself, specific personal protective equipment, best practices, and strategies must be used.

Asbestos awareness requires that all employees who could come into contact with materials that might contain asbestos be given appropriate training on working safely in these situations.