Asbestos Awareness

Name: Asbestos Awareness
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This course provides an overview of current legislation and guidance and the legal limitations on work liable to disturb asbestos to work safely and understand the Dutyholder's responsibilities. It covers safe working in areas where asbestos is present and the safe and correct use of RPE/PPE.

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Duration

Half Day

Course Details

This course complies with HSE requirements and is a form of training suitable for all employees whose work could foreseeably expose them to asbestos (Regulation 10 - control of Asbestos At Work Regulations 2006).

Asbestos Awareness Training - Asbestos is particularly relevant to electricians, plumbers and other trades allied to the construction industry. Asbestos can be a considerable danger to health, with more people dying from an asbestos-related disease yearly than are killed on the roads.

The Control of Asbestos Regulations: 2006 combines three previous sets of regulations covering the prohibition of asbestos, the control of asbestos at work and asbestos licensing.

Course Overview

Number of Delegates:

Maximum 12

Duration:

Half Day

Overview:

This course which complies with HSE requirements is a form of training suitable for all employees whose work could foreseeably expose them to asbestos (Regulation 10 - control of Asbestos At Work Regulations 2006).

Who Should Attend

All employees whose work could foreseeably expose them to asbestos (Regulation 10 - Control of Asbestos At Work Regulations 2006).

Course Content

Introduction to asbestos - nature and origin
Types of asbestos
Properties and benefits (use of asbestos)
Health hazards
Possible locations of asbestos in buildings
Current legislation and guidance
Legal limitations on work liable to disturb asbestos
Working safely/duty holders responsibilities
Safe working in areas where asbestos is present
Safe and correct use of RPE/PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
Decontamination
Emergency procedures / accidental damage/general procedures
Self assessment test.

At UTN Training, we pride ourselves in providing first-class training, every time. We are one of the foremost training companies in the UK for the powered access and health and safety sectors and have close ties with those industries.

Our experienced and fully qualified trainers deliver a wide range of courses from approved bodies such as CITB, IPAF, PASMA & IOSH. Some of the courses delivered include SSSTS, SMSTS, CITB Site Safety Plus, New Road and Street Works and IOSH Managing Safely courses (and more) and provide it in the usual AFI Way – professionally, with a smile.

UTN History

UTN Training was established in 1996 to meet a specific need within the Construction Industry to ensure that Public Utilities Companies and their contractors received adequate training to comply with the New Roads & Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA).

Following on from the success of this specific training, UTN expanded rapidly to meet customers’ needs, with the many and varied requests for general and safety training within other industries, as well as expanding its portfolio of Construction Skills training, such as Plant Operation. More recently, UTN introduced more Management training courses for SMSTS and IOSH.

AFI-Rentals

UTN Training has seen a rapid expansion in the training industry, providing courses such as Working at Height, Abrasive Wheels, Manual Handling, Asbestos Awareness, Site Safety, First Aid, Confined Spaces and New Roads & Street Works.

AFI-Rentals aims to be a leading provider of training to businesses and government agencies in the areas of not only construction skills, but of safety and health and personal development.

Future

As part of AFI-Rentals, we have gone from strength to strength, expanding and improving our courses as we develop.

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