Asbestos Awareness (UKATA)

This UKATA Asbestos Awareness Training course is perfect for supervisors and trades personnel, including trainees such as but not limited to: demolition workers, construction workers, general maintenance staff, electricians, plumbers, gas fitters, painters and decorators, joiners, plasterers, roofers, heating and ventilation engineers, telecommunication engineers, fire and burglar alarm installers, computer installers, architects, building surveyors, shopfitters and other such professionals.

Architects, building surveyors and other such professionals may require a more developed course which includes the core syllabus in this course, however with an additional module which includes the interaction between the various duties under the Construction Design and Management Regulations and those within CAR.

Inhalation of asbestos fibres can cause cancers such as mesothelioma and lung cancer, and other serious lung diseases such as asbestosis and pleural thickening, accounting for 5000 asbestos related deaths per year!

Aims & Objectives:

• Have an increased awareness of the nature and properties of asbestos and its effects on health, including the increased risk of lung cancer for asbestos workers who smoke;
• Be familiar with the types, uses and likely occurrences of asbestos in buildings and where appropriate items of plant;
• Know how to avoid the risks from asbestos by understanding;
• Where to obtain information on asbestos in premises prior to commencing work;
• What to do if suspicious materials are found;
• How to use appropriate workplace precautions, including the risk assessment process, or seek advice on workplace precautions, in respect of the risks of asbestos;
• Undertake work activities in a safe manner and without risk to themselves or others.
• Have an awareness of the key aspects of the asbestos regulations and how they fit into the broader context of health and safety legislation.
• Procedures to be followed when coming into unintentional contact with ACM’s and an understanding of the appropriate emergency arrangements.