Asbestos Safety Awareness for Supervisors and Managers

This course has been designed for Supervisors, Managers, Engineers, Contractors, Planning Supervisors, Surveyors, Architects etc. who need to have more than an awareness of Asbestos, its dangers, and how to dispose of it.

Objectives

By the end of the course participants will have an understanding of:

• Dangers, Hazards and Risks of Exposure.
• The Limits of Work with Asbestos
• The Relevant Legislation, Regulations and Codes of Practice and other sources of authoritative guidance.
• Who Can and Cannot engage in this type of work
• Safe Working Procedures, Precautions and Controls.
• Monitoring Requirements
• Health Monitoring Requirements
• Waste Disposal Requirements for Asbestos and Contaminated Materials

The Course Covers

• What is Asbestos - nature forms and names.
• Legal Framework for working with Asbestos containing Materials (Regulations and ACOP's).
• Health Hazards and Affects
• Exposure Limits and Action Levels
• Identification - Sampling, Testing and Labelling
• Risk Assessment - for exposure and MHSW Regs
• Information, Instruction and Training Requirements
• Duties of Employees
• Duties to Other Persons (Visitors etc.)
• Material, Plant and Process Control (Enclosure and Tenting etc.).
• Personal Protection - e.g. Approved Respirators
• Personal Hygiene - Washing and Changing Facilities
• Cleaning - Contaminated Parts - Site Clearance
• Designated Areas
• Health Records and Surveillance
• Control of Waste, Storage, Labelling, Licensed Disposer/tip.
• Methods to Comply with Regulations and ACOP - Documentation - Decontamination Requirements - Airlock Compartments and Construction - Site Preparation - Work Enclosure - Negative Pressure Extraction Units - Vacuum Cleaners - Scaffolding - Respirators - Protective Clothing - Air Monitoring - Waste Disposal - Sealing Surfaces - Training - Heat Exhaustion.

Certification

Certificate of Attendance