UKATA Asbestos Awareness Training Course

As a UKATA accredited training centre, Prime Safety Services Ltd delivers Asbestos Awareness Training courses in Maidstone, Kent. The UKATA Asbestos Awareness training provides a complete introduction to the dangers of working around asbestos containing materials (ACM’s). 

This training course is designed for those whose work could foreseeably expose them to asbestos, in particular demolition, refurbishment or maintenance workers and those workers in allied trades.

Please note this is an awareness course only and does not train delegates to work with any forms of asbestos. It will inform the delegate on how to reduce the associated risks from asbestos in order to work more safely on site.

As part of the UKATA Asbestos Awareness course, delegates will learn about:

• The different types and properties of asbestos.

• Risk and effects of Asbestos on workers’ health, and how to avoid them.

• The uses of ACM’s in buildings and how to recognise them.

• Asbestos Regulations, including the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.

• The employers and employees’ responsibilities.

• Emergency Procedures.

At the end of the course, delegates will:

• Have an increased awareness of asbestos and its effects on health.

• Understand the different types, uses and likely occurrences of asbestos in buildings.

• Know how to avoid the risks from asbestos.

• Understand the current asbestos regulations.

• Know the procedures to follow when coming into unintentional contact with ACMs.