Course Overview
This training course provides the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills to persons who will knowingly disturb asbestos containing materials during the course of their work activities; including building maintenance workers/operatives and supervisory personnel. The course is tailored to include examples of ‘typical’ non-licensed work found in the social housing sector.
Successful completion of the course will allow candidates to undertake asbestos non licensed works in accordance with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and all associated Codes of Practice.
What’s Covered?
Content includes:
- Recognise why asbestos is dangerous
- The different types of asbestos and their properties
- Asbestos application – the places and materials in which it is used
- Asbestos related legislation
- Asbestos Essentials (HSG210)
- Practical exercises that are relevant to the social housing sector.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, delegates should be able to:
- Be familiar with what works are classified as non-licensed
- Be familiar with the control measures that will be required to undertake non-licensed work with asbestos containing materials
- Understand the requirements to prevent the spread of asbestos and control exposure when working with non-licensed asbestos containing materials;
- Know how to deal with the waste generated from undertaking tasks with non-licensed asbestos containing materials
- Know how to adequately decontaminate after working with non-licensed asbestos containing materials.
Interested?
This course can be delivered in the following way:
Due to the practical element of this course, this training is carried out in person and our trainer would come to your organisation to deliver this.
