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ASBESTOS AWARENESS ONE-DAY COURSE

Asbestos awareness training is essential for employees whose work holds the potential to expose them to asbestos. Regulation 10 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (CAR 2006) puts a requirement on employers to ensure that their staff have undergone suitable asbestos awareness training so that they are aware of the potential dangers they may face and also the procedures they must follow in the event they are working in the vicinity of asbestos containing materials (ACMs)
 
Who Is This Course Suitable For?
 The main groups of workers that are deemed to be at risk from asbestos exposure and therefore the groups most requiring asbestos awareness training are as follows:
  1. General Maintenance Staff.
  2. Electricians, Plumbers & Gas Fitters. Painters & Decorators.
  3. Construction & Demolition Workers. Joiners and Plasterers.
  4. Computing & Telecommunications Engineers.
  5. Heating & Ventilation Engineers.
  6. Roofers.
  7. Architects & Building Surveyors
  8. Fire & Burglar Alarm Installers

SYLLABUS

  1. Asbestos- a history of use
  2. What is Asbestos
  3. Amosite (Brown) - Chrysotile (White) - Crocidolite (Blue)
  4. Asbestos Containing Product Examples
  5. Asbestos Properties and the hidden legacy of asbestos
  6. Control of Asbestos Regs and Requirements
  7. Exactly who is at risk
  8. Action to take on discovery and Survey and Recording

 

This 1 day Course will be held at THE CLEVE HOTEL & COUNTRY CLUB, Mantle Street, WELLINGTON, Somerset on Thursday 1st October 2009.

The day will include tea/coffee on arrival and mid morning, a 2-course lunch and afternoon refreshments. Comprehensive notes will be provided to all delegates.
 
The all-inclusive rate of £150.00 + vat per delegate will be payable at the time of booking.