
Asbestos Awareness Training


Duration : 1/2 Day

Course Overview

This half day course is designed to raise awareness of risks to those liable to disturb asbestos at work, or who may
influence how asbestos work is carried out.

Benefits

At the end of the course delegates will be able to:
1. List the three main types of asbestos
2. Understand the health risks associated with exposure to asbestos
3. Understand the types and uses of some of asbestos containing materials and where they can be found
4. Identify the main requirements of the duty to manage asbestos in on domestic properties
5. Explain basic decontamination procedures
Course Objectives
- The types and properties of asbestos
- The health risks associated with exposure to asbestos
- The main types of asbestos containing materials and where they can be found
- The duty to manage asbestos in non domestic properties
- Safe work practices
- Control limits
- The use of PPE and RPE and their limitations
- Accidental release and decontamination procedures
The main objectives of this course are to explain:
Our Approach
Our training utilises the very latest learning methods with special emphasis on participative and interactive workshops.


Course Content

Learning content:
At the end of the course delegates will be able to:
1. List the three main types of asbestos
2. Understand the health risks associated with
exposure to asbestos
3. Understand the types and uses of some of asbestos
containing materials and where they can be found
4. Identify the main requirements of the duty to
manage asbestos in on domestic properties
5. Explain basic decontamination procedures


- Accident Investigation
- Asbestos Awareness Training
- Basic Health & Safety (Introduction)
- Business Continuity (BS25999)
- Business Continuity Implementation and Audit
- Certificate - Business Continuity Institute (CBCI)
- Construction Design Management (CDM) regulations 2007
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
- Coshh Risk Assessment
- Designing Safe Systems of Work















