Asbestos Training

CAR 2012 Regulation 10 requires employers to make sure that anyone liable to disturb asbestos during their work, or who supervises such employees, receives the correct level of information, instruction and training to enable them to carry out their work safely and competently and without risk to themselves or others.

If you require advice on asbestos, working with asbestos, or your duties under CAR 2012 we’d be delighted to offer our assistance.

We can arrange for training of your workforce and managers, whether to improve their asbestos knowledge as part of their continuing professional development or to assist with general health and safety compliance.

Combining our in-house knowledge and expertise with approved, accredited external training providers we can provide courses to suit all requirements.

Our Asbestos Training Courses

Asbestos Awareness (Category A)
Non-licensed including NNLW (Category B)
Licensable works with Asbestos (Category C)
Duty to Manage Asbestos
First Aid at Work
Emergency First Aid at Work

Course Duration

• 3-4 hours

Maximum of 15 delegates

Our Category A course is aimed at making the candidates aware of the dangers associated with exposure to airborne asbestos fibres through unknowingly coming into contact with asbestos materials.

It does NOT train you to work with asbestos containing materials (ACM’s).

Learning objectives:

• Awareness of health effects associated with asbestos.
• Be familiar with asbestos types and uses in buildings.
• Procedures including emergencies, key aspects of legislation.
• How to avoid unintentional exposure to you and others at your place of work.

Course Duration

• 1 day (6 learning hours, 9 learning hours with no previous asbestos training)

Maximum of 10 delegates

This level of the course aims to train those who knowingly will be working with asbestos containing materials where that work is not classified as “licensable work with asbestos” as defined by CAR 2012. Typically referred to as non-licensable or notifiable non-licensable (NNLW) work as detailed in HSE Guidance Asbestos Essentials a0.
e.g. cement, gaskets

This course is tailored for specific industries working on the fabric of buildings such as demolition workers, property maintenance, Mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, Painters and decorators, joiners, roofers, plasterers, gas engineers, shop fitters, architects, surveyors, and construction workers.

Learning objectives:

• To provide delegates with theoretical and practical skills to undertake non-licensed works with ACM’s as defined in HSG210.
• Be familiar with non-licensed works.
• Understand control measures required to undertake non-licensed works.
• How to undertake tasks in accordance with HSG 210.
• How to deal with hazardous waste.
• Personal protective equipment, Respiratory protective equipment.
• How to decontaminate after working with non-licensed materials.
• Understanding legislation, regulations and guidance documents.

Course Duration

• New operative / supervisor 3 days (18 learning hours)
• New Managers 2 days (12 learning hours)
• Scaffolders including supervisors 3 hours
• Refresher training for all roles 1 day (6 learning hours)
• Live entry training 1 day (6 learning hours)

Maximum of 10 delegates

Our Category C training aims to teach those who, knowingly, will be working with asbestos containing materials where that work is classified as “licensable work with asbestos” as defined by CAR 2012 e.g. asbestos lagging.

This would include licensed removal contractors and ancillary trades such as scaffolders who undertake asbestos ancillary work.

Learning objectives:

• Initial training modules 1 – 27 set out in HSG 247 ‘The Licensed Contractors Guide’
• Modules 20-23 apply to scaffolders only.
• Decontamination procedures.
• Legislation, procedures, safe practices.
• PPE and RPE maintenance checks, face fits.
• Stripping techniques, multi-needle injection systems.
• Construction of enclosures and airlocks.
• Maintenance of equipment, NPU’s, H-Vacs.

Course Duration

• 6 learning hours with no asbestos experience or 3 learning hours if had previous experience.

Maximum of 12 delegates

For any persons who requires an overview of the duty to manage and legislative requirements. This would normally include, but is not limited to duty holder’s assistants, appointed persons assistants, building owners, landlords, sub-lessors, managing agents etc. and any person assisting duty holders in the compliance with CAR 2012 regulation 4.

Learning objectives:

• Types, uses, risks of occurrences in buildings.
• Be familiar with legislation, regulations and guidance.
• Understand different types of surveys, and decipher survey reports.
• Understand and out together an asbestos management plan.

Course Duration

• 3 days, 18 learning hours

Maximum of 12 delegates

The course is delivered in accordance with the Approved Code of Practice L74 for qualifying First Aid personnel in the workplace. Candidates will receive training in a wide range of first aid skills including:

Learning objectives:

• The ability to act safely and effectively when an accident or emergency occurs.
• The treatment and priorities of care for an unconscious patient.
• The recognition of cardiac arrest and delivery of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• The ability to safely and promptly treat a patient who is bleeding.
• The ability to recognise and treat a patient in shock.
• The keeping of simple records following an accident at work.
• Suffered a burn or scald
• Injured bones, muscles or joints
• Been poisoned by ingestion or inhalation of a substance or gas
• Suffered an injury to the eye
• Signs & symptoms of a major illness e.g. heart attack

Course Duration

• 1 day, 6 learning hours

Maximum of 12 delegates

The qualification will equip the first aider with skills to be able to confidently undertake emergency first aid if someone becomes ill or injured at work and consists of 6 hours of instructor led tuition with the emphasis on practical application of first aid skills.

The content covers the basic essentials required to provide emergency care to a patient. Candidates will receive training in a range of first aid skills including:

• The ability to act safely and effectively when an accident or emergency occurs.
• The treatment and priorities of care for an unconscious patient.
• The recognition and treatment of a person in seizure.
• The recognition of cardiac arrest and delivery of Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• The ability to recognise and safely treat a patient who is choking.
• The ability to safely and promptly treat a patient who is bleeding.
• The keeping of simple records following an accident at work.