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.
We have a couple of essential Asbestos Training courses for your team
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.
Asbestos Awareness (Category A)
The 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.
Duty to Manage Asbestos
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.
