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Asbestos awareness training is a legal requirement for employees whose work has the potential to expose them to asbestos. This is basically anyone who is likely to disturb the fabric of a any building built before the year 2000 even minor works such as drilling, chasing out etc.

Our Asbestos Awareness Training covers the following topics:
• The properties of asbestos and its effects on health, including its interaction with smoking,
• The types of products or materials likely to contain asbestos, (decent library of pictures)
• A short video appropriate to the work undertaken by your workers
• The operations which could result in asbestos exposure and the importance of preventive controls to minimise exposure,
• Managers Responsibilities (how to protect workers and avoid a prosection)
• Role of Asbestos Surveys and how to understand what is in them (with practical demonstration)
• Safe work practices, control measures, and protective equipment, (what you can do, what you can’t do)
• The purpose, choice, limitations, proper use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment,
• Emergency procedures, (how to deal with an asbestos incident)

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:

• General Maintenance Staff.
• Electricians, Plumbers & Gas Fitters.
• Painters & Decorators.
• Construction & Demolition Workers.
• Joiners and Plasterers.
• Computing & Telecommunications Engineers.
• Heating & Ventilation Engineers.
• Roofers,etc

This provider can provide UKATA registered Asbestos Awareness Training. Their courses are designed to exceed the HSE's requirements & focuses heavily on how, in real terms, you protect your workforce. Courses are held at either your own venue or at an external conference centre. Up to 18 attendees per course, the content of which will be bespoke for your employees environment. Duration of this course is 3 hours and includes final multiple choice examination. Upon completion of the course, a certificate valid for 12 months will be issued to the delegate, in line with HSE guidance.

This provider continues to work closely with many larger clients, SME`s & have over time gained vast local authority experience putting us in a excellent position to provide quality training whatever your working environment. Our training is annually audited by UKATA to ensure the quality, accuracy and delivery of the training.