UKATA Asbestos Awareness Course

Who Should Attend?

This is a mandatory training requirement under Regulation 10 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations for
all those who are exposed or liable to be exposed to Asbestos content material.

This could include:

• Carpenters
• Heating and Ventilation Plumbers
• Engineers
• Maintenance Workers
• Cable Installers (Phone, Computer, Alarms)
• Shop Fitters
• Demolition
• Operatives
• Construction Workers
• Painters and Decorators
• Architects
• Surveyors.

Course Objectives:

Delegates who complete this training will:

• Gain a clearer understanding of the potential ill health effect of exposure to asbestos;
• Be better able to identify areas where asbestos could be found
• Understand the action to take upon discovery;
• Have a greater awareness of the main types of asbestos likely to be found within their workplace;
• Have a greater awareness of many of the products within which asbestos was originally included.

Asbestos Awareness Course Programme:

• History, types and properties of asbestos
• Possible effects on health
• Overview of relevant legislation to include the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006
• Locations/identification of possible Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs)
• Operations that could cause fibre release
• Asbestos Surveys
• Procedures upon discovery

Course certification lasts 1 year and there is a mandatory requirement for annual refresher training.

The asbestos awareness is a half day course (PM)

Fees: £125.00, plus VAT per delegate