UKATA Asbestos Awareness training course

A ½ day training course for persons who need an appreciation of asbestos to help prevent harmful exposure by identification, continuous monitoring and by avoiding disturbance of asbestos materials. The course is of benefit to all persons who might come into contact with asbestos, in buildings or machinery (maintenance or engineering teams). It will also benefit persons who will monitor and document existing hazards.

Find out about CITB funding available for this training

Benefits of attending for the learner

• A greater understanding of the risks of asbestos and control measures for existing hazards.
• To avoid moving or disturbing asbestos that has not been adequately identified.

Benefits of attending for the employer

• Staff members who avoid potential contamination from asbestos fibres.
• The creation of better risk assessments and control measures.

What you will learn

• Harmful effect of Asbestos exposure.
• Types of Asbestos likely encountered in the working environment.
• Likely locations for asbestos in the workplace.
• Basic control measures for non licensed work with Asbestos.
• Occupiers duties relating to Asbestos.
• Licensed and non licensed work with Asbestos.

What qualifications will you achieve?

• You will receive a certificate of attendance from Develop Training Limited.

How is this training delivered?

• The course is theory based and delivered in the classroom.

What do I need to bring with me?

• Learners can bring with them any materials used by their own employer, copies of risk assessments or management systems so that they can see how their materials fit in to the context of the training.