Asbestos Awareness Training Course
This asbestos awareness training course is designed to help employers and employees understand the risks associated with working alongside asbestos. The course aims to provide workers with the skills needed for a successful risk assessment and explains the different control measures that can be put in place.
Who Should Undertake Asbestos Awareness Training?
All workers who are liable to disturb asbestos during their normal work should be trained so that they can recognise asbestos containing materials and know what to do if they come across them.
To comply with Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance, all asbestos workers must be trained and competent and training should be delivered in accordance with the Approved Code of Practice L143, ‘Work with asbestos containing materials’. This course successfully delivers training in accordance with this ACoP. This course is suitable for anyone who may be exposed to, or come into contact with, asbestos as part of their work. This includes, but is not limited to, professions such as:
Heating and ventilation engineers, Demolition workers, Carpenters, joiners and construction workers, Plumbers, Roofing contractors, Painters, decorators and plasterers, Fire and burglar alarm installers, Shop fitters, Gas fitters, Computer installers and telecommunications engineers, General maintenance staff, Cable layers and electricians.