Asbestos Awareness - Two Day SAS Awareness Training Programme

Course syllabus:

Module 1 - Legislation:

Specific legislative controls:

• Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and amendments to the regulations
• Environmental Protection Act
• Environment Act
• Water Resource and Water Industry Acts

Other legislation:

• Health and Safety at Work Act
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations and amendments to the regulations
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations
• Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations
• PrisonConstruction (Design and Management) Regulations
• Any other relevant legislation

Module 2 - Compliance

• Notification to the HSE
• Approved Codes of Practice (ACoP`s)
• Guidance notes
• Employer`s, employee`s and occupier`s duties and responsibilities
• Powers of Inspectors
• Fines and imprisonment
• Information, instruction, training and supervision

Module 3 - Risk Assessment and Risk Management Survey

• Assess risks posed by the type and condition of building materials that contain asbestos
• Hazard and risk
• Techniques for assessing the condition of asbestos
• Risk assessment, identification and control measures
• Standards and safety management systems (HSG65, BS8800, OHSAS 18001)
• Action level and control limits
• Surveys and sampling
• Air monitoring
• The role of the analyst
• Auditing

Module 4 - Safe Systems of Work: methods and procedures Plan

• Method statements
• Plan of work
• Protective measures
• Access/egress procedures
• Permits
• Environmental monitoring and recording
• Transportation and storage of asbestos products

Module 5 - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Occupational Hygiene

• Asbestos associated health effects - routes of entry and body response
• Types of PPE
• CleaningPurpose and correct selection of PPE
• Purpose and correct selection of Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE)
• Storage, cleaning and handling of RPE and PPE
• Exposure limits, decontamination, personal hygiene and washing and changing facilities
• Contaminated clothing
• Medical surveillance

Module 6 - Waste Handling and Disposal

• Storage of products containing asbestos
• Asbestos coatings
• Bagging and handling of waste
• Licensing and transfer of waste
• Disposal of controlled and special waste
• WasteRole of Environmental Agency