Asbestos Awareness Training
Asbestos Awareness Training is essential for employees whose work holds the potential to expose them to asbestos. Current Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012) puts a requirement on employers to ensure that their staff have undergone suitable asbestos awareness training so that they are aware of the potential dangers they may face and also the procedures they must follow in the event they are working in the vicinity of asbestos containing materials (ACMs).
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:
Your Asbestos Awareness Training will include information on the following:
Asbestos Awareness Training is essential for employees whose work holds the potential to expose them to asbestos. Current Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012) puts a requirement on employers to ensure that their staff have undergone suitable asbestos awareness training so that they are aware of the potential dangers they may face and also the procedures they must follow in the event they are working in the vicinity of asbestos containing materials (ACMs).
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
- Architects & Building Surveyors
- Fire & Burglar Alarm Installers
Your Asbestos Awareness Training will include information on the following:
- The history and origins of asbestos
- The properties of asbestos and its effects on health
- The types uses and likely occurrence of asbestos and ACMs in buildings and plant
- The general procedures to be followed when dealing with an emergency in the event of the uncontrolled release of asbestos dust in the workplace
- How to avoid the risks from asbestos
- For more information and pricing for our asbestos awareness training please contact Safetyrite
