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UKATA Asbestos Awareness & UKATA Non-Licensed Tasks including NNLW (Combined 1 day)
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Course Introduction
This is a Category A: Asbestos Awareness course, aimed at making the candidates aware of the dangers associated with exposure to airborne asbestos fibres through unknowingly coming into contact with asbestos materials.
If you work on buildings built or refurbished before the year 2000, asbestos could be present. You will need asbestos awareness training so you know how to avoid the risks.
The asbestos category B course is intended for delegates who knowingly undertake work with asbestos containing material. Non-Licenced tasks Works course is intended for delegates who may need to carry out non-licenced and notifiable non-licenced asbestos removal.
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Course Benefits
Asbestos Awareness training is a legal obligation for employers where there is a risk that employees may be in contact with the substance.
When working with asbestos or wherever asbestos may be disturbed asbestos category B training is a legal requirement.
The number of deaths from Mesothelioma, an aggressive form of lung cancer attributed to asbestos exposure, rose to 2,535 in 2012, with Asbestosis thought to have claimed 464 lives in the same year.
Assessment method
Multi choice written answer paper.
Qualification Validity
12 months.
This course will be tailored to your specific requirements following completion of a training needs analysis questionnaire.
Practical demonstration with delegate participation will be essential for all delegates and includes the following:
- Recognising Asbestos
- How Asbestos can affect your Health
- The Added Dangers of Smoking
- The uses and likely locations for Asbestos in Buildings
- Relevant Legislation
- Procedures to Protect Yourself
- Necessary Equipment, Selection
- Use & Maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment
- Recognising & Dealing with Other Dangers (i.e. working at height)
- Decontamination
- Emergency procedures
- Waste Disposal Safe Work Practices & Control Measures
- Appropriate Selection & Use of Protective Equipment
- Waste Handling Procedures
- Emergency Procedures
- Relevant Legislation
- Parameters of Notifiable Non-Licensed Work (NNLW)
- What is asbestos?
- Asbestos and its effects on health
- Asbestos Containing Materials
- Asbestos bans, laws, surveys and registers