Asbestos Operations & Maintenance

Course length: 16 hours
Tuition: $200

This hands-on workshop and demonstration is designed to provide training for asbestos small-scale operations and maintenance activities. This class covers information on types of asbestos, where asbestos can be found, current regulations, and information on the health effects associated with exposure. Many structures built prior to 1978 typically have asbestos containing building materials including; floor tile, sheet linoleum, mastics, drywall textures, joint compounds, roofing materials, exterior siding, pipe / boiler insulations, HVAC duct insulations, and other related coatings. This course meets the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) General Industry Asbestos Standard, the OSHA Construction Asbestos Standard and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA). Upon completion of this course participates will have hands-on knowledge on how to repair and manage asbestos materials in their properties including a certificate documenting their attendance.

This 16 hour course is based on OSHA’s 40 CFR 763.91 and 763.92 which states that the following must be covered in addition to the topics discussed in the 2 hour asbestos awareness:

• Use of personal protective equipment including hands on training
• Description of the proper methods of handling ACBM
• Packaging, disposal, cleanup, and decontamination procedures
• Hands-on training in the use of personal protective measures and good work practices and small scale removal projects