Asbestos Hazard Awareness
- 2 Days
- Classroom Based
- Minimum 6 - Maximum 15
- No prerequisites
Overview
Asbestos Abatement Worker training prepares students to work in all categories of asbestos work risk environments. The NWT/NU WSCC requires this level of training for working in moderate and high-risk asbestos environments. Content includes the properties, history, and health effects of asbestos, identifying asbestos and asbestos-containing materials in the workplace, relevant legislation, regulations, and codes of practice, PPE, asbestos abatement methods and procedures, and air monitoring and analysis. Hands-on training covers NIOSH half mask air purifying respirator sizing and inspection, qualitative fit testing on half mask APR (and/or on full face piece PAPR), equipment use, glove bag and moderate risk demonstrations, work procedures, and decontamination.
Course Content
- Introduction to asbestos
- Properties and uses of asbestos
- Asbestos health effects
- Legislation
- Occupational Health & Safety Act
- WSCC Codes of Practice – Asbestos Abatement Manual (2012)
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations
- Building codes
- Abatement methods
- Management plan
- Removal
- Enclosure
- Encapsulation
- Asbestos abatement site considerations
- Bulk sampling
- HEPA filters
- Negative air units
- Containment construction
- Special removal procedures
- Personal protective equipment
- Respirators and protection factors
- Protection factor variables
- Fit testing
- Protective clothing
- Abatement procedures
- Low risk
- Moderate risk and glove-bags
- High risk
- Site inspection and air monitoring
- Other hazards