Asbestos Awareness

COURSE TITLE:
ASBESTOS AWARENESS

This course is designed to ensure workers who work with or around asbestos products and asbestos containing products understand:

  • Hazards associated with asbestos
  • Routes of exposure
  • Where asbestos is typically found and how to identify potential asbestos containing materials (ACM)
  • How to report suspected exposure

Note: No safe work procedures are covered during this presentation. This is awareness presentation only.

DURATION:

2 hours

MAX CLASS SIZE:

12 Students

METHOD OF INSTRUCTION:

Classroom

EOCP CEU’s:

N/A

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

ASBESTOS AWARENESS

  1. Responsibilities – Supervisor/ worker/ company
  2. Hazards of asbestos
  3. Characteristics of Asbestos
  4. Typical places to find asbestos (in industry and in the home)
  5. Exposure limit in BC
  6. Difference between Low/ Moderate and High-risk asbestos work
    1. Respirator differences
    2. Enclosure differences
    3. Decontamination differences
  7. How to control exposure to asbestos
  8. The need for asbestos exposure control plans and safe work procedures