Aims:

The Shorcontrol Safety Asbestos awareness day will provide attendees with basic, general awareness of the dangers associated with asbestos and measures required to protect their safety. This awareness day, if required, would also give safe working knowledge of the appropriate actions to take upon encountering asbestos or for planned minor asbestos works.

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Course Content:

Section 1: What is asbestos?

 Section 2: Asbestos in buildings 

Section 3: What are the health effects? 

 Section 4: Risk from asbestos and ACMs 

Section 5: The law 

 Section 6: Risk assessment of ACMs 

Section 7: Managing asbestos-containing materials 

 Section 8: Asbestos surveys 

Section 9: Training, instruction and information 

 Section 10: Personal protective equipment 

Section 11: Lower risk work with ACMs 

 Section 12: Work with higher risk asbestos-containing materials 

Section 13: Role of the independent competent analyst 

 Section 14: Plans of work 

Section 15: Health surveillance and registers 

 Section 16: Notification to the Health and Safety Authority 

 Section 17: Management and disposal of ACMs 

Section 18: References and further information  

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Course Duration

1/2 day

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Number of Delegates

max of 10 delegates

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Certification

Delegates will get a Shorcontrol Safety certificate of attendance upon completion