Supervisor/Contractor Course

Content

• Overview covering:
  • certification requirements
  • physical characteristics of asbestos
  • historical and present use of asbestos
  • summary of health effects and related history
  • exposure standards
  • factors influencing the asbestos industry
• EPA, OSHA, state, and local regulations - current and future
• Health effects, medical surveillance, and health record keeping
• Respirators and Type C systems
• Protective clothing
• Safety and health considerations other than asbestos
• Preparing the work area and establishing a decontamination station
• Confining and minimizing airborne fibers/glovebagging
• Cleaning up the work area
• Personal hygiene, waste disposal, and air sampling
• Liability and insurance
• Control options other than removal
• Hands-on exercises to include:
  • respirators and individual qualitative fit testing
  • design of an asbestos abatement project
  • constructing an asbestos work enclosure
  • donning personal protective equipment
  • simulated ceiling removal and clean up
  • simulated pipe removal and clean up
  • simulated emergency

Refresher Course

• Review and discuss changes in basic considerations and procedures for locating and identifying asbestos
• Review health and legal programs associated with asbestos
• Review proper asbestos control
• Changes in federal and state regulations
• Developments in state-of-the-art procedures for asbestos
• Review of key aspects of the initial training course

Registration Information

All Dates in Morgantown, W. Va. Except Where Noted

Supervisor/Contractor

October 20-24, 2008

Supervisor/Contractor Refresher
April 21, 2008
July 15, 2008
July 22, 2008
September 16, 2008
December 9, 2008

Fees, Deposit and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Supervisor/Contractor

Fee - $635

Deposit - $115

CEUs - 3.2

 

Supervisor/Contractor Refresher

Fee - $140

Deposit - $25

CEUs - 0.6