Worker 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

Participants who complete the refresher courses will become recertified for a one-year period.

Registration Information

Dates in Morgantown, W. Va.

Worker
March 24-27, 2008
May 5-8, 2008
November 10-13, 2008

Worker Refresher
May 12, 2008
July 14 2008
July 21, 2008
September 15, 2008
October 27, 2008

Fees, Deposit and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Worker: Fee - $495
Deposit- $95
CEU: 2.8
Worker Refresher

Fee - $130
Deposit- $21
CEU: 0.6