Training for non-licensed work for asbestos in ground
This course is aimed at ground workers and other site operatives who manage and disturb asbestos contaminated soil (ACS) directly as part of their work (including site investgiation, ground investigation etc). The training will be counted as 'additional training' required for non-licensed work by providing guidance in identification of asbestos contaminated materials and what to do with planned and unplanned discovery of asbestos on site.
Delegates must provide a certificate from UKATA or similar organisations that they have received asbestos awareness raising training in the past 6 months.
Background
Asbestos is toxic and a class 1 carcinogen known to cause serious illnesses such as lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis and yet for many decades was widely used in concrete, roofs etc. in the UK. Currently in the UK, about 5000- workers die of asbestos related disease every year. Poor disposal practices, demolition and other anthropogenic processes have resulted in asbestos often being present in the ground particularly on brownfield sites.
It is a legal requirement that anyone who will be expected to do work which will disturb asbestos must have a higher level of training above ‘awareness’. This will include people carrying out sit/ground investigation, excavation on sites, etc if they are ‘reasonably foreseeable or knowing disturb soil contaminated with asbestos’
Why attend?
This workshop will explain:
- how site activities could result in asbestos exposure and the importance of control measures
- how to identify asbestos contaminated materials and carry out ‘suitable and sufficient assessment of risk
- safe work practice, hygiene and medical requirement control measures; as well as protective equipment (including correct use, cleaning and maintenance of PPE and RPE)
- decontamination (including use of decontamination facilities) and waste handling procedures
- how to decide whether your project is 'licensed, non-licenced or notifiable non-licenced' work and what you are obligated to do/notification to provide
- Emergency procedures - what to do with unplanned discovery of asbestos and record keeping
Programme
09.30 Registration and refreshments
10:00 Introduction
10.20 How do know your work is licenced or non-licenced, your legal
obligations and actions needed
10.50 Refreshments
11.20 How to carry out an appropriate Asbestos Risk Assessment?
This module will go through the risk assessment process that needs to be
followed if working on a site likely to have asbestos present. Documentation,
control measures, emergency procedures and it will discuss the role of the
Competent Person.
11.50
How to plan and implement control measures.
- Wetting down – based on HSG210/EM5 (how to do this as a practical – what training benefit does it contribute?)
- Bunded areas for localised work, e.g. drilling, small trenches
- What other control measures that can be replicated on a small scale?
12.20
Selection and use of PPR and RPE
12:50
Lunch
13.50
Decontamination - personal, equipement and plant
14.20
Waste management
14.50
Refreshments
15:10
Practical session
16:30
Summary and close
Trainers
Cecilia Macleod and Jonathan Ford of WYG
Who should attend?
Ground workers (including those doing general site work, site investigation for contaminated land and ground investigation), contractors including specialist contractors and consultants
When
31 August 2017
10.00 - 16.30 (Registration from 9.30)
Where
Heriot-Watt University, William Arrol Building, Room 2.08
Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS
Fees
CIRIA's Local Authority Contaminated Land (LACL) and CIRIA's Brownfield Risk Management Forum (BRMF) members
£250 + VAT for all other attendees
Booking
If you are experiencing issues trying to register for this event please contact Patrick Williams on 020 7549 3300 or email
[email protected]