Training for non-licensed work for asbestos
This course will provide ground workers and other site operatives to deal with asbestos from soil in a safe, cost effective and legal way. The training is based on CIRIA new report C765 Asbestos in soil and made ground - good practice site guide and could be considered as 'information, instruction and training' or 'awareness training' to satisfy Regulation 10 of Control of Asbestos Regulation 2012 (CAR 2012).
Delegates must provide a certificate from UKATA or another similar organisation 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 5500 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 the site activities that could results in asbestos exposure and the importance of control measures
- How to carry out ‘suitable and sufficient assessment of risk
- How identify asbestos contaminated materials
- Safe work practice, hygiene and medical requirements control measures
- Protective equipment (including correct use, cleaning and maintenance of PPE and RPE)
- Decontamination procedures (including use of decontamination facilities)
- Waste handling procedures
- how to decide whether your project is 'licensed, non-licenced or notifiable non-licenced work and what you are your obligation accordingly and notification needed
- Emergency procedures - What to do with planned discovery of asbestos
- Record keeping
Programme
9.30 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 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, equipment and plant
14.20 Waste management
14.50 Refreshments
15:10 Practical session
16:30 Summary and close
Speakers
Cecilia McLeod and Jonathan Ford, 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.
How much?
Free for LACL and BRMF members.
All other attendees £250+VAT
Where
Glasgow City Council
231 George Street
Glasgow, G1 1RX
Booking
If you are experiencing issues registering for this event online please contact us on 020 7549 3300 or email [email protected].