On successful completion of the course delegates should:
- Have an increased awareness of the nature and properties of asbestos and its effects on health
- Be familiar with types, uses and likely occurrences of asbestos in buildings, and where appropriate, types of plant
- Location of asbestos in buildings
- Know how to avoid the risk from asbestos by understanding:
- Where to obtain information on asbestos in premises prior to commencing work
- Asbestos in soil origins
- What to do if suspicious materials are found
- How to use appropriate workplace precautions
- Undertake work activities in a safe manner
- Have an increased awareness of the nature and properties of asbestos and its effects on health
- Understand unintentional and emergency contact procedures
Who Should Attend?:
Any persons who may encounter asbestos containing materials during their day-to-day work activities whilst undertaking groundwork activities. This would normally include, but not limited to Site investigation engineers, utilities installation and maintenance engineers, ground works operatives – including ground drilling and manual excavations, fencing installation, on site remediation and waste disposal, or any other persons likely to disturb asbestos containing materials as defined in CAR 2012 and JIWG CAR-SOIL 2016.
Duration:
1/2 Day