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SAFE Training provides regulatory training courses to businesses and their employees throughout the UK. With a nationwide network of training centres, we have the experience, expertise and resources to satisfy the most demanding of training objectives. Asbestos Training Courses include: • Asbestos Awareness Training • Asbestos Management Training • Non Licensed Asbestos Training Other Training Courses include: • Legionella Awareness Training Courses • Fire Safety Training Courses • Environmental Awareness Training Courses For more information on our training courses call 0845 519 5250 or email: [email protected]TRANSCRIPT
Asbestos The importance of being learned
presented by
SAFE Training
Training
Summary
• Who needs it• The management plan• Roles and responsibilities• Employers• Employees• Non employees
Who needs it?
• 1.8m workers disturb asbestos annually
• 280,000 electricians• 260,000 carpenters and joiners• 170,000 plumbers and heating engineers• 150,000 painters and decorators• 500,000 other construction and MTC workers• 500,000 surveyors/valuers/bldg managers/civil eng etc
Who needs it?
• Of the 1.8 million
• 400,000 exposed above the control limit –HSE 2005• “A large amount of this exposure will be inadvertent”
• 250,00 are regularly exposed to asbestos in their work• 500,000 adequately trained – HSE 2005• 1.3 million need further training
Training
The Management Plan
• Who needs it• The management plan• What Training• How often
The Management Plan
• TO PREVENT EXPOSURE• Control risk from asbestos• Scope need for information on asbestos (surveys/which
survey) • Procedures• Rules• Labels• Appointed persons• Knowledge!!
• Implement auditable system that allows monitoring of effectiveness
The Management Plan
• Regulations require Asbestos Management Plan (May 2004)• Identifies the hazard (thus surveys, their scope and type)• Says what we do with the information• Process, procedures, rules
• Identify decision makers and responsibilities • Training [and competence] aligned to job
• Assess each task against asbestos location • State training requirement for tasks and any controls• Internal workers; and• Contractors; sub-contractors; tradesmen
The Management Plan and training
• Training employees• Those that may disturb, or cause to disturb, asbestos• Those that disturb the fabric of the building
• Training of non-employees• Could they disturb asbestos on your premises?• Could they disturb asbestos on a site under your control?
• Employees and non-employees must be covered in the Asbestos Management Plan, explicit need to ensure both are trained• Procedures should be in place that generate an audit trail to
demonstrate Management Plan effectiveness - Review
Training
What Training
• Who needs it• The management plan• What Training• How Often
What Training
• Where work could foreseeably disturb asbestos training is required:
• Training to work on asbestos; and .....
• Training to NOT work on asbestos
• ‘Exemption from this requirement would apply only where the employer can demonstrate that work will only be carried out in or on buildings free of ACMs.’
What Training
• Training to work on asbestos:• Licensed• Non-licensed• Site management of either of the above
• Training to NOT work on asbestos• Asbestos Awareness
• Training to manage buildings or works• Management training • Bespoke
What Training
• TNA – Training Needs Analysis
• Responsibilities + Role + Task = training needs
• Controller of a property + manager of all FM + emergency maintenance = good all round knowledge
• Maintenance + electrician + maintenance of fuseboards and equipment some containing asbestos = awareness non-licensed training for spark quenchers etc
Training
Frequency
• Who needs it• The management plan• What Training• How Often
Frequency
• Initial training• Annual refresher training
• Refresher training is not the same as the initial• Shorter • May be given with other health and safety updates
• If training is needed the answer is.... annually
Rob Blackburn