Provide delegates with the awareness and understanding needed to work with asbestos safely.

• Engineers, maintenance personnel, contractors and those likely to disturb asbestos at work.
• Supervisors, managers and contract holders who influence how asbestos work is carried out.

Delegates who complete this course will be able to:

• List the three main types of asbestos.
• Understand the health risks associated with exposure to asbestos.
• Understand the types and uses of some of asbestos containing materials and where they can be found.
• Identify the main requirements of the duty to manage asbestos in domestic properties.
• Explain basic decontamination procedures.

• The types and properties of asbestos.
• The health risks associated with exposure to asbestos.
• The main types of asbestos containing materials and where they can be found.
• The duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic properties.
• Safe work practices.
• Control limits.
• The use of PPE and RPE and their limitations.
• Accidental release and decontamination procedures.