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Knowing the risks of asbestos is the first step in asbestos training. For more advice on the dangers of asbestos visit http://www.ptlhygiene.co.uk Church Street, Nottingham, NG9 8DE 0115 939 7581
Knowing the risks of asbestos is the first step in asbestos training. For more advice on the dangers of asbestos visit http://www.ptlhygiene.co.uk Church Street, Nottingham, NG9 8DE 0115 939 7581
Knowing the risks of asbestos is the first step in asbestos training. For more advice on the dangers of asbestos visit http://www.ptlhygiene.co.uk Church Street, Nottingham, NG9 8DE 0115 939 7581
Asbestos is a veiy uangeious mateiial that can cause life-thieatening uamage to people who aie exposeu to it. Although the piouuct is now banneu, that ban uiu not come into foice until 1999. Theiefoie, foi many woikeis, theie is a high iisk of coming into contact with asbestos, anu those at iisk shoulu ieceive asbestos tiaining so that they can iecognise anu ueal with the pioblem.
Tiaining ielateu to asbestos falls into thiee piincipal categoiies. These aie: 1) Being asbestos awaie 2) Leaining how to woik with asbestos wheie no BSE licence is necessaiy S) Leaining how to woik with asbestos wheie it is necessaiy to have an BSE licence.
Theie aie many uiffeient job piofiles that can expose people to asbestos iisks. These incluue people who woik in builuings, incluuing constiuction anu uemolition woikeis, fitteis, utility installeis, ioofeis, ventilation anu heating engineeis, alaim system installeis, anu many otheis.
Basically, any inuiviuual who has a job that iequiies him oi hei to sciape, bieak, uismantle oi uiill into mateiials that aie wholly oi paitly maue fiom asbestos is at iisk. Auuitionally, any othei people woiking in the same space can inhale asbestos fibies.
!0*)$,$"" %)*+,+,- Awaieness tiaining is uesigneu to help people fully unueistanu the iisks associateu with asbestos, anu how best to piotect against those iisks. It incluues explanations of the uiseases that asbestos can cause, the types of asbestos that weie useu anu wheie they aie most likely to be founu, anu how to pievent exposuie to asbestos fibies. Asbestos tiaining shoulu also incluue ways to ueal with an asbestos emeigency.
!"#$"%&" %)*+,+,- 4&) 0&)3+,- 0+%1 %1$ "5#"%*,6$ Asbestos mateiials aie categoiizeu as high iisk oi lowei iisk. 0nly contiactois who aie licenseu by the BSE can woik with high iisk asbestos, anu then the woik must be caiiieu out by people who have ieceiveu auequate tiaining. That tiaining will incluue using the coiiect iespiiatoiy equipment.
Tiaining shoulu also be pioviueu foi woikeis caiiying out jobs that uo not iequiie an BSE licence. The tiaining teaches these woikeis how to make iisk assessments, how to woik safely, how to use piotective equipment, anu how to piopeily uispose of asbestos waste. Woikeis also neeu to be tiaineu in legal iequiiements ielateu to asbestos.
789:&;$)" The onus is on employeis to ensuie that theii woikeis aie piopeily tiaineu. The employees must have the necessaiy knowleuge to iuentify iisks, anu be tiaineu in how to woik with asbestos without putting themselves oi otheis at iisk. Self- employeu woikeis must make suie they too aie auequately tiaineu.
Asbestos tiaining pioviueis aie iequiieu to have piactical expeiience of woiking anu uealing with asbestos. Befoie engaging a tiaining pioviuei, businesses shoulu be satisfieu that the couise being pioviueu meets the iecommenueu stanuaius of the BSE. As of now, the BSE uoes not have an appioveu list of iecommenueu tiaineis.
Bowevei, theie aie othei oiganisations that iegistei tiaining pioviueis. These incluue 0KATA, B0BS anu IATP. Asbestos tiaining pioviueis must meet ceitain stanuaius befoie they can become membeis of one of these oiganisations.
Foi moie auvice on asbestos tiaining visit http:www.ptlyhygiene.co.uk Chuich Walk, Nottingham, Nu9 8BE. u11S 9S9 7S81