Asbestos Awareness
Information, instruction and training for asbestos awareness is intended to give workers and supervisors the information they need to avoid work that may disturb asbestos during any normal work which could disturb the fabric of a building, or other item which might contain asbestos.
From £49.99
Course overview
Information, instruction and training about asbestos awareness should cover the following:
the properties of asbestos and its effects on health, including the increased risk of developing lung cancer for asbestos workers who smoke
the types, uses and likely occurrence of asbestos and asbestos materials in buildings and plant
the general procedures to deal with an emergency, eg an uncontrolled release of asbestos dust into the workplace
how to avoid the risk of exposure to asbestos
For people who work with or around asbestos, this online Asbestos training course gives advanced understanding regarding asbestos awareness. There’s a rundown of what asbestos is, its past usage, its location, characteristics, friability, and the dangers of asbestos exposure which results in diseases like asbestosis, mesothelioma and other non-malignant pleural diseases, and the relevant asbestos regulations and legislation.
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 5000 people die yearly from airborne asbestos fibres in the UK. Asbestos is a fibrous silicate mineral with excellent heat resistance that can be woven into fabrics and is utilised in brake linings and fire-resistant and insulating materials.
What will I learn in this course?
Information, instruction and training about asbestos awareness should cover the following: the properties of asbestos and its effects on health, including the increased risk of developing lung cancer for asbestos workers who smoke.
Here are 5 reasons why asbestos training is necessary:
- With new workers coming into the building, plumbing and electrical industry and other careers where asbestos can be a hazard, it is important that every worker in every field where asbestos may be an issue knows the potential sources of asbestos in the workplace so they can approach these areas with care. The also need to know how to recognize asbestos containing material and who they need to inform if that material is present in order to protect themselves and everyone in the vicinity of the asbestos.
- All workers should also know the health risks that exposure to asbestos poses not only for them but, for anyone in the vicinity where asbestos fibers may have been disturbed. Knowing the health risks results in workers becoming more aware of the importance of informing the right people of the presence of asbestos and of taking the proper steps in insuring that the area is properly closed off so that innocent bystanders are not exposed to any fibers until the asbestos can be removed properly.
- Asbestos awareness training also informs workers and managers the legal obligations they are under concerning the discovery of asbestos in the workplace and how to minimize the legal risks to themselves and to the company. Asbestos awareness training will teach them their legal obligations as well as making them aware of the penalties that they face if these obligations are not met.
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