Asbestos Industry Training - SAFE Training

Asbestos The importance of being learned
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Training
Who needs it
The management plan
Roles and responsibilities
Employers
Employees
Non employees
Summary

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
Who needs it
The management plan
What Training
How often
The Management Plan

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
Who needs it
The management plan
What Training
How Often
What Training

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
Who needs it
The management plan
What Training
How Often
Frequency

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

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