UKATA Asbestos Non-Licensed Operative (including Awareness)

Course Objectives:

The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 requires every employer to ensure that adequate information, instruction and training be given to its employees who are liable to be exposed to asbestos, or who supervise such employees.

This course is designed to provide delegates with the theoretical and practical skills required to undertake non-licensable work.

Course Content:

On successful completion of the course delegates will have completed the Asbestos Awareness element, as well as a detailed understanding of the Equipment and Method Sheets:

EM1 – What to do if you uncover or damage materials that may contain asbestos
EM2 – Training
EM3 – Building and dismantling a mini-enclosure
EM4 – Using a Class H vacuum
EM5 – Wetting asbestos materials
EM6 – Personal Protective Equipment
EM7 – using damp rags to clean surfaces of minor asbestos contamination
EM8 – Personal decontamination
EM9 – Disposal of asbestos waste
EM10 – Statement of cleanliness after textured coating removal

Delegates will also have theoretical and/or practical knowledge of the safe working methods for non-licenced ACMs, including Notifiable non-licenced works, dependant on the scope of works identified in your Training Needs Analysis

On successful completion of the course, delegates will be issued with a UKATA Certificate which is valid for 12 months, after which the UKATA Asbestos Non-Licensed Operative Refresher course can be taken.

Who Should Attend?

Any person who in the course of their work activities may be called upon to plan the works, interact with or remove ACMs falling into the non-licensable categories.