Asbestos Awareness

Course details

This Asbestos Awareness Training Course will help you to familiarise yourself with the safety procedures you need to follow, in order to protect your health in the workplace. You’ll learn about the dangers of working with asbestos and how to comply with the law, to ensure you and your colleagues are 100% safe.

Asbestos Awareness is an extremely hazardous material that can cause serious respiratory health issues when exposed to large amounts of it. If you work in construction, it’s important to know what precautions to take should you ever be working in an environment where you could be breathing in its fibers.

This Asbestos Awareness Training course is for everybody who may possibly come into contact with Asbestos; from office workers to builders. The Asbestos Awareness course will prepare you for identifying the different forms of the material and when to call an emergency or the authorities.

• Accredited by CPD
• Guidance to comply with Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and CDM Regulations 2015
• Instant e-certificate and hard copy dispatch by next working day
• Fully online, interactive course with audio voiceover
• Developed by qualified health and safety professionals
• Self-paced learning and laptop, tablet, smartphone-friendly
• 24/7 Learning Assistance
• Discounts on bulk purchases

Who should take the course

This informative Asbestos Awareness course is for individuals associated with the building trade and employees working in older properties. Examples would include such trades as;

• Decorators
• Construction workers
• Builders
• Property owners
• Office workers 
• Employees in older UK residences

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the Asbestos Awareness course, learners will be able to demonstrate that they;

• Know the history behind the use of Asbestos in the UK and when it was banned.
• Understand why Asbestos still poses a risk to individuals.
• Identify the different forms of Asbestos and where it can be found.
• Know how to safely dispose of or deal with Asbestos.
• Name the different diseases caused by Asbestos.
• Know what causes an emergency with Asbestos and what to do in an incident.

Assessment

At the end of the Asbestos Awareness course, there will be an online assessment, which you will need to pass to complete the Asbestos Awareness course. Answers are marked instantly and automatically, allowing you to know straight away whether you have passed. If you haven’t, there’s no limit on the number of times you can take the final exam. All this is included in the one-time fee you paid for the Asbestos Awareness course itself.

Course Curriculum

 Module 01: Asbestos Explained
 Module 02: Asbestos Identified
 Module 03: Asbestos and the Law
 Module 04: Risk Factors of Asbestos
 Module 05: Surveys and Risk Assessment
 Module 06: Asbestos Awareness & Safety
 Module 07: Asbestos-Containing Waste (ACW) Disposal
 Module 08: Accidental Disturbance of ACMs and Dealing with Emergencies


  Updated on 02 August, 2021