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AMERICAN SAFETY CONSULTANTS TEAMS UP WITH NAETI
A Leading Provider of Lead and Asbestos Training
4/9/2010
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Under strict new EPA rules that take effect on April 22, 2010, certification is required for all home improvement activities in pre-1978 housing and in any child occupied facilities. These new rules focus on activities disturbing more than 6 sq. ft. per room, of interior or 20 sq. ft. per side, of exterior lead paint. The following classes will affect any contractors, maintenance workers, trades, renovators, et. al.
EPA RRP Renovator Initial 8-hours
This EPA model course for Certified Renovators meets all requirements in 40 CFR 745.90. Renovator status will allow you to do lead safe renovation, repair and painting work in pre-1978 housing and in child-occupied facilities where work will disturb lead-based paint. Your certification is valid for five years from the date of completion of the course.
EPA RRP Renovator Refresher 4-hours
This EPA model course for Certified Renovators and as such meets all requirements in 40 CFR 745.90. Renovator status will allow you to do lead safe renovation, repair and painting work in pre-1978 housing and in child-occupied facilities where work will disturb lead-based paint. Your certification is valid for five years from the date of completion of the course.
EPA RRP Dust Wipe Sampling Technician 8-hours
This EPA model course for Certified Renovators and as such meets all requirements in 40 CFR 745.90. Technician status will allow you to do lead safe renovation, repair and painting work in pre-1978 housing and in child-occupied facilities where work will disturb lead-based paint. Your certification is valid for five years from the date of completion of the course.
8 Hour Asbestos Awareness for Contractors as per OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1101
Review of History/Identification and Recognition of Asbestos
Recognition of Damaged Asbestos Material and Proper Handling Methods
Review of Health Effects, Personal Protective Equipment and Respiratory Protection
Regulations Summary
Review of Work Practices and Removal/Clean-Up Procedures
New York State Allied Trades 1-1/2 Days
This training course, required by New York State, is for workers who prepare or otherwise enter a contained asbestos project work area for a limited time in performing certain specialized tasks in preparation of, or ancillary to, the actual asbestos abatement.
EPA/AHERA/NYS 3-Day Buiding Inspector
Designed for individuals who need EPA/AHERA/NYS certification to evaluate public and private school buildings for asbestos-containing materials. It is required by New York State to provide extensive training to individuals whose job responsibilities include building surveys, hazard assessments in schools, inspecting industrial and residential facilities.
The course objective is to outline and illustrate the basic considerations and methods used to determine the presence of asbestos-containing material in a building and how to use the survey results to develop and effective operations and maintenance plan.
Course segments include information on the health hazards of asbestos exposure; typical applications for asbestos-containing material; evaluation methods including the walk-through survey, bulk sampling strategy, methodology, analysis and results, interpretations; assessing the condition of existing ACM and evaluating its potential for future change. An actual walk-through building survey is an integral part of this portion of the course.
EPA/AHERA/NYS 2-Day Asbestos Management Planner
Designed for individuals charged with responsibility for developing the asbestos management plan and who have successfully completed the Asbestos Building Inspector Course. This 2-Day course will guide the individual in preparing and implementing an effective plan that meets AHERA requirements.
The management planning course expands on the interpretation of the building survey results and demonstrates how this information and the hazard assessment process are used in the development of the operations and maintenance plan. Safe practices and procedures are stressed as well as on-going surveillance, recordkeeping and administration.
New Jersey/New York State/EPA/AHERA 5-Day Asbestos Supervisor/Contractor Program
Designed to meet the OSHA requirements for a “competent person” and/or a “certified supervisor” and the EPA requirement for an “accredited supervisor”. OSHA requires this course for asbestos consultants and site surveillance technician certification. EPA requires at least one person with this training to be present during any renovation or demolition work that disturbs asbestos (small maintenance jobs may be exempted).
A comprehensive discussion of the practices and procedures used in asbestos abatement work is provided in this course and included three days of lecture and 2 days of hands-on workshops. It is designed to provide the attendee with the ability to understand the importance of federal, state and city regulations, recognize asbestos applications, comprehend the health hazard potential and understand the principals of work practices to work safely and efficiently with asbestos in a manner that will safeguard personal and public exposure.
Initially designed for the accreditation of abatement contractors, this course also provides building owners, health and safety professionals and regulatory agency personnel with the basic information needed to interact successfully with experienced industrial hygienist/consultants and abatement firms.
3-Day EPA/AHERA/New York State Project Designer Course
This 3-Day course provides the training required to design an AHERA asbestos abatement project in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. The completion of this course and passing the required examination fulfills U.S. EPA requirements per 40 CFR, Part 763 and New York State Department of Health requirements.
This seminar includes development of abatement specification and drawing including a field exercise for “hands-on” experiences, budgeting/cost estimating, contract preparation and administration, design of control measures, legal liabilities/defenses, role of other consultants and overview of abatement construction projects. Included in the course fee is a comprehensive Course Manual, Current Federal and State Regulations Manual, Respiratory Fit Test and NAETI Final Exam. (The complete NIBS-National Institute for Building Sciences Model Guideline Specifications Publication is an optional purchase).
A unique working/laboratory section in preparation of cost estimates, round table discussions on project problems, variables in design and project methodology with additional emphasis on specification preparation, is provided as an optional fourth day of training.
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