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UKATA Asbestos Awareness

UKATA Asbestos Awareness, Manchester

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  • Duration : Half Day Class
  • Ratio : 1-15 Candidates
  • Assessment : Multiple Choice
  • Language : English
  • Certificate Length : 1 Year
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*This Asbestos Awareness eLearning course is not UKATA accredited. UKATA recommends that eLearning is only suitable as a refresher and should be used on alternate years to classroom training.




 


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UKATA Asbestos Awareness Bury, Manchester

This UKATA course that we are offering for sale, is sold under license from IASS Ltd who is the UKATA approved Professional Member 132 and this company Acadame Ltd are not a UKATA Professional Member for this classification of training Asbestos Awareness

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About Course
 
 

Our asbestos awareness programme here at Acadame is designed to equip workers and supervisors throughout Manchester with the necessary knowledge, instruction, and training to steer clear of activities that could potentially disturb asbestos during routine work or tasks that involve the manipulation of building materials or items that might harbour asbestos.

By enrolling in our course based in Bury, participants can enhance their understanding of asbestos’s characteristics, properties, and its health implications, including the heightened risk of lung cancer among asbestos exposed individuals who smoke.

We also offer this training in Stoke-on-Trent and Liverpool.

How Completing This Course Will Help You:
  • Essential Safety Training: Equip yourself with crucial knowledge about asbestos hazards, identification, and management, ensuring you can navigate potentially dangerous situations safely.
  • UKATA Certification: Earn a recognised certificate from the UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA), validating your competence in asbestos awareness and compliance with industry standards.
  • Legal Compliance Assurance: Stay compliant with regulations and legislation surrounding asbestos management by completing the UKATA Asbestos Awareness Course, minimising legal risks for yourself and your organisation.
  • Risk Reduction Strategies: Learn effective risk reduction techniques and safety protocols for handling asbestos-containing materials (ACMs), mitigating the risk of exposure and related health hazards.
  • Versatile Certificate: Gain access to a wide range of industries and workplaces where asbestos may be present, enhancing your employability and career opportunities across various sectors.
  • Personal Safety Priority: Prioritise your health and safety by investing in UKATA Asbestos Awareness training, empowering yourself to protect against the dangers of asbestos exposure in your work environment.

Supervisors and trades personnel, including trainees such as but not limited to: demolition workers, construction workers, general maintenance staff, electricians, plumbers, gas fitters, painters and decorators, joiners, plasterers, roofers, heating and ventilation engineers, telecommunication engineers, fire and burglar alarm installers, computer installers, architects, building surveyors, shopfitters and other such professionals.

Course Content
  • Types and properties of asbestos minerals.
  • The risks to and effects of health caused by exposure to asbestos.
  • Increased risks from smoking.
  • General epidemiology and statistics.
  • Types, uses and likely occurrence of asbestos and
  • ACMs in buildings and plant and be in a position to
  • The risks of fibre release from asbestos coatings, insulation, asbestos insulating board, asbestos cement and other asbestos containing materials
  • Awareness of how they would find information about the presence of asbestos before starting work;
  • General emergency arrangements to be used in the event that asbestos or ACMs are discovered or disturbed during the course of works.
  • Where asbestos legislation fits in the wider context of health and safety legislation
  • Legislation governing asbestos and work with asbestos, particularly regulations 5 and 6 of CAR;
  • Outline the basic framework (Regulation 4) for managing ACMs
Methods of Assessment

The method of assessment is a one-step journey:

Attainment of the learning outcome for the UKATA Asbestos Awareness qualification will assessed by a multiple choice examination consisting of at least 15 questions under exam conditions.
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