UKATA Asbestos Awareness

Last updated on August 17th, 2023 at 11:02 am

This is a half day UKATA Accredited Asbestos Awareness course.

This course is an annual renewal.

Information, instruction and training for asbestos awareness is intended to give workers and supervisors the information they need to avoid work that may disturb asbestos during any normal work which could disturb the fabric of a building, or other item which might contain asbestos. It will not prepare workers, or self-employed contractors, to carry out work with asbestos-containing materials. If a worker is planning to carry out work that will disturb ACMs, further information, instruction and training will be needed.

Examples of those affected are listed below. There will be other occupations where asbestos may be disturbed in addition to those listed.:

General maintenance workers
Electricians
Plumbers
Joiners
Painters and decorators
Plasterers
Construction workers
Roofers
Shop fitters
Gas fitters
Heating and ventilation engineers
Demolition workers
Telecommunication engineers
Fire/burglar alarm installers
Computer and data installers
Architects
Building surveyors

• Information, instruction and training about asbestos awareness should cover the following:
  the properties of asbestos and its effects on health, including the increased risk of developing lung cancer for asbestos workers who smoke
• the types, uses and likely occurrence of asbestos and asbestos materials in buildings and plant
• the general procedures to deal with an emergency, eg an uncontrolled release of asbestos dust into the workplace
• how to avoid the risk of exposure to asbestos.

Training is available in several locations, including: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset. Gloucestershire.