BCHAZMAT Management Ltd. is pleased to announce that we will be conducting a 3-day Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) course on February 21-23, 2012, and an additional 1-day course relating to Asbestos Operations, Maintenance, and Safety (BC Asbestos Safety Course) being held on February 24, 2012.
Who Should Attend?
The AHERA course provides education and training for persons whose activities will encounter and possibly disturb asbestos-containing materials, also providing WorkSafeBC-required knowledge relating to “Hazard Recognition and Control”. Attendees shall be taught responsibilities for workplace inspections, identification, control, and evaluation of hazards, and the use of the BC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. The aim is to give students the education to identify hazards and apply effective strategies of control.
AHERA training is US-EPA accredited and is being provided for individuals attending renovation and demolition projects that may involve asbestos in buildings/structures built prior to 1990. This AHERA course will provide the knowledge to determine presence, location, and quantity of asbestos-containing materials.
The AHERA course will instruct “Safety Management” involving supervision of a safe work environment, the conducting of safety inspections, accident investigations, and use of workplace “due diligence”. This training course is not only theory-based, but includes a practical assessment exercise that will provide participants with an opportunity to put their newly acquired knowledge, skills, and resources to use.
The Course will give the Education and Knowledge to:
- Inspect buildings for friable materials, non-friable materials, and products which are likely to contain asbestos.
- Delineate homogeneous sampling areas and understand sampling strategies for collecting bulk samples.
- Delineate functional spaces for determining potential disturbance.
- Collect information on the physical condition and location of all Asbestos-Containing Building Materials (ACBM), or other characteristics of the building that may affect the likelihood that ACBM may be disturbed, and that fibres may be disturbed and released.
- Prepare data for management or for further investigatory purposes.
Major Concepts Being Discussed:
The major outcomes focused on in this course are:
- Investigation of records
- Legal responsibilities of employers, supervisors, workers, and others
- Physical and visual inspection of the building for suspect materials
- Bulk sampling of material suspect for asbestos
- Assessing the condition and location of the ACMB in relation to potential for damage
- Laboratory analyses
- Report documentation requirements including, but not limited to Risk Assessments, Safe Work Procedures and Exposure Control Plans
BC Asbestos Safety Course – 1 Day (optional)
BCHAZMAT offers this training for employees requiring awareness when encountering building materials containing asbestos. This course is held for employers who want to assure that required work was done by trained personnel. An important part of this course has been hands-on training in appropriate work practices and respiratory protection, both required under WorkSafeBC provisions.
Topics:
- BC OH&S and WorkSafeBC Regulations and Guidelines;
- Recognizing all categories of Asbestos-Containing Materials (ACM);
- Common safety hazards relating to asbestos;
- Importance and use of required controls;
- The content of the WorkSafeBC Regulations and Guidelines; and
- Other sources of available information on the topic.
To register for either of these courses please fill out the registration form and fax it to us: 250-656-4619.
If you would like more information or have further questions, please feel free to call us: 250-656-3382.