10-14-2024 - Asbestos Worker / Handler Initial - Spanish - Fullerton, CA

This Asbestos Worker/Handler Initial - Spanish training course accredits individuals to remove, encapsulate, enclose, repair or disturb friable or non-friable asbestos, and to handle asbestos material in any manner which may result in the release of asbestos fiber on an asbestos abatement project. This extensive workshop provides students with the skills to immediately begin asbestos abatement work in the field.

La formación es necesaria para los profesionales de disminución de asbesto en virtud de la Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 ( AHERA ), que es la autoridad bajo la cual la EPA publicó el asbesto EPA Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan. Este curso se ha concedido la autorización plena por la EPA y varios Estados a cumplir con los requisitos de AHERA y ASHARA de acreditación para el trabajo de asbesto en escuelas K-12, así como en edificios públicos y comerciales.

Un trabajador de asbesto / Handler debe tener un certificado válido de asbesto en todo momento mientras se trabaja en un proyecto, y debe trabajar bajo la supervisión de un supervisor de asbestos autorizado.

Looking for the English version of this class? Checkout Asbestos/Worker Handler.

Topics To Be Covered Include:

• Background Information on Asbestos
• Relevant Federal, State and Local Regulatory Requirements, Procedures and Standards
• Health Effects of Exposure to Asbestos
• Purposes and Methods of Asbestos Monitoring and Testing
• Case Studies
• Personal Protection of the Worker (hands-on required)
• Preparation of Work Area (hands-on required)
• Asbestos Abatement Hazard Reduction Methods (hands-on required)
• Proper Clean-Up and Disposal (hands-on required)
• Personal Hygiene
• Decontamination (hands-on required)
• Additional Safety Hazards

Please Note: Your state has detailed education, experience and application processing requirements to qualify for licensing in the Asbestos field. Most states administer their own asbestos programs, and each state's Department of Environmental Protection/Health is generally the best place to start with questions about requirements and training. Students are responsible to verify these requirements prior to registering for a course.