Corporate Training By Zack Academy - Asbestos Awareness Webinar

Why Should You Take This Asbestos Awareness webinar course?

This Asbestos Awareness webinar is designed especially for custodial, maintenance, and trades persons who will conduct operations which may contact or disturb asbestos in buildings. It is intended to review the source and history of asbestos, and the health effects associated with asbestos exposure. We will discuss the regulations, both federal and state, which limit the activities you may perform relating to asbestos. Finally, we will discuss recognizing damaged and deteriorated asbestos-containing materials. This course also requires that employees be made aware of the locations and quantities of asbestos materials in the building, and the name of the Asbestos Program Manager for the facility where they work.

Intended Audience:  The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) requires this training course for employees who fall under Class IV asbestos work. Class IV asbestos work entails activities performed by maintenance and custodial employees who come into contact with, but do not disturb, asbestos containing material (ACM) or presumed asbestos-containing material (PACM). Asbestos containing materials (ACM) is any material that contains more than one percent (>1%) asbestos. Presumed asbestos containing materials (PACM) includes thermal system insulation (TSI) or surfacing material found in buildings constructed prior to 1981.

Topics To Be Covered Include:

• Background Information on Asbestos
• Regulatory Guidelines at the State and Federal Level
• Health Effects Associated with Asbestos Exposure
• Recognizing Damage, Deterioration, & De-lamination of Asbestos-Containing Building Material (ACBM)