This Asbestos Awareness online safety training course is convenient and easy to use. Individual employees can train at a time that is convenient for them, at their own pace. The system automatically tracks their progress in the course along with any completed quiz scores and bookmarks the learner’s place to make it easy to resume training if training is interrupted. Upon completion of the course, and a 100% score, the employee will then be able to print a certificate of completion.
Employers no longer need to pull large groups of employees off the job to complete their safety training.
This online training course can help you:
Meet compliance-based safety requirements
Reduce risks of accidents and injury on and off the job
Lower insurance premiums, workers compensation claims and lost work hours
Improve employee morale and retention
This course provides information on the health hazards associated with asbestos, protective measures, common sources of asbestos exposure, signs and label requirements at asbestos hazard areas, work circumstances that may involve risk of exposure, safety measures to protect against exposure, illnesses symptoms and an overview of the medical program required by Federal law.
Learning Objectives:
Define health effects associated with asbestos exposure
Define the relationship between smoking and exposure to asbestos producing lung cancer
Specify the quantity, location, manner of use, release, and storage of asbestos, and the specific nature of operations which could result in exposure to asbestos
Define the required engineering controls,work practices, and associated work activities involving asbestos
Identify the specific procedures implemented to protect employees from exposure to asbestos, such as appropriate work practices, emergency and clean-up procedures, and personal protective equipment to be used
Specify the purpose, proper use, and limitations of respirators and protective clothing, if appropriate
Specify the purpose and components of the medical surveillance program required by 29 CFR 1910.1001
Identify the purpose of 29 CFR 1910.1001
Identify additional resources, which provide information, materials, and/or conduct programs concerning smoking cessation. (Appendix I of 29 CFR 1001)
Define the requirements for posting signs and affixing labels and the meaning of the required legends for such signs and labels
Recognize asbestos containing material (ACM) and presumed asbestos containing material (PACM) damage and deterioration
Define proper response to fiber release episodes
Intended Audience:
Employees exposed to asbestos at or above the permissible exposure levels. Employees who perform housekeeping operations in areas that contain ACM and PACM.
Primary Regulations:
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1001, Asbestos
Related Regulations:
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart I, Respiratory Protection
OSHA29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z, Toxic and Hazardous Substances
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart I, Personal Protective Equipment
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart G, Occupational Health and Environmental Controls
