Asbestos Awareness Training Online £25.00+ VAT
Our asbestos awareness training online course is to help the learner understand the dangers of asbestos, especially those who work in trades that take part in building maintenance or refurbishment.
Asbestos kills about 5000 workers each year. Few people realise that most buildings constructed before the turn of the millennium will have asbestos in their fabric. This is safe, until it is disturbed by alterations, and if fibres are breathed into airwaves, they can lodge there for many years, causing irritation and eventually cancer.
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This e learning asbestos awareness training is for anyone whose work may disturb the fabric of a building and expose them to asbestos. It should be given to all those involved with refurbishment, maintenance and associated trades or to those who supervise such employees.
The aim of this online training course is to help people understand the dangers posed by asbestos and to avoid carrying out work that will cause the release of dangerous asbestos fibres resulting in serious health problems or death. Knowledge will bring safety.
This online course covers the following topics:
An introduction to Asbestos regulations and statistics (section 1)
What is asbestos? (section 2)
The history of asbestos & the development of legislation (section 3)
Asbestos related diseases (section 4)
Licensing and related Legislation (section 5)
On successful completion of this section, you should be able to:
Section 1 (An introduction to Asbestos regulations and statistics)
Section 2 (What is asbestos?)
Section 3 (The history of asbestos and the development of legislation)
Section 4 (Asbestos related diseases)
Section 5 (Licensing and related Legislation)
The average time required to complete the asbestos awareness course learning is approximately 1 hour, however the course is designed to go at the pace of the learner and can be completed in more time if needed.
The asbestos awareness training course assessment consists of 30 multiple choice questions. In order to be successful, candidates must achieve a 75% (23) to obtain the certificate.
On successful completion of the course assessment, the candidate will be able to print/save their online asbestos awareness training certificate. In addition to this, an email is sent to the candidate containing a link to the certificate.
This is the simplest, most convenient way to achieve compliance. Also, a QR code has been added to the certificate, which can be scanned by a smartphone to establish the certificate’s validity.
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