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Asbestos Awareness

The awareness training required before anyone works where asbestos might be disturbed, whether that is refurbishment, maintenance, demolition, or anything that involves opening up an older building.

Half a dayMaximum 8 learnersRegulated awareness qualificationHull · Sheffield · Doncaster

What's included

Everything in the price, nothing bolted on

  • Category A asbestos awareness training
  • Real examples of where asbestos still turns up locally
  • Certificate issued after the session
  • Delivery at your premises if you'd prefer

What you'll cover

By the end of it, you'll be able to

  • Recognise the materials most likely to contain asbestos
  • Understand the health risks and why they show up decades later
  • Know the legal duties under the Control of Asbestos Regulations
  • Know exactly what to do, and what not to do, if you find something suspicious

The day itself

How it runs

  1. 1

    9:00am

    What asbestos is

    Types, where it was used, and why it is still everywhere in the UK building stock.

  2. 2

    09:45am

    The risk

    How exposure causes harm, and which trades are most affected.

  3. 3

    10:30am

    The law

    Duty to manage, surveys, registers, and your responsibilities.

  4. 4

    11:00am

    If you find it

    Stop, secure, report, walked through as a scenario.

  5. 5

    11:30am

    Assessment

    Multiple Choice Invigilated Exam

What you need

  • No prior qualifications needed
  • A basic understanding of spoken and written English

Your certificate

A regulated awareness certificate, refreshed annually in line with HSE guidance. Emailed to you and, if you like, to your employer.

Pathways Academy

In build

There is an online version too

Asbestos Awareness Refresher (6 modules, around 40 minutes) sits alongside this course in our online academy. Book a classroom place and it opens straight away, so you arrive having already covered the ground.

See what is in the academy

Questions

Before you book

No. Awareness training tells you how to avoid disturbing it and what to do if you find it. Licensed and non-licensed removal work needs separate, specific training.

Annually is the sensible standard, and it's what most principal contractors will ask to see.

Often booked alongside

Level 2 Award (RQF)

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Falls from height remain the biggest killer in UK construction. Three focused hours on the law, the hierarchy of control, and using ladders, towers and harnesses properly.

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