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- Expert tutorsTaught by experienced health and safety professionals
- FlexibleOnline, virtual, classroom or on your site
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Know where asbestos hides, and what to do.
Asbestos is still present in many buildings built before 2000 and remains the UK’s biggest single cause of work-related deaths. This short online course helps anyone who could disturb it during their work to recognise the risk and stay safe.
It meets the general requirement for asbestos awareness training under the Control of Asbestos Regulations for workers who could come across asbestos, such as trades, maintenance and facilities staff.
What you will learn
- What asbestos is and why it is dangerous
- Where asbestos is commonly found in buildings
- The diseases asbestos can cause
- Legal duties and the asbestos register
- What to do if you suspect or disturb asbestos
Who should take this course
- Tradespeople and maintenance workers
- Facilities and premises staff
- Construction and refurbishment workers
- Supervisors of work in older buildings
FAQs
Is this enough to work with asbestos?
No. Awareness training is for people who might come across asbestos. Anyone who works with asbestos needs further, specific training.
How often should it be refreshed?
Asbestos awareness training should be refreshed regularly, typically every year.
Who provides the course?
The course is provided through one of our approved online training partners. Adept handles your enquiry and setting up access for your learners.
Train everyone at once.
We can set up access for a whole team, so you can track who has completed the course and keep evidence of training in one place.
More than a booking.
Adept is run by a practising health, safety and CDM consultant. When you book through us, you get advice from someone who uses this knowledge on real sites every week.
The right course
Honest advice on which qualification and study option suit your role, so you invest in the course you actually need.
Practical insight
Guidance from a consultant who applies health and safety law and CDM on live projects, not just in the classroom.
One point of contact
We handle your enquiry and booking and stay on hand with support until you have your certificate.
