Asbestos Awareness

In excess of 500,000 commercial, industrial and public buildings in the UK and Ireland are likely to contain asbestos materials. Unless this material is properly managed then workers especially maintenance workers and contractors may breathe in the deadly fibres whilst carrying out their routine jobs. Asbestos poses a serious threat to health.

On completion participants will be able to:

•     Understand What Asbestos Is

•     Understand Asbestos Dangers and Health Effects

•     Health Effects of Exposure to Asbestos

•     Uses and Likely Occurrences of Asbestos

•     Identification and Location of Asbestos in Buildings

•     Asbestos Containing Materials and Products

•     Avoiding the Risks from Asbestos

•     Asbestos Risk Assessments

•     Control Measures to Prevent Exposure

•     Management Actions to Prevent and Reduce Exposure

•     P.P.E. - Mask Fitting

• PowerPoint Presentation

• Videos

This is a ½ day Course.

Full Safetech Certification of Attendance is provided on successful completion of the course.

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Unemployed

If you are unemployed and seeking work, you may be eligible for funding from the Department of Social Protection to cover all, or some of the costs of your training. (means depending, you may be entitled to up to €1000).

Candidates who wish to avail of this must make an appointment with a case officer in their local Intreo office, discuss their case & apply for funding. The candidate will receive a funding application form which they must sign & bring/post to us. Upon completion, we will send this back to the case officer who will then review the funding application.

Upon receiving funding approval in the post from the Department of Social Protection, candidates must then call us to reserve a place on our course. We cannot confirm a place on our course until funding approval is gained.

Employed

If employed within the private sector or are a sole trader, there may also be funding assistance available through Skillnet funding. Skillnet may fund a percentage of your training, if eligible. For more details on this, please contact us on 074 91 27786.