TTI AHERA ASBESTOS COURSES
TTI AHERA ASBESTOS COURSES
AHERA Building Inspector – Initial Course
This 3-day (24 hours) training course provides technical information needed to identify and describe asbestos-containing building materials (ACBM) and to write a comprehensive asbestos inspection report.
This course is the initial training for persons involved in the inspection of buildings for the presence of asbestos-containing materials, random sampling and analysis of suspect materials and preparation of site inspection reports documenting the presence of asbestos.
Topics Include:
- Asbestos Types, Uses and Applications
- Role of Inspectors
- Health Effects and Medical Surveillance Requirements
- Current Federal and State Regulations
- Bulk Sampling of Asbestos
- Site Inspection Preparation, Conduction and Documentation
- Legal Issues
- Building Systems
- Government Regulations
- Personal Protection Equipment
This course meets all EPA, OSHA, and AHERA requirements.
AHERA Contractor/Supervisor
This 5-day (40 hours) training course is for persons who supervise asbestos work site activities.
In addition to the core topics of the Asbestos Worker course, this initial training course features advanced topics for site supervision including work practices and procedures, and contractor issues.
Topics Include:
- Effective Supervision Techniques
- Specifications and Contract Documents
- Regulatory Recordkeeping
- Regulatory Review for Supervisors
- Legal Issues
- Insurance and Bonding
- Air Monitoring
- Supervision of Abatement Work Site Activities
The course fulfills the OSHA “competent person” training requirement and the NESHAP “trained representative” requirement
AHERA Management Planner
This 2-day (16 hours) training course is an extension of the Building Inspector training and teaches how to prepare and update an asbestos management plan.
This course prepares you how to develop a schedule (or plan) for implementation of response actions to hazards or potential hazards identified in the inspection report and how to develop an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) plan.
Upon completion of the Inspector training, this is the initial training for persons who will be responsible for the review of inspection reports, the assessment of hazards, and the development of a management plan for control of asbestos in a building.
Topics Include:
- Evaluation and Selection of Control Options
- Role of Management Planner
- Legal Issues
- Recordkeeping
- Current Federal and State Regulations
- Developing an Operations and Maintenance Plan
- Cost Estimation
- Prerequisites: AHERA Building Inspector Training
This course meets all EPA AHERA requirements.
AHERA Project Designer
This 3-day (24 hours) training course teaches how to design response actions and abatement projects.
It also covers basic concepts of architectural design, engineering controls and proper work practices as required by the regulation. Initial training for persons who will be responsible for the design of asbestos abatement projects.
Topics Include:
- Asbestos Types, Uses and Applications
- Role of Project Designers
- Health Effects and Medical Surveillance Requirements
- Current Federal and State Regulations
- Abatement Methods
- Development of Specifications and Contract Documents
- Conduction and Documentation
- Legal Issues
- Replacement Materials
- Personal Protection Equipment
This course meets all EPA, OSHA, and AHERA requirements.
AHERA Worker
This 4-day (32 hours) training is for workers involved with the abatement of asbestos, for asbestos project monitors, and for consultants.
The course content provides instruction on personal protection, state-of-the-art techniques and two days of hands-on training. The focus is on practices and procedures, personal protective equipment, health effects of asbestos exposure, and other information critical to individuals who work in an abatement area with hazardous materials.
Topics Include:
- Asbestos in Historical Perspective
- Asbestos Types
- Uses and Applications
- Health Effects and Medical Surveillance Requirements
- Current State and Federal Regulations
- Air Monitoring and Sampling
- Bulk Sampling and Analysis
- Worker Protection Equipment
- Negative Pressure Systems
- Glove Bag Removal
- Establishing High-Integrity Asbestos Abatement Work Areas, and Proper Abatement Practices & Procedures
This AHERA Worker certification is required by the EPA for a person to work on asbestos response actions in most buildings other than private residences, and by OSHA for Class I work.
Trabajador AHERA
Este 4 días (32 horas) es la formación de los trabajadores involucrados en la reducción del asbesto, para los monitores de proyecto de asbesto, y para los consultores.
El contenido del curso proporciona un nivel básico de instrucción sobre técnicas de protección individual, el estado de la técnica y dos días de entrenamiento práctico. La atención se centra en las prácticas y procedimientos, equipos de protección personal, efectos en la salud de la exposición al amianto, y otra información crítica para las personas que trabajan en un área de reducción con materiales peligrosos.
Los Temas Incluyen:
- Asbesto en Perspectiva Histórica
- Tipos de Amianto
- Usos y Aplicaciones
- Efectos Sobre la Salud y los Requisitos de Vigilancia Médica
- Las Regulaciones Estatales y Federales Actuales
- Monitoreo de Aire y Toma de Muestras
- Toma de Muestras y Análisis de Mayor
- Equipos de Protección de los Trabajadores
- Sistemas de Presión Negativa
- Retirar la Bolsa de Guantes
- El Establecimiento de Áreas de Trabajo de Eliminación de Asbesto de Alta Integridad, y las Prácticas y Procedimientos de Atenuación Apropiadas
Esta certificación de Trabajador AHERA es requerido por la EPA para una persona para trabajar en las acciones de respuesta de amianto en la mayoría de los edificios que no sean residencias privadas, y por la OSHA para la clase I trabajo.
Este curso cumple con todos los requisitos de la EPA, OSHA y AHERA