Asbestos Awareness
30 min! Run Time
Employees
only
of Completion
What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
Asbestos Awareness: This course is aimed at all people who are likely to come into contact with asbestos whilst at work. This training should be carried out immediately before commencing such work.
What you'll learn:
- What asbestos is and its uses
- Know why it is harmful
- What diseases it causes
- How asbestos fibres are released
- How the law is applied to the risks from asbestos
- Understand how the new duty to manage fits in.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
Asbestos Awareness
Frequently Asked Questions
It is aimed at all people who are likely to come into contact with asbestos while at work, regardless of their specific role.
The course should be carried out immediately before commencing work where asbestos contact is possible, keeping the training current rather than months old.
Because awareness fades, the course is designed to sit right before exposure risk begins rather than long in advance of it.
No, it is a general awareness course for anyone who may contact asbestos at work, not a role-specific supervisor module.
To ensure that anyone who might encounter asbestos on the job has current awareness immediately before that work starts, not weeks beforehand.