Health & Safety Responsible person - practical asbestos compliance in healthcare

Who is it for?

You will be working in or on behalf of a healthcare estates department with or soon to take on responsibility for the safe management of asbestos.  This course is based on the HSE asbestos training module and will take you through the key roles and responsibilities and principle actions.

Aim

To enable estates staff to gain an understanding of the importance of managing asbestos related risks, roles and responsibility and the use of important techniques such as development of an adequate asbestos management plan, audit and appropriate training and communication.  The course will explain your roles and responsibilities, take you through the key actions and explore the concept of a suitable and sufficient approach to asbestos management.

Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• discuss the hazards associated with working with or near asbestos containing materials (ACMs), including the effect on health
• understand the legal requirements including the duty to manage asbestos
• apply a plan to work through the logical steps to comply with legislation
• develop an appropriate asbestos management plan using practical examples
• identify where to obtain further guidance and assistance.

Assessment

Your ability to meet the above course objectives will be determined through a range of appropriate informal assessment techniques. This approach will assist you with identifying any areas of improvement for your own CPD action plan.

Related courses

You may find other courses in our Health & Safety and Estates & Facilities Management portfolios useful.

Eastwood Park, Falfield, was formerly the NHS national training centre for healthcare engineering and now, as an independent company, we are the leading provider of technical healthcare engineering training in the UK.      

Attendees will receive a personalised Eastwood Park certificate of attendance.

Following a review of the new government guidance we want to reassure you that the essential training booked at Eastwood Park for the coming weeks is going ahead as planned.

We are operating a COVID-secure environment and will be seeking the co-operation of everyone attending to strictly adhere to these arrangements throughout their stay and we will continue to carefully monitor the situation.

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Facilities

Classrooms

Classrooms are available for theory learning and group exercises (close to training laboratories when practice activities are included).

FAQs

• How long will you hold provisional bookings for?

  Provisional bookings will be held for one week (7 days) from the date of booking.

  As we are facing a high demand for course places, we kindly ask you to confirm your place as soon as possible.

  If you do not confirm this booking within this period, unfortunately we cannot hold the place for you and the provisional booking request will be removed from the system.

• Do you cover COSHH on your training?

  Yes, our Responsible person - practical COSHH management course deals specifically with the Control of Sunstances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002.

• Do I need to bring any documents with me?

  Your joining instructions will state whether you need to bring anything with you to your course.

• How do I find out your course availability?

  To book one of our courses, call our sales team on +44 (0)1454 262777. Alternatively fill out the enquiry form on our website, after which we will contact you as soon as possible.

• What are your terms & conditions?

  You can view and download our booking terms and conditions here.