The Instructor-led Asbestos Project Designers course is a 24 hours training program that includes lectures, demonstrations, a field trip, training program review, and a written examination. This course is required for all persons who design response actions for public and commercial buildings or schools and allows individuals to plan the scope, timing, phasing, and remediation methods for an asbestos project. Upon completion of an accredited asbestos project designer training program, a closed book examination will be administered. Each examination shall cover the topics included in the asbestos project designer training program. Student who pass the examination and fulfill the training program requirements will receive a Certificate of Completion.
About the VA Asbestos Designer Initial Course
Accreditation as a Project Designer allows a student to apply knowledge of building construction in the design and development of abatement projects, abatement specifications, bidding documents, architectural drawings, and schematic representations of material locations. In addition to concerning common uses of asbestos in buildings, health affect issues, and respiratory protection, you will review pertinent regulations, liability issues, asbestos abatement work practices, air sampling and cost estimating. The instructor’s field experience comes into the classroom and real projects will be discussed.
Topics covered in the Asbestos Project Designer -Initial course include:
- Overview of abatement construction projects to include clearance of the project area
- Safety system design specifications, including written sampling rationale for air clearance
- Field trip
- Employee personal protective equipment
- Additional Safety hazards
- Fiber aerodynamics and control
- Designing abatement solutions and written project design
- Budgeting/cost estimation
- Writing abatement specifications
- Preparing abatement drawings
- Contract preparation and administration
- Legal/liabilities/defenses
- Replacement * Role of other consultants
- Occupied buildings
- How to accomplish a complete visual inspection