Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-39.8-6
Affected: IC 16-41-39.8
Sec. 8.
(a) For a
training course provider to obtain approval from the department to offer
lead-based paint activities courses, the program shall meet the following
training manager and instructor requirements:
(1) The training course provider shall employ
a training manager who has any one (1) of the following education or work
experience:
(A) At least two (2) years of
experience, education, or training in teaching workers or adults.
(B) A bachelor's or graduate degree in
building construction technology, engineering, industrial hygiene, safety,
public health, education, business administration, or program management or a
related field.
(C) Two (2) years of
experience in managing a training curriculum specializing in environmental
hazards.
The training manager shall also have demonstrated experience,
education, or training in the construction industry, including lead or asbestos
abatement, painting, carpentry, renovation, remodeling, occupational safety and
health, or industrial hygiene.
(2) Training course providers shall submit
resumes and qualifications of all potential instructors, including guest
instructors, for approval by the department prior to their use as instructors
for any course.
(3) A qualified
principal instructor shall be hired by the training manager for each course and
shall have the following education and work experience:
(A) Possess:
(i) a high school diploma or equivalent; and
(ii) either:
(AA) a bachelor's or graduate degree in
architecture, industrial hygiene, engineering, building system design, science,
or a related field; or
(BB) a
combination of four (4) years of experience in lead-based paint or asbestos
inspection, abatement, occupational safety and health, or hygiene.
(B) Successfully
completed at least sixteen (16) hours of any U.S. EPA-accredited or U.S.
EPA-authorized state or tribal-accredited lead-specific training, including the
course in which they plan to instruct. After the effective date of this rule,
the training must be taken from an Indiana-approved training course. The
training course shall be taken from a training course provider other than the
provider for whom the instructor will be working.
(4) The principal instructor shall be
responsible for the organization of the course and oversight of the teaching of
all course material. The training manager may designate guest instructors as
needed to provide instruction specific to the lecture, hands-on activities, or
work practice components of a course.
(b) The following documents shall be
submitted to the department to demonstrate that training managers and principal
instructors have the education, work experience, training requirements or
demonstrated experience:
(1) Official academic
transcripts or diploma to demonstrate compliance with the education
requirements.
(2) Resumes, letters
of reference, or documentation of work experience to demonstrate compliance
with the work experience requirements.
(3) Certificates from train-the-trainer
courses and lead-specific training courses to demonstrate compliance with the
training requirements.
This documentation is required to be submitted with the
approval application and shall be retained by the training course provider as
required by the record keeping requirements contained in section 11 of this
rule.
(c) The
training course provider shall ensure the availability of, and provide adequate
facilities for, the delivery of the lecture, course test, hands-on training,
and assessment activities. This includes providing training equipment that
reflects current work practices and maintaining or updating the equipment and
facilities as needed. The lecture portion of the training courses may be
delivered in an online synchronous or asynchronous format, if approved by the
department.
Transferred from the Air Pollution Control Board
(326 IAC 23-3-8) to the Indiana
State Department of Health (410 IAC 32-3-8) by
P.L.
57-2009,
SECTION
17, effective July 1, 2009.
