Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) An approved training program provider
will
offer programs which teach the work practice standards set forth in Chapter
3742. of the Revised Code and Chapter 3701-32 of the Administrative Code. The
work practice standards will be taught in the appropriate program to provide
the trainees with the knowledge needed to perform the lead activities. The
training program will be comprised of training hours, including
hands-on training, and will be conducted in such a manner that students gain
practical experience in conducting lead activities. The terms training hours
and hands-on training have the same meaning as defined in rule
3701-32-01 of the Administrative
Code. An approved initial training program will meet at
least the following:
(1) In addition to the
successful completion of the prerequisite core program, the initial lead
inspector training program will consist of at least sixteen training hours, with
at least eight hours devoted to hands-on training;
(2) In addition to the successful completion
of the prerequisite lead inspector program, the initial lead risk assessor
training program will consist of at least sixteen training-hours, with
at least eight hours devoted to hands-on training. A trainee
will
have previously successfully completed a sixteen training-hour lead inspector
program in order to be certified as having completed a lead risk assessor
program;
(3) In addition to the
successful completion of the prerequisite core program, the initial lead
abatement contractor training program will consist of
at least thirty-two training hours, with at least eight hours devoted to
hands-on training;
(4) In addition
to the successful completion of the prerequisite lead abatement contractor
program, the initial lead abatement project designer training program
will
consist of at least sixteen training hours, with at least eight hours devoted
to hands-on training. A trainee is obligated to have previously successfully completed
an initial lead abatement contractor training program in order to be certified
as having completed an initial lead abatement project designer training
program;
(5) In addition to the
successful completion of the prerequisite core program, the initial abatement
worker training program will consist of at least sixteen
training-hours, with at least eight hours devoted to hands-on training;
(6) The initial clearance technician program
can not
exceed 7.2 training hours;
(7) To
successfully complete an initial training program a person
is obligated
to complete the training within one year;
(8) The training program
will
provide written proof of the successful completion of the program to each
candidate within one week of successful completion of the program examination;
and
(9) The instructor-to-student
ratio will not exceed 1:25.
(B) Except in the case of the clearance
technician program, each initial training program offered
will
have, as a prerequisite, the completion of a core training program of at least
eight training hours based on the occupational safety and health act training
program for lead set forth in
29 C.F.R.
1926.62. (1993), as amended. The core program
will
include instruction on the following:
(1)
Background information on lead including the history of lead use and sources of
environmental lead contamination including paint, surface dust, soil, water,
air, and food;
(2) Health effects
on the human body, including how lead enters and affects the body, symptoms of
lead in the body and diagnosis, level of concern and treatment;
(3) Regulatory background including laws,
regulations, and guidelines of HUD, OSHA, USEPA, Chapter 3742. of the Revised
Code and the rules adopted thereunder, and local regulations;
(4) Lead and construction
standards;
(5) Personal protective
equipment including respiratory equipment selection, airpurifying respirators,
care and cleaning of respirators, respirator fit testing, and protective
clothing;
(6) Personal hygiene
practices;
(7) Legal liability and
insurance issues; and
(8) Overview
of abatement.
(C)
Successful completion of the core training program satisfies the prerequisite
of the core training program needed for each license issued pursuant to Chapter
3701-32 of the Administrative Code.
(D) A lead inspector initial training program
will
include instruction on the following:
(1) The
role and responsibilities of a lead inspector;
(2) Clearance standards and testing,
including random sampling; and
(3)
Hands-on training and experience on the following:
(a) Lead-based paint inspection
methods;
(b) Water, dust, air,
paint-chip and soil sampling methodologies and quality control; and
(c) Compilation and preparation of the final
inspection report and the preparation and maintenance of clearance examination
documentation.
(E) A lead risk assessor initial training
program will include instruction on the following:
(1) The role and responsibilities of a lead
risk assessor;
(2) All information
deemed
necessary by paragraph (D) of this rule;
(3) The background information necessary to
perform a lead risk assessment;
(4)
The interpretation of sampling results;
(5) How to abate or reduce lead-based paint
hazards including instruction on when less than full abatement is
appropriate;
(6) How to develop a
plan to control lead hazards without conducting full abatement;
(7) Record-keeping requirements;
(8) Identification of lead-based paint
hazards, lead-contaminated dust, and lead-contaminated soil;
(9) The lead hazard screen risk assessment
protocol;
(10) Other sources of
lead exposure; and
(11) Hands-on
training and experience on the following:
(a)
Visual assessment and sampling guidelines; and
(b) Preparation of lead activity reports and
the preparation and maintenance of clearance examination
documentation.
(F) A clearance technician initial training
program will include instruction on the following:
(1) The health effects of lead on the human
body including how lead enters and affects the body, symptoms of lead in the
body and diagnosis, level of concern and treatment;
(2) The role and responsibilities of a
clearance technician;
(3) Visual
assessment to correctly identify visible dust, debris, and deteriorated
paint;
(4) Federal and state
regulatory requirements for lead clearance testing;
(5) Selecting an environmental lead
analytical laboratory and interpreting analysis results; and
(6) Hands-on training and experience on the
following:
(a) Visual assessment
methods;
(b) Dust sampling
methodologies;
(c) Compilation and
preparation of the post-other than abatement clearance examination report;
and
(d) Answering client questions,
documentation, and record keeping.
(G) A lead abatement contractor initial
training program will include instruction and information on the
following:
(1) Legal and insurance issues
relating to lead-based paint abatement;
(2) Employee information and
training;
(3) Project
management;
(4) Contract
specification development;
(5)
Supervisory techniques;
(6) Medical
monitoring requirements;
(7) How to
conduct water, soil, dust, paint- chip and air sampling;
(8) Clearance standards and testing
methods;
(9) Waste
disposal;
(10) The community
relations process;
(11) Cost
estimation techniques;
(12)
Record-keeping requirements;
(13)
Integration of lead abatement work with other than abatement work;
and
(14) Hands-on training and
experience on the following:
(a) Risk
assessment and report interpretation;
(b) Development of a pre-abatement
plan;
(c) Lead hazard recognition
and control;
(d) Respiratory
protection and protective clothing;
(e) Lead-based paint abatement hazard
reduction methods, including prohibited methods;
(f) Personal air monitoring procedures and
techniques;
(g) Soil and exterior
dust abatement or lead-based paint hazard control and reduction methods;
and
(h) Interior dust abatement or
clean up and lead hazard reduction.
(H) A lead abatement project designer initial
training program will include, for large scale abatement projects
information on the following:
(1) Requirements
of paragraph (G) of this rule;
(2)
Worker protection and worker safety;
(3) Occupant protection and community
relations;
(4) Abatement and other
lead hazard reduction methods;
(5)
Specification writing;
(6)
Operations and maintenance planning;
(7) Clean-up and waste disposal;
(8) Writing pre-abatement plans;
(9) Clearance examinations; and
(10) Hands-on training and experience on the
following:
(a) Risk assessment and inspection
reports interpretation;
(b)
Information on project design including integration with modernization
projects, abatement design or lead hazard reduction strategy, cost estimation,
and construction techniques;
(c)
Contract specification writing workshops; and
(d) Development of a pre-abatement
plan.
(I) A
lead abatement worker initial training program will include
instruction and hands-on training and experience on:
(1) Hazard recognition and control;
(2) Respiratory protection;
(3) Personal hygiene;
(4) Lead-based paint abatement and lead
hazard reduction methods, including prohibited practices;
(5) Interior dust abatement methods and
clean-up or lead hazard reduction;
(6) Soil and exterior dust abatement methods
or lead hazard reduction; and
(7)
Waste disposal.
(J) An
approved training program may request approval to offer a refresher program for
any corresponding initial program for which it already has received approval or
for which it is concurrently requesting approval. The director
will not
approve a refresher program unless the training program has received approval
to teach the corresponding program discipline and the refresher program meets
the requirements of this rule. Approval to offer a refresher program expires
with the expiration of approval to offer the corresponding initial program.
(1) An approved refresher training program
will
provide instruction on the following:
(a) An
overview of current safety practices relating to lead activities in general, as
well as specific information pertaining to the appropriate
discipline;
(b) An update on
current laws and regulations relating to lead activities in general, as well as
specific information pertaining to the appropriate discipline; and
(c) An update on current technologies related
to lead activities in general, as well as specific information pertaining to
the appropriate discipline;
(2) The refresher programs for lead abatement
worker, lead abatement contractor, lead risk assessor, lead inspector and lead
abatement project designer are obligated to include at least eight training hours
every two years. Refresher courses for all disciplines, except project
designer, will include a hands-on component. The refresher
program for clearance technician will not exceed two hours or 2.4 training hours every
four years;
(3) A lead abatement
worker may take a lead abatement contractor refresher program in lieu of a lead
abatement worker refresher program; a lead inspector may take a lead risk
assessor refresher training program in lieu of a lead inspector refresher
program; and a lead abatement project designer may take a lead abatement
contractor refresher program in lieu of a lead abatement project designer
refresher program; and
(4) Each
trainee will be obligated to
pass a discipline-specific program test, including a hands-on assessment, that
is based on materials taught in the refresher program.
(K) For each initial program it offers,
except for the core program, the training program will conduct a
hands-on skills assessment and a program examination at the completion of the
program to evaluate trainee competency and proficiency. The hands-on skills
assessment and the program examination will be
successfully completed for a trainee to pass any program.
(1) For each program examination
administered, the following will apply:
(a) An
initial program examination will consist of a minimum of fifty multiple choice
questions. A refresher program test will consist of
a minimum of twenty-five multiple choice questions; and
(b) The training manager
will be
responsible for determining the passing score for the program
examination.
(2) Each
program examination will be administered in a manner that ensures the
following:
(a) No contents are revealed to any
student prior to the examination;
(b) The security of any written examination
materials is ensured;
(c) All
students who pass the examination do so on their own merits;
(d) No written material other than the
examination materials can be viewed by any student during the examination;
and
(e) A proctor is present for
the duration of the examination.
