Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
Asbestos project designers shall complete a three-day (24
hours) training program as outlined below. The three-day asbestos project
designer training program shall include lectures, demonstrations, a field trip,
training program review, and a written examination. The three-day asbestos
project designer training program shall address the following topics:
1. Training program overview.
a. The role of the project designer in the
asbestos abatement industry.
b.
Discussion of what a project design is.
2. Background information on asbestos.
a. Identification of asbestos; examples and
discussion of the uses and locations of asbestos in buildings.
b. Physical appearance of asbestos.
3. Potential health effects
related to asbestos exposure.
a. Nature of
asbestos-related diseases.
b.
Routes of exposure, dose-response relationships and the lack of a safe exposure
level.
c. The synergistic effect
between cigarette smoking and asbestos exposure.
d. The latency period of asbestos-related
diseases; a discussion of the relationship between asbestos exposure and
asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma, and cancer of other organs.
4. Overview of abatement
construction projects.
a. Abatement as a
portion of a renovation project.
b.
OSHA requirements for notification of other contractors on a multi-employer
site (29 CFR
1926.1101) .
5. Safety system design specifications.
a. Construction and maintenance of
containment barriers and decontamination enclosure systems.
b. Positioning of warning signs.
c. Electrical and ventilation system
lock-out.
d. Proper working
techniques for minimizing fiber release.
e. Entry and exit procedures for the work
area, use of wet methods, use of negative pressure exhaust ventilation
equipment, use of high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) vacuums, proper
clean-up and disposal of asbestos, work practices as they apply to
encapsulation, enclosure, and repair, use of glove bags and a demonstration of
glove bag use.
6. Field
trip.
a. Visit a proposed abatement site or
other suitable building site, including on-site discussions of abatement
design.
b. Building walk-through
inspection, and discussion following the walk-through.
7. Employee personal protective equipment.
a. Classes and characteristics of respirator
types.
b. Limitations of
respirators, proper selection, inspection, donning, use, maintenance, and
storage procedures.
c. Methods for
field testing of the facepiece-to-face seal (positive and negative pressure
fitting tests).
d. Qualitative and
quantitative fit testing procedures.
e. Variability between field and laboratory
protection factors, factors that alter respirator fit (e.g., facial hair,
dental work and weight loss or gain).
f. Components of a proper respiratory
protection program.
g. Selection
and use of personal protective clothing, use, storage and handling of
nondisposable clothing.
h.
Regulations covering personal protective equipment.
8. Additional safety hazards.
a. Hazards encountered during abatement
activities and how to deal with them.
b. Electrical hazards, heat stress, air
contaminants other than asbestos, fire and explosion hazards.
9. Fiber aerodynamics and control.
a. Aerodynamic characteristics of asbestos
fibers.
b. Importance of proper
containment barriers.
c. Settling
time for asbestos fibers.
d. Wet
methods in abatement.
e. Aggressive
air monitoring following abatement.
f. Aggressive air movement and negative
pressure exhaust ventilation as a clean-up method.
10. Designing abatement solutions.
a. Discussions of removal, enclosure, and
encapsulation methods.
b. Asbestos
waste disposal.
11.
Budgeting/cost estimation.
a. Development of
cost estimates.
b. Present costs of
abatement versus future operations and maintenance costs.
c. Setting priorities for abatement jobs to
reduce cost.
12. Writing
abatement specifications.
a. Means and methods
specifications versus performance specifications.
b. Design of abatement in occupied
buildings.
c. Modification of guide
specifications to a particular building.
d. Worker and building occupant
health/medical considerations.
e.
Replacement of ACM with non-asbestos substitutes.
f. Clearance of work area after
abatement.
g. Air monitoring for
clearance.
13. Preparing
abatement drawings.
a. Use of as-built
drawings.
b. Use of inspection
photographs and on-site reports.
c.
Particular problems in abatement drawings.
14. Contract preparation and
administration.
15.
Legal/liabilities/defenses.
a. Insurance
considerations, bonding, hold harmless clauses, and use of abatement
contractor's liability insurance.
b. Claims-made versus occurrence
policies.
16.
Replacement of asbestos with asbestos-free substitutes.
17. Role of other consultants.
a. Development of technical specification
sections by industrial hygienists or engineers.
b. The multi-disciplinary team approach to
abatement design.
c. The use and
responsibilities of a project monitor on the abatement site.
18. Occupied buildings.
a. Special design procedures required in
occupied buildings.
b. Education of
occupants.
c. Extra monitoring
recommendations.
d. Staging of work
to minimize occupant exposure.
e.
Scheduling of renovation to minimize exposure.
19. Relevant federal, state and local
regulatory requirements. Procedures and standards including:
a. Requirements of TSCA Title II;
b. 40 CFR Part 61, National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, Subparts A (General Provisions) and M
(National Emission Standard for Asbestos);
c. OSHA standards for respiratory protection
(29 CFR
1910.134);
d. EPA Worker Protection Rule, found at 40
CFR Part 763, Subpart G;
e. OSHA
Asbestos Construction Standard found at
29 CFR
1926.1101; and
f. OSHA Hazard Communication Standard found
in 29 CFR
1926.59.
20. A review of key aspects of the accredited
asbestos training program.
Statutory Authority
§ 54.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.
