A one-day, in-company course for dutyholders. It explains the legal duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises, and how to find it, record it, assess the risk and keep people safe.
Duty to manage asbestos training is a one-day course for the people responsible for non-domestic premises. It explains the Regulation 4 duty to manage asbestos: finding asbestos, recording it, assessing the risk, drawing up an asbestos management plan and overseeing any removal work safely.
It is for the people who carry the legal duty to manage asbestos in a building.
By the end of the day, every delegate will be able to do the following.
Describe the asbestos-related diseases and the ill-health effects of exposure.
Explain where asbestos is likely to be present in premises, and who is at risk.
Provide information on asbestos legislation and the Regulation 4 duty to manage.
Describe the dutyholder responsibilities and who holds the duty.
Manage the risk from asbestos in commercial and other non-domestic premises.
Set up and maintain an asbestos management plan and register.
Take appropriate action when asbestos or suspected asbestos is discovered.
Check the competency of survey and removal contractors and oversee their work.
A full day on the duty to manage and how to discharge it.
Practical and discussion-led, focused on the dutyholder role.
A KeyOstas tutor delivers the day at your premises, and your own premises and procedures can be built in.
Understanding is checked through discussion and worked examples rather than a formal exam.
Every delegate receives a KeyOstas certificate of attendance on completion.
KeyOstas runs two asbestos courses for two different jobs. Here is how they differ.
places the explicit duty to manage on the dutyholder
non-domestic premises must be assessed for asbestos
the law expects a documented asbestos management plan
KeyOstas has trained UK workforces in health & safety since
“The training received was some of the best Health & Safety training I have experienced in my 20 years of working in Health & Safety. KeyOstas are always happy to help and work out solutions for us.”
Four decades of practical, in-company health & safety training.
We come to you, anywhere in the UK, and train your team around your working pattern.
Your own buildings, register and management plan can be worked into the day.
Delegates leave knowing how to discharge the duty, not just what it says.
Four decades of training UK workforces with practical instruction, not generic e-learning.
Cover asbestos at every level, and the wider duties around it.
The half-day course for workers who may disturb asbestos in their day-to-day job.
View the course →Awareness of the wider hazardous substances covered by the COSHH Regulations.
View the course →Construction duties under CDM 2015, where managing asbestos is central to refurbishment.
View the course →Tell us about your premises and how many people you would like to train, and we will put together a quote for the one-day course delivered at your site.
