Qualification code
AAC
Asbestos Awareness Training
Asbestos Awareness Course
Practical asbestos awareness training helping employees recognise where asbestos may be found, avoid disturbing it and know what to do if it is suspected or damaged.
Family-run since 2005
Personal, friendly service
ISO 9001 certified
Course design, delivery & certification
UK-wide workplace delivery
In-house training across the UK
Regulated, recognised & bespoke
Qualifications, programmes & GST courses
- Certification
- Good Skills Training
- Maximum learners
- Up to 12 per tutor
About the training
Course Overview
Our Asbestos Awareness Course is designed for people whose work could bring them into contact with asbestos-containing materials but who are not employed to deliberately work on or disturb asbestos.
The course helps learners understand what asbestos is, why exposure can be dangerous, where asbestos-containing materials may be found and which activities are most likely to disturb them.
Most importantly, learners need to know what awareness training allows them to do – and what it doesn't. If a material could contain asbestos, the right response may simply be to stop work, prevent further disturbance and report the concern so that the correct information and competent advice can be obtained.
We make the session practical and relevant to the people attending. The tutor uses photographs, workplace examples, questions and discussion to help learners recognise situations they may genuinely encounter rather than simply working through a list of asbestos products.
Asbestos is a serious subject, but training should still be clear, practical and engaging. Quality training at affordable prices shouldn't be an alien concept.
Who should attend?
Who is this course for?
- Maintenance and facilities staff who may work in older buildings.
- Electricians and electrical contractors.
- Plumbers and heating engineers.
- Carpenters, joiners and other building trades.
- Decorators and refurbishment workers.
- Construction workers who may encounter existing building materials.
- Telecommunications, data and alarm installers.
- Caretakers, premises teams and building maintenance staff.
- Employees whose work could accidentally disturb asbestos-containing materials.
- Organisations that need staff to understand their asbestos register, reporting procedures and stop-work arrangements.
Course content
What will you learn?
- What asbestos is and the different types of asbestos.
- Why asbestos fibres can be dangerous to health.
- Asbestos-related diseases and the long-term effects of exposure.
- Common asbestos-containing materials.
- Where asbestos-containing materials may be found in buildings.
- Why the age and history of a building may be relevant.
- Activities and work likely to disturb asbestos-containing materials.
- The purpose of an asbestos register and how it should be used before work starts.
- Safe systems of work and checking information before disturbing building materials.
- What asbestos awareness training does and does not allow somebody to do.
- Recognising when work must stop.
- Preventing other people from entering or disturbing a suspected area.
- What to do if asbestos-containing material is accidentally damaged or disturbed.
- Emergency and reporting arrangements.
- Practical examples relevant to the learners' workplace.
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The details
Course Information
The practical details you may need before arranging or booking this course.
Maximum learners
Maximum learner-to-tutor ratio: 12:1.
Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites for attending the Asbestos Awareness Course.
Learners should have sufficient understanding of English to follow the training, take part in discussion and complete the required knowledge checks.
If a learner has a disability, medical condition or additional support requirement that may affect their participation, please tell us before the course so suitable support or reasonable adjustments can be considered.
This is asbestos awareness training only. It does not provide the information, instruction and training required for people who will deliberately work on or disturb asbestos-containing materials.
Course duration
The Asbestos Awareness Course provides approximately 4 hours of face-to-face training and is normally delivered as a half-day session.
Good Skills Training normally offers the course at the following times:
- Morning session: 09:30 – 13:45.
- Afternoon session: 12:45 – 17:00.
The timetable allows time for explanation, workplace examples, discussion, questions and knowledge checks rather than simply working through presentation slides.
For in-house training, examples can be related to your premises, asbestos-management arrangements and the types of work undertaken by your employees.
Assessment
Understanding is checked throughout the course through tutor questioning and knowledge checks.
The tutor uses questions, examples and discussion to check that learners understand where asbestos may be encountered, why disturbing it can be dangerous and what action they should take if asbestos-containing material is suspected or accidentally disturbed.
This is awareness training rather than a regulated qualification, so the purpose of the knowledge checks is to confirm understanding of the essential safety messages rather than create an unnecessarily formal examination environment.
Certification
Learners who successfully complete the course receive a Good Skills Training Asbestos Awareness certificate.
Good Skills Training is ISO 9001 certified for the delivery of training and consultancy services, including course certification.
This is an asbestos awareness course rather than a regulated qualification.
The certificate confirms completion of awareness training. It does not authorise the learner to undertake work that deliberately disturbs or removes asbestos-containing materials.
Requalification
There is no fixed expiry for this GST course unless stated in the booking confirmation. Employers should schedule refresher training when procedures, risks or guidance change, or where practice shows it is needed.
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