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4. Occupant protection considerations for work in occupied building.
(b) Supervisor responsibilities for isolating the work area, preparation and set-up, including:
1. Proper construction and maintenance of regulated area.
2. Positioning of warning signs.
3. Sealing openings to the building.
4. Worker personal protective equipment and other worksite safety preparations.
(c) Supervisor responsibilities for proper abatement work techniques to minimize fiber release, including:
1. Use of wet methods.
2. Use of HEPA vacuums.
3. Proper use of power equipment and other tools.
4. Work practices for removal, enclosure and repair of asbestos-containing material.
5. Recommended and prohibited work practices.
6. Controlling for possible impact of roofing and siding activities on interior asbestos-containing materials.
(d) Supervisor responsibilities for proper worksite cleanup, waste handling and decontamination, including:
1. Proper clean-up procedures.
2. Use of HEPA vacuums.
3. Waste handling procedures, including systems for lowering roofing and siding materials to minimize breakage.
4. Transport and disposal procedures.
5. Decontamination procedures, including proper doffing of personal protective clothing and respirators in decontamination units.
(e) Other asbestos worksite issues, including:
1. Emergency procedures for sudden releases.
2. Potential exposure situations on the job.
(f) Hands-on skills training and practice in the following:
1. Completing project notification form.
2. Completing occupant protection plans.
3. Completing waste handling and disposal paperwork.
(4) Insurance and liability. Insurance, bonding, legal liabilities and defenses, including all of the following:
(a) Contractor issues regarding liability, including tort, regulatory and contractual.
(b) Third-party liabilities and defenses.
(c) Worker’s compensation coverage and exclusions.
(d) Insurance coverage and exclusions, including claims-made and occurrence policies, comprehensive general liability policies, environmental and pollution liability policy coverage and exclusions, liability insurance requirements, and hold harmless clauses.
(e) Bonding and the relationship between insurance availability and bond availability.
(5) Record keeping and project forms. Records, forms and documentation, including all of the following:
(a) Records required by federal, state and local regulations.
(b) Project notification, project logs and occupant protection plans for asbestos abatement activities.
(c) Records recommended for legal and insurance purposes.
(d) Hands-on skills training and practice for completing asbestos abatement project notification forms and occupant protection plans.
(6) Supervising asbestos activities. Activities addressed shall include all of the following:
(a) Enforcing and reinforcing required work practices and discouraging unsafe work practices.
(b) Exterior supervisor responsibility to determine if ACM or suspect ACM is friable.
(c) Exterior supervisor responsibility and authority to shut down a project to bring in a certified asbestos company if ACM or suspect ACM, which is being disturbed or removed, becomes, or is found to be, friable.
(d) Supervisor responsibility for emergency planning.
(e) Use of supervisory authority under this chapter, including stopping jobs.
(f) Ensuring each employee on the jobsite is appropriately certified.
(g) Considerations when coordinating with other contractors on site.
(7) Contract specifications. Discussions of essential elements that may be included in contract specifications for exterior asbestos abatement projects.
History: CR 08-036: cr. Register February 2009 No. 638, eff. 5-1-09.
DHS 159.31 Curriculum requirements for asbestos worker initial course. The initial training course for the asbestos worker discipline shall be 4 training days in length. Course instruction shall include lecture supplemented by audiovisual materials, learning exercises and activities; at least 14 hours of hands-on skills training and practice; course review with time to answer questions; a written course test that meets the requirements under s. DHS 159.22 (16); and time to assist students to complete the department application for certification. Course instruction for the asbestos worker initial training course shall address all of the following:
(1) Asbestos characteristics. Physical characteristics of asbestos, including all of the following:
(a) Identification of asbestos.
(b) Aerodynamic characteristics.
(c) Typical uses of asbestos-containing materials.
(d) Physical appearance.
(e) Overview of abatement control options.
(2) Health effects. Potential health effects related to asbestos exposure, including all of the following:
(a) The nature of asbestos-related diseases.
(b) Routes of exposure.
(c) Dose-response relationship and the lack of a safe exposure level.
(d) Synergistic effect between cigarette smoking and asbestos exposure.
(e) Latency periods for asbestos-related diseases.
(f) Relationship of asbestos exposure to asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma, and cancers of other organs.
(3) Personal protective equipment. The use of personal protective equipment, including all of the following:
(a) Classes and characteristics of respirators, including respirator protection factors.
(b) Limitations of respirators.
(c) Proper respirator selection, inspection, donning, use, maintenance, and storage procedures.
(d) Selection of cartridges.
(e) Methods for field testing of the facepiece-to-face seal, including positive and negative pressure fit checks.
(f) Qualitative and quantitative fit testing procedures.
(g) Variability between field and laboratory protection and factors that alter respirator fit, such as facial hair.
(h) Components of a proper respiratory protection program and employer responsibilities.
(i) Selection and use of disposable and non-disposable personal protective clothing.
(j) Regulations covering personal protective equipment.
(k) A demonstration of donning, fit checking and fit testing.
(L) Hands-on skills training and practice in the following:
1. Selecting proper respirators and cartridges.
2. Inspecting, disassembling, cleaning and assembling half-face respirators.
3. Donning and doffing personal protective clothing.
(4) Abatement project work practices. State-of-the-art work practices for asbestos abatement projects, including all of the following:
(a) Assessment of the work area, including site preparation considerations.
(b) Isolating the work area, preparation and set-up, including:
1. Proper construction and maintenance of barriers, containments, and decontamination enclosure systems.
2. Positioning of warning signs.
3. Lock-out of electrical and ventilation systems.
(c) Proper abatement work techniques to minimize fiber release, including:
1. Use of wet methods.
2. Use of negative pressure ventilation equipment.
3. Use of HEPA vacuums.
4. Work practices for removal, encapsulation, enclosure and repair.
5. Glove bag use and methods.
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