UKATA Online Asbestos Awareness elearning is a course that will give you a better understanding of asbestos, where it is located, its dangers and how it affects the industry.
This course is an elearning version of the UKATA Asbestos Awareness course.
This UKATA Online Asbestos Awareness elearning course will provide you with vital knowledge but does not meet the requirements of Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR).
The course is mandatory for those who work in a trade or occupation involving building maintenance. The construction industry requires workers on a refurbishment or construction project to have some form of asbestos training.
Upon completing your course booking, you will receive an email with your login details to the online portal; this is how you will access the course.
The Asbestos Awareness eLearning course has 4 modules, each covering the relevant content to pass the course successfully. UKATA delivers the course through a range of interactive exercises, videos, multiple-choice questions and a final exam.
The course modules are as followed;
This unit will teach you the different types of asbestos to help you recognise them. You will also learn how exposure can affect your health and how the effects can be worse due to other factors.
Here you will outline the types of asbestos, explain where it can be found and explain the main reasons asbestos was used.
Describe the risks of various asbestos fibres, how you would find information about asbestos before starting work and the emergency arrangements when asbestos is disturbed.
Understand in simple terms where asbestos legislation fits the wider context of health and safety legislation. The legislation governing asbestos and work with asbestos, particularly regulations 5 and 6 of CAR. The basic framework (Regulation 4) for managing ACMs.
To pass the course, you will need to answer 12 of the 15 provided multiple-choice questions correctly.
This course is an eLearning course; eLearning courses are completed online without a live tutor or classroom. Because of this, you can complete the training from anywhere, anytime, and you don’t need to rely on a specific course date to be available to book.
If you would like to book this course, book directly online via this page or complete our contact form for a bespoke enquiry.
An alternative to this course would be the classroom delivered UKATA Asbestos Awareness. This course is suitable for those who work in the vicinity of asbestos but prefer to have their training delivered in a classroom.
If you would like to find out more about the classroom delivered training, visit the UKATA Asbestos Awareness course page.
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You must have access to a computer, laptop or tablet that can connect to the internet. You must also hear the sound played throughout the course; therefore, you must have access to speakers or headphones.
UKATA accredits this course.
Similarly to the classroom course, the training will take between 3-4 hours of learning.
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