Asbestos Awareness Training for Staff & Contractors in Croydon, Surrey, London & South East

Workers can disturb asbestos accidentally when they do not recognise suspect materials or do not know what to do when they encounter them. Regulation 10 requires employers to provide adequate information, instruction and training to people liable to be exposed to asbestos and those who supervise them. Awareness training is one level of that duty. It is intended to help workers avoid disturbance and stop work appropriately; it does not qualify them to carry out asbestos work.

HSE describes three main levels of asbestos training: asbestos awareness; training for non-licensable work including NNLW; and training for licensable work. The training level must match what the worker actually does. Awareness content should cover asbestos properties and health effects, likely locations and uses, how to avoid disturbance, legal responsibilities, and what to do if suspect asbestos is found or disturbed.

A formal awareness course does not need to be repeated automatically every 12 months. Refresher training should be provided as necessary, and a certificate is not by itself proof of competence. Employers remain responsible for selecting a competent provider and ensuring the training is adequate for the role.

• Asbestos-awareness content aligned to the purpose of CAR 2012 Regulation 10
• Trainer competence and experience must be verified for the individual booking; no UKATA-provider approval is claimed
• On-site delivery can be discussed where suitable
• Online delivery may be suitable where the agreed course format meets the training need
• Training records and any completion documentation are agreed before booking
• Covers asbestos recognition, health effects, legal duties and what to do if suspect material is encountered or disturbed
• For workers and supervisors who may encounter asbestos but are not carrying out asbestos work
• Group size and delivery arrangements confirmed for the individual booking

We discuss the roles and likely asbestos exposure circumstances to confirm whether awareness training is the correct level. Workers who will carry out non-licensed, NNLW or licensed asbestos work need task-appropriate training beyond awareness.

Delivery format, date, location and delegate arrangements are agreed only after the provider competence and any requested branded-course requirements have been checked for the instruction.

The training covers asbestos properties and health effects, likely locations and uses, how to avoid disturbing suspect material, the relevant legal duties, and what to do if asbestos is encountered or accidentally disturbed. Duration is confirmed for the booked course rather than stated as a universal half-day.

Any knowledge check, completion record or certificate format is confirmed before booking. A training certificate is not, by itself, proof that a person is competent to carry out asbestos work.

The employer should retain suitable training records. The specific documents supplied with this course are confirmed for the booking rather than represented as a universal HSE-required certificate set.

Refresher needs should be reviewed when necessary, taking account of changes in work, knowledge gaps and current HSE guidance. HSE does not require the entire formal awareness course to be repeated automatically every 12 months.

Check whether awareness training is the correct level and ensure workers receive adequate information, instruction and training before they are put at risk of exposure.

Review whether refresher training is needed. HSE does not require the entire formal awareness course to be repeated solely because 12 months have elapsed.

Ensure new starters receive the information, instruction and training appropriate to the asbestos risk and their role before they are exposed to that risk.

If a client or principal contractor specifies particular evidence or a branded training scheme, confirm those contract requirements before booking. This page does not promise UKATA-branded certification.

A common compliance mistake is treating awareness training as permission to work on asbestos. It is not. Employers must ensure the information, instruction and training are adequate for the actual task; workers carrying out non-licensed, NNLW or licensable asbestos work need the appropriate additional training and competence.

Pro Asbestos Removal offers asbestos-awareness training, but the training-provider approval, instructor competence evidence and any UKATA-branded provider status remain unresolved in the current project evidence. Those claims are therefore not used here. Employers should confirm the provider is competent and that the course content is appropriate for the workers and tasks involved.

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