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(L) types of air sampling, including:
(i) baseline;
(ii) area;
(iii) personal;
(iv) clearance;
(v) area sampling during glove bag operations; and
(vi) upwind and downwind; and
(M) course review.
(4) Asbestos Inspector course. The Asbestos Inspector
course must be at least three training days. The course must include
lectures, demonstrations, 4 hours of hands-on training, individual
respirator fit-testing, course review, and a written examination consisting
of 50 multiple choice questions. Successful completion of the course
will require passing the examination with a score of at least 70%.
The course must adequately address the following in accordance with
the MAP:
(A) background information on asbestos;
(B) potential health effects related to asbestos exposure;
(C) functions/qualifications and role of inspectors;
(D) legal liabilities and defenses;
(E) understanding building systems;
(F) public/employee/building occupant relations;
(G) pre-survey planning, and review of previous survey
records;
(H) inspecting for friable and nonfriable ACM;
(I) assessing the condition of friable ACM;
(J) bulk sampling/documentation of asbestos;
(K) respiratory protection;
(L) personal protective equipment;
(M) hands-on training that includes a pre-field-trip
simulated asbestos survey with bulk sampling of non-ACBM, and respirator
fit-testing and maintenance;
(N) recordkeeping and writing the asbestos survey report;
(O) federal, state, and local regulations;
(P) field trip that includes a building walk-through
at a suitable location outside of the classroom; and
(Q) course review.
(5) Asbestos Management Planner course. The Asbestos
Management Planner course must be two training days. The prerequisite
for admission to the course is to provide a copy of a current asbestos
inspector training certificate. The course must include lectures,
demonstration, course review, and a written examination consisting
of 50 multiple choice questions. Successful completion of the course
will require passing the examination with a score of at least 70%.
The course must adequately address the following in accordance with
the MAP:
(A) course overview;
(B) evaluation and interpretation of survey results;
(C) hazard assessment;
(D) legal implications;
(E) evaluation and selection of control options;
(F) role of other professionals;
(G) developing an operations and maintenance (O&M)
plan;
(H) regulatory review;
(I) recordkeeping for the management planner;
(J) assembling and submitting the management plan;
(K) financing abatement actions; and
(L) course review.
(6) Asbestos Project Designer course. The Asbestos
Project Designer course must be at least three training days. This
course must include lectures, demonstrations, a field trip, course
review, and a written examination of 100 multiple-choice questions.
Successful completion of the course will require passing the examination
with a score of at least 70%. The course must adequately address the
following, in accordance with the MAP:
(A) background information on asbestos;
(B) potential health effects related to asbestos exposure;
(C) overview of abatement construction projects to
include clearance of the project area;
(D) safety system design specifications, including
written sampling rationale for air clearance;
(E) field trip;
(F) employee personal protective equipment;
(G) additional safety hazards;
(H) fiber aerodynamics and control;
(I) designing abatement solutions, including discussion
of removal, encapsulation, and enclosure methods and asbestos waste
disposal;
(J) final clearance process, including discussion of
the need for a written sampling rationale for aggressive final air
clearance; requirements of a complete visual inspection; and the relationship
of the visual inspection to final air clearance;
(K) budgeting and cost estimating;
(L) writing abatement specifications and plans;
(M) preparing abatement drawings;
(N) contract preparation and administration;
(O) legal/liabilities/defenses;
(P) replacement of asbestos with asbestos-free substitutes;
(Q) role of other consultants;
(R) occupied buildings, special design procedures required
in occupied buildings, education of occupants, extra monitoring recommendations,
staging of work to minimize occupant exposure, and scheduling of renovation
to minimize exposure;
(S) how to accomplish a complete visual inspection;
(T) relevant federal, Texas, and local regulatory requirements;
and
(U) course review.
(7) Texas Asbestos Law and Rules course. The Texas
Asbestos Law and Rules course must be three hours. The course must
adequately address the law and rules for the following:
(A) asbestos management in public buildings;
(B) notification requirements for public buildings;
(C) operations and maintenance (O&M) requirements
for public buildings;
(D) abatement practices and procedures for public buildings;
(E) asbestos licensing requirements;
(F) recordkeeping requirements;
(G) exemptions; and
(H) conflicts of interest.
(c) Refresher training course requirements.
(1) An annual refresher training course is required
for each discipline to maintain accreditation or licensure. Each refresher
training course must adequately address the following:
(A) federal, state, and local regulations;
(B) developments in state-of-the-art procedures; and
(C) key aspects of the initial training course.
(2) A refresher training course must consist of at
least the following amount of training, as specified for the applicable
refresher training course:
(A) asbestos abatement worker--one day of training;
(B) asbestos contractor/supervisor--one day of training;
(C) asbestos inspector--one half-day of training;
(D) asbestos management planner--one half-day of training;
(E) asbestos project designer--one day of training;
and
(F) asbestos air monitoring technician--one half-day
of training.
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