| (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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