Asbestos Awareness Training in Northampton
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As an individual or organisation in or around Northampton, when you turn to our experts, you can help ensure your workers benefit from the best-quality and most suitable asbestos training
If you need asbestos training courses for your workers who may be at risk of coming into contact with this lethal substance, you can have the very greatest trust in Oracle Solutions.
We are a proudly local company to Northampton, with our head office being located only about 20 miles away in Kettering. Our nearby UKATA-accredited training centre enables workers to receive high-quality training from our asbestos experts in a beautiful location.
Whether your business is situated in Northampton town centre or in any of a range of other nearby areas such as Abington, Weston Favell Village, Delapre, or Great Houghton, you can be sure of us providing the asbestos training you will require in order to carry out your work safely and legally.
For a fast & free asbestos awareness training quote call 0844 800 0801
In what circumstances might someone require Northampton asbestos training?
If any of your workers need to undertake work that could conceivably cause them to disturb asbestos-containing materials (ACMs), you will need to familiarise yourself with the relevant legal requirements for asbestos training.
The use of asbestos in all new construction and renovation projects was finally banned in the UK in 1999. However, there are believed to still be up to 1.5 million buildings in the UK that contain asbestos.
So, if your employees will be carrying out potentially disruptive work in a commercial, public, or residential property that dates to before the year 2000, there could be a strong likelihood of them coming into contact with asbestos.
Asbestos is a notorious carcinogen; inhalation or ingestion of its fibres can lead to the development of potentially fatal diseases, such as mesothelioma or asbestos-related lung cancer, in those who are exposed. To this day, around 5,000 people die a year in the UK from disease linked to asbestos exposure.
Unsurprisingly, then, stringent legal requirements now exist in relation to how asbestos is managed in properties in the UK. Regulation 10 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012) stipulates that employers must ensure anyone who is liable to disturb asbestos during their work receives the correct level of information, instruction, and training to enable them to undertake their work competently and safely.
We are a trusted choice for asbestos training in or close to Northampton
As a local company, we have long helped individuals and organisations not only in Northampton itself, but also in nearby localities such as Wellingborough, Towcester, Daventry, Leicester, and Milton Keynes, with their requirements for asbestos training.
If you are on the lookout for asbestos training in Northampton for your staff, you might imagine that ensuring they receive the right type of training is a lot more important than exactly which company or organisation provides such training.
However, this isn’t actually the case. After all, given what a significant investment of time and money asbestos training is, you will likely have much greater confidence in a training provider that has been approved and certified by reputable external bodies.
You will therefore be pleased to know that Oracle Solutions is a CPD certified asbestos training provider. We are also accredited by UKATA, and those completing training with us will receive a certificate recognised by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
There are various additional reasons to make us your choice for tailored asbestos training in or near Northampton. These include:
- Our ability to provide face-to-face or virtual online asbestos training, depending on your organisation’s requirements and preferences
- The option of having us come to you to deliver training, instead of you coming to us, if you would prefer this
- The availability of refresher training to help ensure your workers’ asbestos knowledge stays up to date
- Our course content being aligned to the legal requirements set out under CAR 2012
- The ability of our experts to provide highly engaging, memorable, and actionable training that helps to make asbestos safety and management an interesting subject.
The essentials of asbestos training courses in Northampton
Asbestos training can be a complex and tricky subject to understand, especially for newcomers. So, we would urge you to take a look at our comprehensive guide to asbestos training for answers to some of the questions you are likely to have.
Frequently Asked Questions
Below, however, we have set out answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about our asbestos training in Northampton at Oracle Solutions:
What are the main types of asbestos training?
The three broad categories of asbestos training are as follows:
- Category A (Cat A) asbestos awareness training, which should be provided to any employees carrying out work that could disturb a building’s fabric – a situation that could expose them to asbestos
- Category B (Cat B) asbestos non-licensed removal and refresher training, which is aimed at workers – such as roofers, maintenance workers, and demolition workers – whose activities could knowingly cause disturbance to low-risk ACMs
- “Duty to manage” asbestos training, which helps dutyholders, appointed persons, landlords, and other affected individuals to achieve and maintain compliance with the “duty to manage” asbestos as outlined in CAR 2012.
You can find out more about these different types of asbestos training course, and what they consist of here at Oracle Solutions, by visiting the main training section of our website.
What difference does it make for asbestos training in Northampton to be CPD certified?
In summary, it can make a significant difference! After all, when you are comparing your options for asbestos training providers in Northampton, you might see a lot of claims being made about the quality of a given training course. However, you may also be interested in seeing such claims assessed and verified by trusted external observers.
The CPD Certification Service – the initialism standing for “Continuing Professional Development” – provides exactly this kind of reassurance. We are proud to confirm that all our UKATA asbestos training is CPD certified, and you can find out more about how this certification process works in our previous blog post on the subject.
In what circumstances is refresher asbestos training needed?
The HSE’s Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) and guidance document on CAR 2012, under the L143 series code, sets out that refresher training for licensable and non-licensable work should be provided on a yearly basis, or more frequently than this, if:
- There is a change in work methods;
- There is a change in the type of equipment used to control asbestos exposure;
- There is significant change to the type of work undertaken; or
- Gaps in competency are identified.
We have written extensively in the past about the particular circumstances in which you will need to make sure your employees have undergone asbestos refresher training.
Would you like to know more about our Northampton asbestos training? If so, it’s easy to reach out to Oracle Solutions’ experts by email or phone. When you do, we can provide tailored advice and guidance to help ensure you make the right decisions for your company.
For a fast & free asbestos awareness training quote call 0844 800 0801
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