UNE 171370/2 Asbestos Course: Asbestos Location and Diagnosis

Goals

The objectives of the training UNE 171370/2 Asbestos Course: Asbestos Location and Diagnosis :

The scope of the course includes all the technical knowledge necessary to take on the management of an asbestos inspection and analysis project in buildings, facilities or industrial vehicles, backed by a standardised programme divided into theoretical and practical modules, as well as the preparation of the inspection or status report.

Program

Asbestos in Buildings and Facilities
1.1 Characteristics of Asbestos
● Fibre morphology, varieties and physical and chemical properties.
1.2 Health risks: asbestos-related diseases
1.3 Uses and locations of materials containing asbestos. Buildings, transport, industry, etc.
● Chronology of asbestos use techniques. Imports, sectors of use and legislation.
● Main applications and properties of asbestos products and materials (sprayed, coatings, textiles, panels, paper and cardboard, fibre cement, friction elements, joints, etc.).
● Conditions of use of materials and products containing asbestos until their prohibition.
1.4 Factors affecting the presence and likelihood of asbestos-containing materials in a building or facility:
● Determining the age of a building, dates of construction and any significant renovations.
● Construction techniques and the use of asbestos.
● Use of asbestos in services and facilities.
● Fire protection regulations in buildings that indicated the use of asbestos 13.
● Asbestos substitute fibres.
1.5 Actions for the safe management of asbestos risk in buildings and facilities:
● Management of owners to reduce the risks of exposure to asbestos fibres.
●Characteristics and determining factors of exposure to asbestos fibres.
●Prevention and control measures.
●Protection of the population against the risks associated with asbestos.
●Protection of exposed workers.
●Requirements for the removal and disposal of asbestos waste.
1.6 Regulations related to asbestos:
● Study the Spanish regulations in force regarding the prohibition and requirements for permitted work with asbestos. RD396/2006.
● European directives and rulings.
● Examples of legislation from other countries.
●INSST technical guide.
●UNE reference standards.
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Programme
Asbestos inspections in accordance with UNE 171370-2.
2.1 Processes and procedures to be carried out prior to any type of inspection:
● Strategy for sampling asbestos in materials.
●Describe the different types of asbestos-related inspections.
●Prepare and review building inspection plans for asbestos.
2.2 Procedures for carrying out asbestos inspections:
●Types of inspections: Type 1 location, identification and assessment of ACMs, when they remain
●in use in the building or facility. Type 2: prior identification of all ACMs, in order to remove them before
●demolition, refurbishment and renovation works involving the alteration of construction elements and
●materials.
●Determining factors of the risk associated with an ACM.
●Collection of information during the inspection visit and subsequent assessment of the potential risk
associated with each identified ACM.
●Tools and equipment for sampling materials.
●Diagram of the asbestos inspection and diagnosis procedure.
●Location and identification of asbestos. MSCA, MCA, MPCA concepts
●Probing techniques.
●Sampling of materials and interpretation of analytical results.
●Disposal of waste at probing and sampling points.
2.3 Asbestos risk assessment criteria
●Risk assessment algorithm.
2.4 Recommended methods and techniques for determining asbestos in materials through specialised laboratory analysis
● Analytical techniques and methods of analysis for identifying asbestos in materials.
2.5 Occupational risk prevention: work equipment, protective equipment
2.6 Procedures for managing asbestos risks in buildings and facilities
●Disposal.
●Containment.
●Stabilisation.
●Periodic monitoring programme for installed materials.
2.7 Report on the results of the inspection:
●Technical and legal terminology.
●Description of the requirements for a report.
●Interpreting the assessment of the potential risk associated with an ACM.
●Prioritising response actions.
Practical
●Selecting the equipment needed to carry out the inspection.
● Selection, use and maintenance of personal and collective protective equipment. Aspects to consider when taking personal samples.
● Personal decontamination procedures.
● Use of equipment for sampling and taking samples of materials.
● Sampling strategies and procedures depending on the different types of materials.
●Simulation of material sampling.
●Safe packaging and labelling of samples for shipment to the laboratory.
●Cleaning of equipment and work area during sampling.
●Waste management.
●Application of the risk assessment algorithm to practical cases.