24Hour Asbestos Inspector In-Person Initial March 18, 19 & 26, 2026

3Day Class: Wednesday-March 18th, Thursday-March 19th and Thursday-March 26th 8am-4pm

Cost: $700

ASBESTOS INSPECTOR INITIAL DESCRIPTION:

This is a 3 day initial course with a half day annual refresher.  Class will run from 8 am to 4 pm each day.

The inspector training course includes lectures, demonstrations, at least four hours of hands-on training, and a written examination. The course includes instruction on:

• background information on asbestos: identification of asbestos, and examples and discussion of the uses and location of asbestos in facilities and physical appearance of asbestos;
• potential health effects related to asbestos exposure: the nature of asbestos-related diseases; routes of exposure; dose-response relationships and the lack of a safe exposure level; 
• functions/qualifications and role of inspectors: discussions of the functions of an inspector as compared to those of a management planner and discussion of inspection process including inventory of ACM and physical assessment;
• understanding facility systems. The interrelationship between facility systems, including an overview of common facility physical plan layouts; physical organization and where asbestos is found on HVAC components; facility mechanical systems, their types and organization and where to look for asbestos on such systems; 
• occupant relations: notifying employee organizations about the inspection; signs to warn facility occupants; tact in dealing with occupants and the press; scheduling of inspections to minimize disruption and education of facility occupants about actions being taken;
• preinspection planning and review of previous inspection records: scheduling the inspection and obtaining access; facility record review; identification of probable homogeneous areas from blueprints or as-built drawings; 
• inspecting for friable and non-friable ACM and assessing the condition of friable ACM: procedures to follow in conducting visual inspection for friable and non-friable ACM; types of building materials that may contain asbestos; touching materials to determine friability; 
• bulk sampling/documentation of asbestos in schools: detailed discussion of the “Simplified Sampling Scheme for Friable Surfacing Materials (EPA 560/5-85-030a October 1985. techniques to ensure sampling in a randomly distributed manner for nonfriable surfacing materials; sampling of nonfriable materials;’ techniques for bulk sampling; inspector’s sampling and repair equipment; patching or repair of damage done from sampling; 
• inspector respiratory protection and personal protective equipment: classes and characteristics of respirator types; limitations of respirators; proper selection, inspection, donning, use, maintenance and storage procedures for respirators; 
• recordkeeping and writing the inspection report: labeling of samples and keying sample identification to sampling location; recommendations on sample labeling; detailing of ACM inventory; photographs of selected sampling areas and examples of ACM condition and information required for inclusion in the management plan by TSCA Title II Section 203 (i)(1);
• regulatory review: National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants, OSHA Asbestos Construction Standard, AHERA, applicable state and local regulations;
• field trip: a field exercise including a walk-through inspection; on-site discussion on information gathering and determination of sampling locations; on-site practice in physical assessment and classroom discussion of field exercise.