Cat B Non-Licensed Asbestos Removal Training Courses

If your team works in buildings that might contain asbestos, and there is a risk of disturbing those materials, Cat B (Category B) non-licensed asbestos training is the legal minimum needed before you can begin work. Oracle Solutions provides UKATA-approved Cat B asbestos training courses across the UK, including an initial full-day course plus annual refreshers, with classroom and online options available.

Contact us to find out more or use the asbestos training request form.

What is Cat B asbestos training?

Cat B (Category B) asbestos training is the UKATA-recognised standard for workers who could knowingly disturb low-risk asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) as part of their job, but who are not carrying out licensed asbestos removal.

Two elements are required to be fully compliant:

• Asbestos awareness training: the legally required introduction to asbestos, the risks, and where it’s commonly found.
• Category B non-licensed training: specific task instruction and training for anyone who will disturb ACMs during their work.

These are two separate courses, although many candidates complete both in a single day. If your team has already completed asbestos awareness training, they can go straight to the Cat B non-licensed course.

Who is legally required to receive Cat B asbestos training?

Cat B training is for workers who will be disturbing low risk asbestos materials as part of their role, and for the people who manage or supervise them.

Generally, this non-licensed asbestos removal training course is utilised by contractors such as builders, roofers, demolition and maintenance contractors and others where their activities will require them to remove or disturb asbestos-containing materials.

This training is the first step to compliance and will give all candidates a good general understanding of all requirements to safely and successfully work on low risk asbestos-containing materials.

Under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, employers have a legal duty to ensure that staff who could come into contact with asbestos are adequately trained before they start that work. This was the pressure that one maintenance and refurbishment client came to us under – they needed their team trained fast to keep landlord maintenance jobs moving. Once we understood their requirements, we immediately organised dates for staff to attend our training, to prevent any further delays. After, the staff said they “massively enjoyed the non-licensed course.” Find out more in our Cat B training case study.

What our Cat B asbestos training and refresher courses cover

Cat B non-licensed asbestos training:

The following is a list of some basic items which you would learn if you took both the asbestos awareness course and non-licensed course on the same day. The list is not exhaustive as the asbestos awareness training has a large amount of content on its own – you can find out more information on our asbestos awareness training page. For a full breakdown of the asbestos awareness training or non-licensed course, please contact us and we will send you full details of what you will learn.

• The properties of asbestos and its effects on health, including the increased risk of lung cancer for those exposed to asbestos who smoke.
• The types, uses and likely occurrence of asbestos and asbestos containing materials in buildings and plant.
• The general procedures to be followed to deal with an emergency, e.g. an uncontrolled release of asbestos dust into the workplace
• How to avoid the risks from asbestos, e.g. for building work, no employee should carry out work which disturbs the fabric of a building unless the employer has confirmed that asbestos containing materials are not present.
• The operations which could result in asbestos exposure and the importance of preventive controls to minimise exposure.
• How to make suitable and sufficient assessments of the risk of exposure to asbestos.
• The control limit, and the purpose of air monitoring.
• Safe work practices, control measures, and protective equipment. This should include an explanation of how the correct use and maintenance of control measures, protective equipment and work methods can reduce the risks from asbestos, limit exposure to workers and limit the spread of asbestos fibres outside the work area including, where relevant, the maintenance of enclosures.
• Procedures for recording, reporting and correcting defects.
• The purpose, appropriate choice and correct selection from a range of suitable RPE, including any limitations.
• The correct use, and where relevant, cleaning, maintenance and safe storage of RPE and PPE, in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and information.
• The importance of achieving and maintaining a good seal between face and RPE, the relevance of pre-use tests and FFTs, and the importance of being clean-shaven.
• Hygiene requirements.
• Requirements and procedures for medical examination, for NNLW.
• Decontamination procedures.
• Waste handling procedures.
• Emergency procedures, including how to deal with an emergency release.
• Which work requires notification as NNLW and which work requires an HSE licence.
• An introduction to the relevant asbestos regulations, ACOPs and guidance that apply to asbestos work and other regulations that deal with the carriage and disposal of asbestos.
• Personal sampling and reassurance air sampling techniques, for analysts.
• Other work hazards, including working at height and electrical.

Our Cat B refresher training is a basic recap of the full course with particular attention paid to areas where further understanding is required.

UKATA-approved non-licensed asbestos removal training nationwide

Oracle Solutions provides non-licensed asbestos training courses throughout the UK including Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Swansea and Cardiff, Glasgow and Edinburgh, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London.

We are UKATA-approved, which means that our Cat B courses, trainers, and assessment methods meet the recognised industry standards that are accepted by principal contractors, clients, and enforcing authorities.

Book your Cat B asbestos training course

Keep your team legally compliant with UKATA-approved Cat B asbestos training from Oracle Solutions. Book a classroom course or online refresher today, or contact us and we can advise on the right course for your team.

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