Asbestos Awareness Category A Training
Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
We provide tailored asbestos awareness category A training for all sectors in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. Our asbestos training ensures your team understands the risks, follows asbestos regulations, and meets the legal requirement for working safely. Speak to us today to create a job-specific asbestos awareness course designed for your site and industry.
Asbestos Training for Industry
Information, instruction, and training are essential for asbestos awareness. This applies to supervisors, employees, and other workers.
Asbestos awareness training gives workers the understanding they need to avoid disturbing asbestos during normal work. Even small tasks may disturb asbestos fibres in asbestos containing materials (ACMs), which are often found in buildings and other items.
If you want to discuss your asbestos training requirements with an expert, please contact us. We’re here to help you meet asbestos regulations, provide information, and stay compliant.
Bespoke Asbestos Training for Contractors
Asbestos awareness is only the first step. To work with asbestos containing materials safely, workers and self-employed contractors need full asbestos awareness category A training and possibly a higher level of asbestos training.
If their work may disturb asbestos or remove asbestos, it’s essential they understand the health risks and dangers. This is part of providing asbestos awareness training that’s tailored and based on asbestos regulations.
We help prepare workers and provide delegates with the knowledge to avoid disturbing asbestos. Asbestos workers may need extra practical training, especially if their work involves notifiable non licensed work or licensed work.
People likely to be exposed include:
Electricians
General Maintenance Workers
Plasterers
Building Surveyors
Gas fitters
Roof Fitters
Alarm Installers
Joiners
Painters & Decorators
Heat & Ventilation Engineers
Demolition Workers
Computer and Data Installers
Plumbers
Construction Workers
Roofers
Telecommunication engineers
Architects
Shop Fitters
If you work in one of these fields, or your company does, you are likely to be exposed to asbestos materials. Online asbestos awareness is something you should strongly consider. It’s a legal requirement to have the right level of information, instruction, and training.
Online training helps protect employees and others in the workplace. Completing asbestos online learning ensures you comply with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and reduce the risk of exposure.
At Astec Consultants Ltd, we offer many training options including e-learning and online asbestos awareness. E-learning is a viable delivery method recognised by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) when it meets the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and supporting approved code of practice.
Each training course is job-specific and supports all work activities, including licensed work, non licensable work and notifiable non licensed work.
The course includes the required level of information instruction and training. Those who disturb asbestos containing materials require more than asbestos awareness. They need further information and practical instruction. The certificate issued proves successful completion, but workers who intend to work with asbestos need more than awareness training alone.
We also offer ukata approved asbestos awareness for contractors. If you plan to disturb asbestos, you must receive further training beyond asbestos category A.
This training is suitable for:
Our UKATA approved asbestos awareness category course is suitable for construction workers, general maintenance workers, and those who supervise them. The asbestos awareness course provides key information on risks, health effects, and how to work safely.
It describes types of asbestos, where asbestos containing materials may be found, and explains emergency procedures and control measures to follow if asbestos is disturbed.
Employers must meet the asbestos regulations 2012 and make sure workers receive asbestos awareness training. Managers, supervisors, and other occupations must ensure training requirements are met and workers avoid work that might disturb asbestos.
Including:
General Maintenance Staff.
Electricians, Plumbers & Gas Fitters.
Painters & Decorators.
Construction & Demolition Workers.
Joiners, Carpenters and Plasterers.
Computing & Telecommunications Engineers.
Heating & Ventilation Engineers.
Roofers & Small Builders.
Scaffolders, Data Engineers, Alarm Installers.
Anyone working in or altering a building built before 2000 must have asbestos awareness training. Even drilling or sanding can release asbestos dust and fibres.
Training ensures knowledge of safe practices like wearing protective gear to reduce the risk of exposure to asbestos. These are essential steps for health and safety. Following these general procedures helps prevent accidental exposure, uncontrolled release, and developing lung cancer.
Employers must demonstrate they meet the training requirements set by HSE and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. This is a legal requirement and helps workers avoid disturbing asbestos containing materials.
Who Can Take the Course?
Our asbestos training courses suit all levels, from beginners to experienced staff needing refresher training. The asbestos module is designed for ease of use and covers all essential content, regardless of job experience.
Training includes general procedures, health risks, and practical examples to support learning. Every delegate receives a certificate upon successful completion.
Our online asbestos awareness training is compatible with laptops, tablets, and all major browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer.
Our e-learning asbestos awareness course covers all key topics. You’ll start with “What is asbestos?”, types of asbestos, and where ACMs are found.
We explain where you’re likely to encounter asbestos, especially in older buildings and plant items. Knowledge of asbestos locations helps workers and supervisors take proper steps during emergency situations.
The course includes a module on emergency procedures, health risks, and how to avoid disturbing asbestos. We help trainees understand risks, comply with regulations, and gain access to the right information.
Understanding Asbestos Regulations
We explain asbestos regulations and how they relate to health and safety legislation. We explore the role of the safety executive and highlight the connection between law and practice.
We also explain the health effects of asbestos exposure. You’ll learn about risks like lung cancer, ill health effects, and how to protect workers.
This includes guidance for supervisors, managers, and others responsible for safety. The course also outlines your duty under legislation to comply with the asbestos regulations.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this training, you’ll be able to identify asbestos, understand where to find surveyors information, and explain what to do if asbestos is discovered. You’ll know how to prepare workers, plan training, carry out fit tests, and deal with dangerous materials safely.
Delegates will also learn to assess risks and control asbestos exposure. You'll be taught how to train others, test enclosed areas for asbestos fibres, and ensure safe practice in the work environment.
Each participant will receive a certificate upon completion, showing they passed the assessment and learned to protect themselves and others.
Get in Touch Today
If you need tailored asbestos awareness training, contact Astec Consultants Ltd. We offer asbestos awareness category A training that is reviewed, written, and approved by experts.
Call 01224 460 101 or fill out our form. We’ll send you details about pricing, VAT, training course packages, and any additional information.
Our helpful team will ensure you receive everything needed to comply with asbestos regulations. We also offer bulk discounts for organisations training large teams. Let us help you stay safe and meet all your training requirements.