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APDIE  Asbestos Project Designer (Initial)

Session Time: 24 hour (three days)

Cost: $600.00

Objective: EPA certification by passing the course test which will enable a person to apply for a Texas Department of State Health Services Asbestos license.

Course Target:  Persons that want employment as asbestos project designer.

• Safety
• Asbestos Abatement specifications / Drawings / Cost Estimates
• Project Management
• Other Inspector, Manager Planner, Air Monitoring Tech Responsibilities
• Compliance / Ethics / Insurance / Bonding
• Legal Consequences
• 10 Day Notification
• Consultant / Client legal Relationships
• Preparation for TDH state exam

Course Prerequisite:
♦Current registration in the State of Texas as an architect or professional engineer
Or
♦Accredited four year college or university bachelor degree including four years experience in areas affecting environmental or occupational health matters.
Or
♦Current highest full-qualification memberships in a national professional organization devoted to technical proficiency in environmental or occupational health protection, which includes: A published code of ethics: Administration by an active board of directors: Admission requirements that specify college courses and other training , a bachelor‵s or higher degree, at least three years‵ experience in specified fields, and a qualification examination (example include the American Academy of industrial hygiene and the board of Certified Safety Professional)

Course Content: Understanding of the health effects, physical properties of asbestos, ACM, and ACBM. Familiarization with current federal, state, and local asbestos regulations as they apply to asbestos project designers and related abatement rejects. In conjunction with existing regulation, do‵s and don‵ts of evaluating and consolidating all pertinent asbestos information such as as-builts, actual field conditions, asbestos, surveys, manager planner reports, client ‟boiler Plates‶ , client requirements, contractor capabilities, etc. into biddable and safe asbestos abatement projects. Hands-on classroom discussions and example that include AIA contract documents, CIS and NBIS specifications, RFCI protocols, hazard assessments and prioritization schemes, abatement schemes, homogeneous areas, functional spaces, proper preparation of the asbestos AHERA and O&M management plans, regulated and containment areas, other medical related information, air monitoring, and laboratory analysis in general.

Test: At the completion of the course, a 100 question test will be administered. A minimum score of 70% or higher is required to for the course certification.

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