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Bitesize training: asbestos awareness and management
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Overview
This bitesize training event will provide an overview of what asbestos is and the associated health effects, asbestosis and mesothelioma. Delegates will explore where asbestos is found in domestic premises and how to deal with it, with reference to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Guidance Notes. The session will also discuss legislation covering the presence of asbestos in domestic premises, including The Control of Asbestos Regulations and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS).
Learning objectives
- Understanding the types of asbestos and its health effects
- Explore the occurrence of asbestos in domestic premises
- An overview of the legislation and guidance notes
- Learn how to safely treat or remove asbestos
Who should attend
- Environmental health practitioners
- Housing managers and maintenance officers
- Estates managers
What past delegates thought:
"Good overview, good level of detail, any department/sector would find it helpful"
CPD: 2 hours
Paul Fitzgerald qualified as an Environmental Health Officer in 1979 and has worked for a number of Inner London and 2 rural authorities, specialising in private sector housing. Paul has also worked for a Residential Social Landlord as a maintenance manager, dealing with routine, cyclical and project management. Since 1995 Paul has worked as a consultant in this field, carrying out, managing and quality assessing stock condition surveys, working for both public and private sector landlords on specific projects or providing staff cover. He set up his own company, Southern Environmental Services Limited, which ran from 1998 to 2021 and now acts as a sole trader, trading as Southern Environmental Services.
Paul has been involved with the implementation of the Housing Health and Safety Hazard Rating System since 1999, when it was trialied as part of local authority stock condition surveys. He is a University of Warwick Trained HHSRS Trainer, having delivered courses continuously since 2004, on the assessment and enforcement of the system, for the University of Warwick, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, CPC Ltd. PPS Ltd. RHE Ltd and other commercial training organisations. He has both developed and presented courses for Fire Risk Awareness, HMO Practical Inspection and Enforcement, HMO Licensing, Damp and Mould, Asbestos and bite-size modules for traditional housing construction.
His contracts have included;
• Managing the Houses in Multiple Occupation Team at Eastbourne Borough Council
• Acting Private Sector Housing Manager for Gravesham Borough Council, specifically submitting a successful bid for £0.86M additional grant funding.
• Private Sector Housing Team Manager, Oxford City Council, various roles, including HMO Enforcement and Unlawful Developments
• Delivering training courses to Private Sector Landlords on HMO issues.
• Delivering training courses to Surveying Companies and RSLs on the Health and Safety Hazard Rating System.
He continues to be act as a consultant and expert witness for both for Local Authorities and for private landlords, RSLs and charities such as Shelter in Private Sector Housing cases, putting theory into practice.
He has been the chairman of the National HMO Network and is still a member of that organisation
Date
Time
Venue
Online (Zoom)
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Price
CIEH member: £55
Affiliate member: £110
Non-member: £110
CIEH student member: £110
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