Specialist Courses
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Asbestos Awareness
Who should attend?
Facilities managers and/ or administrators, who may engage contractors for building work, or for 'in house' maintenance staff who undertake minor repairs and maintenance tasks.
Course Details
Many University buildings have asbestos containing materials (ACMs) in the building fabric, as these materials were in common use until the mid-1980s. Where they are in good condition and remain undisturbed they do not present a risk to health. The University Estates Directorate is responsible for managing asbestos in the fabric of buildings and any work on ACMs may only be undertaken by an approved and licensed asbestos contractor, and the work coordinated by the Estates Directorate. Although a comprehensive asbestos register is maintained it is possible that during certain building or maintenance work suspected ACMs may be discovered in areas previously inaccessible for survey. Relevant departmental personnel should be aware of the procedures in place for dealing with these situations.
This course will cover the following key areas:
- Identification of ACMs
- Where ACMs might be found
- Health effects
- Control of Asbestos Regulations (CAR) 2006
- Asbestos surveys
- Asbestos management arrangements and Univeristy Policy
- 'New' discoveries
- Equipment containing asbestos
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Safe Use of Abrasive Wheels
Who should attend?
Technical staff who regularly use abrasive wheels and who would benefit from refresher training and specialist updates.
Course Details
This course will cover the correct procedures for mounting, dressing, balancing and storing abrasive wheels, and allow participants to identify correctly and incorrectly fitted abrasive wheels.
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Inspection and Maintenance of Gas Control Equipment
Who should attend?
Suitable for those who wish to perform their own inspection, maintenance and testing of gas control equipment, or for workshop and laboratory managers who wish to monitor and check the service provided by external contractors.
Course Details
There is a legal requirement for gas control equipment to be maintained and regularly inspected and the majority of departments in the University outsource the technical expertise for these safety checks. In conjunction with Gas Safety UK, the Safety Office is offering a training course in the inspection and maintenance of gas control equipment, such as regulators, hoses and flashback arrestors. This will allow key individuals in departments to devise and implement their own 'in house' testing programme, should they wish to do so, or enable managers to monitor and check that the service received from contractors is adeqate. Previous attendance at one of the compressed gas safety training courses is a pre-requisite.
An indicative course programme is shown for information:
- Legal requirements and codes of practice
- Selection and use of gas control equipment
- "Before use" safety checks
- Periodic checks and functional tests
- Planned maintenance programmes for gas control equipment
- Recommendations for maintenance of fixed systems
- Open forum
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Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) Systems
Who should attend?
Workshop managers, supervisors and users of local exhaust ventilation systems.
Course Details
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002 state that exposure to hazardous substances must be avoided completely, or adequately controlled where this is not practicable. The Regulations require control measures to follow a strict hierarchy and engineering solutions must be applied for the control of exposure before the use of personal protective equipment is considered. Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) systems can provide a very effective means of exposure control and systems of varying complexity may be found in workshops and laboratories.
However, many systems perform badly, often because of poor design, inappropriate modifications and lack of maintenance. Exposure control may be further compromised by lack of training and and misuse by operators.
Training is a legislative requirement and the Safety Office is offering a half day course on Local Exhaust Ventilation Systems. The course will focus on systems found typically in workshops, for activites such as rock grinding, metal cutting, welding, soldering, and woodworking. However the use of fume cupboards and microbiological safety cabinets (also forms of LEV) is covered elsewhere.
The indicative course content is provided for information:
- Design considerations
- processes
- contaminants
- aerodynamics
- Installation
- Maintenance
- Performance checks
- Statutory inspection and testing
- Remediation