The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) has sent out a reminder that there is still time for trades people to sign up for free asbestos awareness training.
The "Asbestos Training Pledge NI" will run until 29 March 2013 and can be attended either in a classroom or online. Although the classroom places have nearly been filled, online courses are still available. The online course allows the user to log-in on any computer at a time that suits you.
This is important training and can help trades people to protect themselves from deadly asbestos.
There is still a lot of asbestos material in buildings. Any building built or refurbished before 2000 is likely to contain some asbestos. If you are responsible for the maintenance and repair of non-domestic premises, you are the "duty holder" and have a legal duty to manage the risk from asbestos.
For information about the course, see hseni.gov.uk/asbestos/pledgeni or call 0800 0320 121.
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