Instruction and training
Last updated:2.10 INSTRUCTION and TRAINING
The following groups of employees will receive appropriate training and information in order to fulfil the requirements of the Asbestos Policy:
Technical Employees
All employees and technicians responsible for buildings will receive appropriate training on this policy document and in the procedures to be followed when dealing with asbestos, including the steps to be taken in an emergency. New employees will receive training at the induction stage and will not be permitted to undertake any work managing asbestos until such training has been satisfactorily completed. Existing employees will be trained as part of their normal on-going training needs. Records of all training provided by the Council should be held on the individuals file on the SAP system.
Other Employees
Other employees will also receive training according to the tasks associated with their
job, e.g. those in charge of premises, such as head teachers, health and safety coordinators, facilities managers, bursars, youth centre managers, social care establishment managers, library managers and adult learning centre managers etc., as well as those undertaking tasks associated with the fabric of the building e.g. handypersons, school site managers/caretakers. This will include induction training for new employees who fall into the aforementioned categories. A record will be retained on individual’s personnel files of all training provided, and in addition will be recorded in the Asbestos Register.
Non-Employees
There will be circumstances where non-employees, e.g. school governors will require information on the management of asbestos, in order to undertake their responsibilities. The provision of such information will be the responsibility of the person in charge of the property.
Contractors
All managing directors or principals of companies used by the Council will be made aware of the Authority’s policy in respect to asbestos. It will be the responsibility of directors and principals of these companies to ensure that their employees and sub-contractors under their control are fully aware of and operate the policy relating to asbestos. Any failure on the part of a company to adhere to this policy on asbestos is likely to result in that company not being used by the Council, as well as facing the possibility of an investigation by the HSE.
Premises managers who employ contractors who have not been vetted by the Council are responsible for ensuring that those contractors are made aware of the Councils Asbestos Policy and procedures and that they adhere to them.