NOAA Asbestos Management Plan: Custodial and Maintenance Training

Read the Asbestos Management plan, which gives guidelines for custodial maintenance and asbestos.

All maintenance and custodial staff who perform duties that do not involve the removal or disturbance of Asbestos Containing Material shall receive training on an annual basis. The training will include:

• Asbestos characteristics and typical uses of ACM;
• Health effects of asbestos exposure and the combined effects of smoking and asbestos exposure;
• Purpose of the Asbestos Management Program;

Recognition of damaged ACM and the response that should be made if damaged ACM or suspect ACM is found.

Courtesy of http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov

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