UKATA Asbestos Awareness

The UKATA Asbestos Awareness course is ideal for individuals in trade and anyone who carries responsibility for the management and upkeep of buildings. Examples of workers include supervisors and trades personnel, those who work in construction, maintenance, electrical, plumbing, gas, decorating, joinery, roofing, HVAC, telecoms, fire/security, IT installation, surveying and related occupations.

Please note: this course does not qualify delegates to work with asbestos-containing materials (ACMs).

This course is not suitable for anyone looking to work with asbestos directly or remove it from any industry, commercial, domestic, or other property.

Asbestos remains one of the most significant occupational health risks in the UK, responsible for around 5,000 deaths each year – more than those caused by road traffic accidents.

Asbestos may be present in any property constructed prior to its ban in 1999. Professionals who modify buildings of this era should be mindful of asbestos and the significant health risks it carries. Additionally, some buildings refurbished after the ban may also include asbestos containing building materials.

This course is available as the following learning methods:

Classroom
A tutor-led half-day course at our West Midlands venues.

Virtual Classroom
Live and interactive tutor-led course, taught via video conference software.

Inhouse
Train your entire team at once at a time and place to suit you.

E-learning
Accredited e-learning that allows learners to instantly download their certificate once completed.

UKATA Asbestos Awareness e-learning is available from £6.95 per licence and is a simple, cost-effective way to train your maintenance, engineering and trades workforce at scale.

Our online asbestos awareness course is designed to educate workers about the hazards related to long-term exposure to asbestos fibres. This course also emphasises situations where you might unknowingly encounter these fibres

Key features:

• Easy to access interactive online platform
• Full voice over e-learning
• Tutor supported with 100% pass rates
• Online assessment marked instantly
• Instantly download the UKATA certificate upon passing the final assessment
• Only £6.95 + VAT per licence (when purchasing 250+)
• Multiple licence discounts are available – these discounts make it cost-effective for companies to train large teams at once

To take advantage of these savings, simply contact us for more details.

No need to purchase individual licences one at a time, you can purchase a bank of licenses and apply them to your own staff. The platform has integrated management tools that allow you to set up staff and monitor their progress.

Get in touch with a member of our team to find out more about how we can support you in training multiple employees:

We offer great discounts for volume licenses. From as little as £6.95 per license.

Please note that these discounts cannot stacked with other discounts, such as single license offers, third party or reseller rates or any other discount that may have been applied. Where the volume discount works out better this will be applied as necessary.

To take advantage of these discounts, simply contact us for more details.

If you have multiple members of staff that need to be certified with a UKATA approved Asbestos Awareness course our online platform or in-house (classroom or virtual) methods of delivery are great options.

• UKATA approved
• Cost effective
• Keep staff safe from risks of asbestos
• Certify all staff to the same standard
• We can deliver the course to groups of employees at your premises or one of our training venues
• We also tailor the content more specifically to your business, making the training more relevant and applicable to real-world scenarios

Get in touch with a member of our team to find out more:

The UKATA certification is an industry-recognised standard that guarantees workers have the necessary skills to safely identify asbestos-containing materials.

This certification demonstrates that participants have completed a thorough training program, meeting the requirements set out in the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.

By holding UKATA certification, workers ensure they understand how to avoid dangerous asbestos exposure, thereby reducing health risks. The certification also helps protect employers by showing they have fulfilled their legal obligation to train staff, mitigating legal liabilities related to asbestos management.

UKATA Asbestos Awareness training is ideal for anyone that needs to develop a basic understanding of what asbestos is, the risks associated with asbestos and how to work safely to avoid exposure to asbestos.

Module 1 – Types, nature and properties of asbestos
Module 2 – Risks of asbestos and effects on health, including effects of smoking
Module 3 – Use and locations of Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs)
Module 4 – Legislation affecting asbestos
Module 5 – Avoiding and reducing risks

A taught course lasts for ½ day, including the assessment.

The time it will take to complete this e-learning is dependent on the amount of time that you can dedicate to your study. It typically takes around 3 hours of study to complete, and as such is valid for 3 hours of Continued Professional Development (CPD).

Each e-learning licence lasts for 6 months from the date of activation, which gives you plenty of time to complete the course.

The assessment for this course is a multiple-choice exam that you will have 40 minutes to complete.

After successfully completing the multiple-choice assessment, you will automatically receive your UKATA Asbestos Awareness certificate

The certificate is valid for one year from the date of issue. UKATA requires annual refresher training to maintain its validity.

Would you like an insight into our eLearning course/course structure?

We can provide you with access for a trial period