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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS - CLASSROOM TRAINING
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PREREQUISITE INFORMATION | VIEW CLASSROOM TRAINING SCHEDULE
All questions regarding courses offered should be directed to our training department at
(800) 444-6382, or at info@metaworldwide.com
EPA Accredited Asbestos Programs
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| Accreditation |
Course Length |
EPA-Approval Date |
| Worker |
Four Days (32 hours) |
February 29, 1988 |
| Worker Refresher |
One Day (8 hours) |
November 22, 1998 |
| Contractor/Supervisor |
Five Days (40 hours) |
February 29, 1998 |
| Contractor/Supervisor Refresher |
One Day (8 hours) |
November 22, 1998 |
| Inspector |
Three Days (24 hours) |
August 8, 1998 |
| Inspector Refresher |
One-half Day (4 hours) |
November 22, 1998 |
| Management Planner |
Three Days (24 hours) |
August 8, 1998 |
| Management Planner Refresher |
One-half Day (4 hours) |
November 22, 1998 |
| Project Designer |
Three Days (24 hours) |
July 3, 1991 |
| Project Designer Refresher |
One Day (8 hours) |
March 4, 1991 |
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Maintenance Worker (16 Hours):
Required for O & M personnel to conduct small scale short duration ACM removal. Training consists of asbestos awareness, potential health effects, personal protection, air monitoring procedures, principles of asbestos handling, plus 8 hours of hands-on training to include glove bag removal, mini-enclosure and respiratory protection.
AHERA Asbestos Worker (32 Hours):
Required for all personnel to conduct gross removal ACM. A continuation of the maintenance worker course to include 8 additional hours of hands-on training in construction of a 3 stage decon unit, a negative-pressure containment and gross removal techniques, plus 8 hours additional classroom in medical monitoring, and air monitoring.
(Note: Federal regulations require that an EPA accredited contractor/supervisor must be on sight during any ACM removal. [Gross and small scale short duration.])
AHERA Asbestos Contractor/Supervisor (40 Hours):
This course is the 32 AHERA Worker Course plus 8 hours of classroom to include, insurance and liability issues, air sampling methods, pump calibration, supervisory techniques, contract specification, notification requirements and recordkeeping.
AHERA Asbestos Building Inspector (24 Hours):
Course to include instruction in asbestos background information, asbestos identification, potential health effects, role of inspector, building systems, public/employee/building occupant relations, pre-inspection, bulk sampling, recordkeeping, inspection report, respiratory protection, legal liabilities, and a field walk-through inspection.
AHERA Asbestos Management Planner (16 Hours):
The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of the role of the management planner, O & M program, building occupant protection, evaluation of survey results, hazard assessment, selections of control options, developing an O & M plan, recordkeeping, role of other professionals, financing abatement actions, and legal implications.
AHERA Asbestos Project Designer (24 Hours):
The student will demonstrate a working knowledgeable of asbestos and it's properties, medical aspects of exposure, project design and control options, work area preparation and establishing the decon unit, airborne fiber control methods, methods of air and bulk sampling and analysis, worker protection, budgeting and cost estimating, contract specifications, insurance and legal issues, and role of other professionals. A field trip to an abatement sight is used to reinforce this knowledge.
(Note: All AHERA courses also include classroom instruction of EPA, OSHA, and State and Local regulations.
AHERA Training Requirements:
Persons who inspect for asbestos or design or conduct asbestos response actions in public and commercial buildings must be accredited in accordance with the Model Accreditation Plan, which was promulgated under authority of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), effective November 28, 1992.
EPA Model Lead Courses are taught by AIEHA in cooperation with META.
EPA Regional Lead Contacts:
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EPA Region |
Contact Person |
| Region I (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) |
James Bryson (617) 918-1524 |
| Region II (NJ, PR, NY, VI) |
Louis Bevilacqua (732) 321-6671 |
| Region III (DE, MD, PA, VA, DC) |
Damien Ellis (215) 814-2088 |
| Region IV (AL, GA, KY, MS, NC, TN, FL, SC) |
Elizabeth Wilde (404) 562-8998 |
| Region V (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI) |
David Turpin (312) 886-7836 |
| Region VI (AR, LA, OK, TX, NM) |
Eva Steele (214) 665-7211 |
| Region VII (IA, MO, KS, NE) |
Christine Dustin (913) 551-5102 |
| Region VIII (CO, UT, MN, ND, SD, WY) |
Amanda Hasty (303) 312-6966 |
| Region IX (AZ, CA, HI) |
Nancy Oien (415) 972-3780 |
| Region X (OR, AK, ID, WA) |
Barbara Ross (206) 553-1985 |
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Lead Abatement Worker (24 Hours):
The student will demonstrate a knowledge of background history, health effects, medical monitoring, work practices, personnel protection, methods of abatement and remediation, decon procedures, and state, Local and Federal regulations. Knowledge to be applied in hands-on practice.
EPA Model Lead Contractor/Supervisor (32 Hours):
The student will demonstrate a knowledge of the lead worker materials plus case studies, lead testing, inspection reports, compliance, project design and supervising abatement projects, HUD and OSHA regulations, hazard communication, recordkeeping, legal liabilities, contract specification and insurance considerations.
EPA Model Lead Inspector (24 Hours):
The student will demonstrate a knowledge of background of lead, health effects, personnel protection, regulatory history, construction terminology and techniques, XRF analyzers, legal liability and responsibilities, preparation and analysis of samples, recordkeeping, and testing other media.
EPA Model Lead Risk Assessment (16 Hours):
Legislative basis for lead-based paint risk assessment, risk assessor's role, and tools, preliminary data and information collection and review, visual examination, sampling review, dust, soil, and paint, lead hazard screen protocol, hands-on exercises, developing hazard control recommendations, reevaluation recommendations, risk assessment in housing with children with Ebb's, occupant relations, report preparation, course review.
Course Prerequisite:
Early drafts of the EPA Model Accreditation Plan recommend that risk assessors should already have completed Lead Inspector Training Course.
(Note: EPA also recommends that risk assessors attend the lead-based paint abatement training for contractor/supervisor course, to receive more comprehensive information on hazard control methods.)
Air Monitoring (One Day):
A one-day, seven hour course approved by the American Safety Risk Retention Group (ASRRG).
Air Monitoring Refresher (One Day):
A one-day course required for the insured of the American Risk Retention Group (ASRRG).
Air Monitoring Technician (Three Days):
A three day course combining an introduction to air sampling techniques, personal protection, and intensive air monitoring, with hands-on training.
NIOSH 582 Equivalent (Five Days):
A five day course covering air monitoring and analytical techniques used to evaluate the samples.
Respiratory Protection Training (1-3 Days):
Covers all types of respirators, the uses and limitations of each, as well as proper care and maintenance, and the medical evaluation requirements.
Confined Space Entry (1 Day):
Covers both permit and non permit-required confined spaces. Hazards of confined spaces, responsibilities of various personnel, regulatory requirements, health and safety issues, and record keeping requirements.
Hazard Communication (1 Day):
Requirements of 40 CFR 1910.120. Includes OSHA's regulatory requirements, MSDS sheets, health risks of hazardous substances, and other health and safety references.
UST Removal and Installation:
META Presents the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission-approved UST Removal and Installation Courses, with optional follow-up testing.
OSHA Lead Training Seminar (1 day / 8hrs):
This overview course emphasizes the OSHA 29 CFR 1926.62 construction industry standard applicable to the removal of lead-based paint for industrial or commercial buildings (non-housing) including disposal requirements.
Lead Paint Abatement Training for Abatement Supervisors (4 days / 32hrs):
The course provides information on lead-based paint abatement and the current regulatory guidelines. The objective of the course is to train people who will be responsible for supervising lead paint abatement projects in residential settings; however, abatement in commercial buildings and on structural steel will also be discussed.
Lead-Based Paint Abatement for Workers (2 days / 16 hrs):
Based on the EPA model curriculum for workers approved by EPA, the course offers training in the latest technologies for safe and effective removal of lead-based paint and satisfies OSHA training requirements.
Lead Inspector Training (3 days / 24hrs):
This course presents the EPA's Model lead inspection curriculum, approved by EPA and augmented by current research findings from leading investigations while offering usable advice from professional instructors and medical experts. It is designed for people who are responsible for inspecting housing for lead hazards and is ideal for real estate transactional lead inspectors. The course will discuss the latest methodology available for determining lead in paint, soil and settled dust. Hands-on workshops are merged with classroom instruction.
Lead Hazard Risk Assessment Training (2 days / 16hrs):
This course is designed to providing training to people who are interested in risk assessment for homeowners and public housing. The course discusses risk assessment methods, differences between inspectors and risk assessors, public housing verses private homeowner assessments, and various in-place management techniques. This course is designed to take the student one step beyond the lead inspector course.
Lead safe work practices (8hrs):
This full-day HUD-approved training course is designed to cover safe work practices for the identification and handling of lead-based paint hazards.
For Contractors: Completion of this course is a minimum requirement for all contractors working on federally funded projects/programs.
For Landlords: Landlords with properties receiving Section 8 assistance are required to attend this class or a similar-type Lead-Safe Work Practices training course, if they're planning on doing any repairs on their rental properties themselves.
The training course is designed for landlords, contractors, home remodelers and any interested homeowners. The ultimate theme and mission is reducing and/or preventing exposure to lead hazards while maintaining and managing lead-based paint for residents, workers and workers' families during and after routine maintenance, repainting and repair projects.
OSHA 40 Hour HAZMAT:
The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of hazardous waste principals and procedures, RCRA, CERCLA, SARA, TSCA, HCS, DOT, OSHA-1926, State and Local regulations, hazard identification, evaluation and protection, decon, hazard communication, response mitigation and control techniques, knowledge to be applied in hands-on scenarios.
OSHA 24 Hour Emergency Response:
The student will demonstrate a knowledge of site planning, control and management, personnel protection, decon, response mitigation and control techniques, field monitoring, environmental regulations, and hazard communications knowledge to be applied in hands-on scenarios.
OSHA 8 Hour HAZMAT Supervisor:
The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of the command structure for remediation of sites and emergency response incidents, guidelines for management of response to hazardous conditions, identification, monitoring and evaluating risks and hazardous materials, hazardous material handling, local, state and federal regulations, employer's health and safety programs, and waste disposal.
40 HOUR:
General site personnel (such as equipment operators, general laborers, and supervisory personnel) engaged in hazardous substance removal or other activities which expose or potentially expose them or the environment to hazardous substance and health hazards.
(Note: these personnel must also receive a minimum of 3 days actual field experience under the supervision of a trained experienced supervisor.)
24 HOUR:
Personnel on site only occasionally for a specific task (such as, but not limited to, ground water monitoring, land surveying, or geophysical surveying) and who are unlikely to be exposed over permissible exposure limits and published exposure limits. Or, personnel regularly on-site who wok in areas which have been monitored and fully characterized indicating that exposures are under permissible and published exposure limits where respirators are not necessary and the characterization indicates that there are no health hazards or the possibility of an emergency developing.
(Note: These personnel must also receive a minimum of 1 day actual field experience under the direct supervision of a trained, experienced supervisor.)
8 HOUR:
On-site management and supervisors directly responsible for, or who supervise personnel engage in hazardous waste operations.
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