Asbestos Awareness

If you’re in a building constructed before 2000, it likely contains asbestos—a significant health hazard responsible for around 5,000 deaths annually. Employers must ensure that those who might disturb asbestos during their work understand its risks and how to work safely.

Highfield’s Asbestos Awareness Short Course ensures that individuals encountering asbestos can identify it, know its locations, understand associated risks, and protect themselves from accidental exposure. Completing this course equips learners with the skills and knowledge needed to work safely with asbestos, ensuring both their own safety and that of others.

Topics covered

• Where it can be found

• Asbestos-related death

• Health implications of asbestos exposure

• Working with asbestos

• Preventing accidental asbestos exposure

Who is it aimed at?

Anyone who could disturb asbestos while carrying out their everyday work

Key details at a glance

Duration: 40 to 60 minutes

Assessment: Multiple Choice Questions

Certificated: Yes – Highfield Completion Certificate

Localisation: EU legislation within a UK context, but suitable for international businesses that trade with the EU and will be subject to the legislation

Placing an order

To register learners for their course we need their names and email addresses. If you are ordering a single course for yourself we will use the details provided on the order unless you specifically tell us otherwise.

If you are ordering multiple courses for a team simply purchase the amount of courses you require and email the names and email addresses of your learners to office@evidentsolutionsgroup.com and we will complete the registration process.