Wis. Admin. Code DHS § DHS 159.32

Current through December 30, 2024

Section DHS 159.32 - Curriculum requirements for asbestos supervisor initial course

The initial training course for the asbestos supervisor discipline shall be 5 training days in length. Course instruction shall include lecture supplemented by audiovisual materials, learning exercises and activities; at least 16 hours of hands-on skills training and practice; course review with time to answer questions; a written course test that meets the requirements under s. DHS 159.22(16); and time to assist students to complete the department application for certification. Course instruction for the asbestos supervisor initial training course shall address all of the following:

(1) ASBESTOS CHARACTERISTICS. Physical characteristics of asbestos, including all of the following:

(a) Identification of asbestos.

(b) Aerodynamic characteristics.

(c) Typical uses of asbestos-containing materials.

(d) Physical appearance.

(e) Overview of abatement control options.

(f) Hazard assessment considerations, including friability.

(2) HEALTH EFFECTS. Potential health effects related to asbestos exposure, including all of the following:

(a) The nature of asbestos-related diseases.

(b) Routes of exposure.

(c) Dose-response relationship and the lack of a safe exposure level.

(d) Synergistic effect between cigarette smoking and asbestos exposure.

(e) Latency periods for asbestos-related diseases.

(f) Relationship of asbestos exposure to asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma, and cancers of other organs.

(3) PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. The use of personal protective equipment, including all of the following:

(a) Classes and characteristics of respirators, including respirator protection factors.

(b) Limitations of respirators.

(c) Proper respirator selection, inspection, donning, use, maintenance, and storage procedures.

(d) Selection of cartridges.

(e) Methods for field testing of the facepiece-to-face seal, including positive and negative pressure fit checks.

(f) Qualitative and quantitative fit testing procedures.

(g) Variability between field and laboratory protection and factors that alter respirator fit, such as facial hair.

(h) Components of a proper respiratory protection program and employer responsibilities.

(i) Selection and use of disposable and non-disposable personal protective clothing.

(j) Regulations covering personal protective equipment.

(k) A demonstration of donning, fit checking and fit testing.

(L) Hands-on skills training and practice in the following:

1. Selecting proper respirators and cartridges.

2. Inspecting, disassembling, cleaning and assembling half-face respirators.

3. Donning and doffing personal protective clothing.

(4) ABATEMENT PROJECT WORK PRACTICES. State-of-the-art work practices for asbestos abatement projects, including all of the following:

(a) Assessment of the work area, including:

1. Site preparation considerations.

2. Conducting a negative exposure assessment.

3. Considerations for areas adjacent to the regulated asbestos work.

4. Occupant protection considerations for work in occupied building.

(b) Isolating the work area, preparation and set-up, including:

1. Proper construction and maintenance of barriers, containments, and decontamination enclosure systems.

2. Positioning of warning signs.

3. Lock-out of electrical and ventilation systems.

(c) Proper abatement work techniques to minimize fiber release, including:

1. Use of wet methods.

2. Use of negative pressure ventilation equipment.

3. Use of HEPA vacuums.

4. Work practices for removal, encapsulation, enclosure and repair.

5. Glove bag use and methods.

6. Recommended and prohibited work practices.

7. Encapsulation, enclosure, and repair of asbestos-containing material.

8. Recommended and prohibited work practices.

(d) Proper worksite cleanup, waste handling and decontamination, including:

1. Proper clean-up and disposal procedures.

2. Use of HEPA vacuums.

3. Transport and disposal procedures.

4. Proper donning and doffing of personal protective clothing and respirators in decontamination units.

(e) Other asbestos worksite issues, including:

1. Emergency procedures for sudden releases.

2. Potential exposure situations on the job.

(f) Hands-on skills training and practice in the following:

1. Completing occupant protection plans.

2. Constructing containment and decontamination systems.

3. Positioning warning signs.

4. Proper use of HEPA vacuums.

5. Proper use and location for negative air machines.

6. Determining number of negative air machines needed.

7. Waste handling and disposal.

8. Using wet methods.

9. Proper glovebagging techniques.

(5) PERSONAL HYGIENE. Personal hygiene, including all of the following:

(a) Entry and exit procedures for the work area.

(b) Proper use of showers.

(c) Avoidance of eating, drinking, smoking, and chewing gum or tobacco in the work area.

(d) Potential exposures, such as family exposure.

(6) OTHER SAFETY HAZARDS. Additional safety hazards encountered during abatement activities and how to deal with them, including all of the following:

(a) Electrical hazards.

(b) Heat stress.

(c) Air contaminants other than asbestos.

(d) Fire and explosion hazards.

(e) Scaffold and ladder hazards.

(f) Slips, trips and falls.

(g) Confined spaces.

(7) MEDICAL MONITORING. Medical monitoring, including worker protection requirements under OSHA and EPA for physical examinations, pulmonary function tests, chest x-rays and medical histories of employees, and establishing employee respiratory protection programs and medical monitoring programs required by OSHA.

(8) AIR MONITORING. Supervisor role in on-the-job air monitoring, including all of the following:

(a) Reasons for air monitoring.

(b) Procedures to determine airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers including a description of aggressive air sampling.

(c) Sampling equipment, including low volume and high volume sampling pumps.

(d) Sampling media, including types of filters and cassettes, cassette orientation and storage, and shipment.

(e) Calibration techniques, primary calibration standards, secondary calibration standards, temperature and pressure effects, and frequency of calibration, record keeping and field work documentation and calculations.

(f) AHERA air sampling analysis using phase contrast microscopy and transmission electron microscopy and their limitations including cassette overload and their ability to identify asbestos structures.

(g) AHERA and OSHA air sampling requirements.

1. Sampling strategies, types of air samples (personal breathing zone versus fixed-station area) sampling location and objectives (pre-abatement, abatement, perimeter, and clearance sampling), number of samples to be collected, minimum and maximum air volumes.

2. Clearance monitoring, including post visual inspection, number of samples required, selection of sampling locations, period of sampling, aggressive sampling, interpretations of sampling results, and calculations.

3. Quality assurance plan including field blanks.

4. Sample analysis by laboratories accredited by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP).

(h) Special sampling problems including crawl spaces and multiple contractor sites.

(i) Hands-on skills training and practice in the following:

1. Air sampling equipment selection and set-up for area and personal air monitoring.

2. Calibration of air monitoring equipment including primary and secondary standards.

3. Determining number, locations and length of time for sampling.

4. Completing a chain of custody form for air samples.

5. Interpreting personal, area and clearance air sampling results.

(9) ASBESTOS REGULATIONS. Asbestos-related regulations for supervisors, including all of the following:

(a) Requirements of TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act) Title II (15 U.S.C. secs. 2643 and 2646).

(b) EPA National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants ( 40 CFR part 61), Subparts A (General Provisions) and M (National Emission Standard for Asbestos).

(c) EPA Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools ( 40 CFR 763, Subpart E).

(d) EPA Worker Protection Rule ( 40 CFR 763, Subpart G).

(e) OSHA Asbestos Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.1101), Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1926.59), and Respiratory Protection (29 CFR 1910.134).

(f) U.S. department of transportation requirements under, hazardous materials transportation standard.

(g) Asbestos training, certification, provisional certification, and notification requirements and responsibilities under this chapter, including procedures for submitting certification applications and project notifications, and required fees.

(h) Department of safety and professional services asbestos regulations for public sector employees under ch. SPS 332.

(i) Department of natural resources regulations for the control of asbestos emissions under ch. NR 447.

(j) Department of natural resources regulations for the collection and transportation of asbestos waste under s. NR 502.06(3).

(k) Hands-on skills training and practice in reading, finding information, and determining regulatory requirements of federal and state regulations.

(10) INSURANCE AND LIABILITY. Insurance, bonding, legal liabilities and defenses, including all of the following:

(a) Contractor issues regarding liability, including tort, regulatory and contractual.

(b) Third-party liabilities and defenses.

(c) Worker's compensation coverage and exclusions.

(d) Insurance coverage and exclusions, including claims-made and occurrence policies, comprehensive general liability policies, environmental and pollution liability policy coverage and exclusions, liability insurance requirements, and hold harmless clauses.

(e) Bonding and the relationship between insurance availability and bond availability.

(11) RECORD KEEPING AND PROJECT FORMS. Records, forms and documentation, including all of the following:

(a) Records required by federal, state and local regulations.

(b) Project notification, project logs and occupant protection plans for asbestos abatement activities.

(c) Records recommended for legal and insurance purposes.

(d) Hands-on skills training and practice for completing asbestos abatement project notification forms and occupant protection plans.

(12) SUPERVISING ASBESTOS ACTIVITIES. Activities addressed shall include all of the following:

(a) Enforcing and reinforcing required work practices and discouraging unsafe work practices.

(b) Supervisor responsibility for emergency planning.

(c) Use of supervisory authority under this chapter, including stopping jobs.

(d) Ensuring each employee on the jobsite has their appropriate certification.

(e) Monitoring negative pressure enclosures and local exhaust ventilation systems.

(f) Considerations when coordinating with other contractors on site.

(13) CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS. Discussions of essential elements that may be included in contract specifications for asbestos abatement projects.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 159.32

CR 08-036: cr. Register February 2009 No. 638, eff. 5-1-09; correction in (9) (h) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 6, 7., Stats., Register January 2012 No. 673.