Requirements for a Training Provider of a Lead Abatement Worker Training Course

PURPOSE: This rule delineates the curriculum requirements for a lead abatement worker training course. (1) A training provider of a lead abatement worker training course must ensure that their lead abatement worker training course curriculum includes, at a minimum, sixteen (16) training hours of classroom training and eight (8) training hours of hands-on training. (2) A lead abatement worker training course shall include, at a minimum, the following course topics. Requirements ending in an asterisk (*) indicate areas that require handson training as an integral component of the course— (A) Role and responsibilities of an abatement worker; (B) Background information on lead—history of lead use and sources of environmental lead contamination; (C) Health effects of lead—how lead enters and affects the body; levels of concern; and symptoms, diagnosis and treatments; (D) Regulatory background and overview of lead in applicable state and federal guidance or regulations pertaining to lead-bearing substances including: 40 CFR part 745; U.S. HUD Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing (and its most recent revisions), 29 CFR part 1910.1200; 29 CFR part 1926.62; Title X: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992; (E) Personal protective equipment information, including respiratory equipment selection, air-purifying respirators, care and cleaning of respirators, respiratory program, protective clothing and equipment, and hygienic practices;* (F) Lead hazard recognition and control; site characterization, exposure measurements, medical surveillance, and engineering controls;* (G) Preabatement set-up procedures, including containments for residential and commercial building, and superstructures;* (H) Lead abatement and lead hazard reduction methods for residential and commercial buildings, and superstructures, including prohibited practices;* (I) Sections 701.300 to 701.338, RSMo, Missouri regulations pertaining to lead licensure, Missouri Work Practice Standards for Lead-Bearing Substances specific to lead abatement activities; (J) Interior dust abatement methods and cleanup techniques;* (K) Soil and exterior dust abatement methods;* and (L) Waste disposal techniques. AUTHORITY: sections 701.301 and 701.314, RSMo Supp. 1998.* Emergency rule filed Aug. 19, 1999, effective Aug. 30, 1999, expired Feb. 25, 2000. Original rule filed Aug. 19, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. *Original authority: 701.301, RSMo 1998 and 701.314, RSMo 1993, amended 1998.