ARSD 74:31:03:03. Abatement project designer training course requirements

The abatement project designer training course must be at least three days long and must include lectures, demonstrations, a field trip, course review, and a written examination. The following topics must be included: (1) Background information on asbestos: (a) Identification of asbestos; (b) Examples and discussions of the uses and locations of asbestos in buildings; (c) Physical appearance of asbestos; (2) Potential health effects related to asbestos exposure: (a) The nature of asbestos-related diseases; (b) Routes of exposure; (c) Dose-response relationships and the lack of a safe exposure level; (d) The synergistic effect between cigarette smoking and asbestos exposure; (e) The latency period of asbestos-related diseases; (f) A discussion of the relationship between asbestos exposure and asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma, and cancer of other organs; (3) Overview of abatement construction projects: (a) Abatement as a portion of a renovation project; (b) OSHA requirements for notification of other contractors on a multiemployer site in 29 C.F.R. § 1926.58 (July 1, 1993) as amended by 59 Fed. Reg. 40,964 to 41,162, inclusive (August 10, 1994); (4) Safety system design specifications: (a) Design, construction, and maintenance of containment barriers and decontamination enclosure systems; (b) Positioning of warning signs; (c) Electrical and ventilation system lockout; (d) Working techniques for minimizing fiber release; (e) Entry and exit procedures for the work area; (f) Use of wet methods; (g) Use of negative pressure exhaust ventilation equipment; (h) Use of high efficiency particulate aerosol (HEPA) vacuums; (i) Clean-up and disposal of asbestos; (j) Work practices as they apply to encapsulation, enclosure, and repair; (k) Use of glove bags and a demonstration of glove bag use; (l) Proper techniques for initial cleaning; (5) Field trip: (a) A visit to an abatement site or other suitable building site. For example, a metal pole building without any HVAC systems would not be considered a suitable site. The visit must include: (i) On-site discussions of abatement design; (ii)A building walk-through inspection; (iii) A discussion of rationale for the concept of functional spaces during the walk-through; (6) Employee personal protective equipment: (a) Classes and characteristics of respirators; (b) Limitations of respirators; (c) Selection, inspection, donning, use, maintenance, and storage procedures; (d) Methods for field testing of the facepiece-to-face seal (positive and negative pressure fitting tests); (e) Qualitative and quantitative fit testing procedures; (f) Variability between field and laboratory protection factors; (g) Factors that alter respirator fit, for example, facial hair; (h) Components of a respiratory protection program; (i) Selection and use of personal protective clothing; (j) Use, storage, and handling of nondisposable clothing; (k) Regulations found in subdivision (18) of this section covering personal protective equipment; (7) Additional safety hazards: (a) Hazards encountered during abatement activities and how to deal with them, including: (i) Electrical hazards; (ii)Heat stress; (iii) Air contaminants other than asbestos; (iv) Fire and explosion hazards; (8) Fiber aerodynamics and control: (a) Aerodynamic characteristics of asbestos fibers; (b) Importance of containment barriers; (c) Settling time for asbestos fibers; (d) Wet methods in abatement; (e) Aggressive air monitoring following abatement; (f) Aggressive air movement and negative pressure exhaust ventilation as a clean-up method; (9) Designing abatement solutions: (a) Discussions of removal, enclosure, and encapsulation methods; (b) Asbestos waste disposal; (10) Final clearance process: (a) Discussion of the need for a written sampling rationale for aggressive final air clearance; (b) Requirements of a complete visual inspection; (c) Discussion of the relationship of visual inspection to final air clearance; (11) Budgeting and cost estimation: (a) Development of cost estimates; (b) Present costs of abatement versus future operations and maintenance costs; (c) Setting priorities for abatement jobs to reduce cost; (12) Writing abatement specifications: (a) Means and methods specifications versus performance specifications; (b) Design of abatement in occupied buildings; (c) Modification of guide specifications to a particular building; (d) Worker and building occupant health and medical considerations; (e) Replacement of ACM with a substitute for asbestos; (f) Preparation of and need for a written project design; (13) Preparing abatement drawings: (a) Use of as-built drawings as base drawings; (b) Use of inspection photographs and on-site reports; (c) Particular problems in abatement drawings; (d) Significance and need for drawings; (e) Methods of preparing abatement drawings; (f) Diagramming containment barriers; (g) Relationship of drawings to design specifications; (14) Contract preparation and administration; (15) Legal liabilities and defenses: (a) Insurance considerations; (b) Bonding; (c) Hold harmless clauses; (d) Use of abatement contractor's liability insurance; (e) Claims made versus occurrence policies; (16) Replacement of asbestos with asbestos-free substitutes; (17) Role of other consultants: (a) Development of technical specification sections by industrial hygienists or engineers; (b) The multidisciplinary team approach to abatement design; (18) Occupied buildings: (a) Special design procedures required in occupied buildings; (b) Education of occupants; (c) Extra monitoring recommendations; (d) Staging of work to minimize exposure to occupants; (e) Scheduling of renovation to minimize exposure; (19) Regulatory review -- procedures and standards: (a) Requirements of AHERA; (b) National emission standard for hazardous air pollutants in 40 C.F.R. § 61, Subparts A (general provisions) and M (national emission standard for asbestos) (July 1, 1993); (c) OSHA standards for permissible exposure to airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers and respiratory protection in 29 C.F.R. § 1910.134 (July 1, 1993) as amended by 59 Fed. Reg. 40,964 to 41,162, inclusive (August 10, 1994); (d) EPA worker protection rule in 40 C.F.R. § 763, Subpart G (July 1, 1993); (e) OSHA asbestos construction standard in 29 C.F.R. § 1926.58 (July 1, 1993) as amended by 59 Fed. Reg. 40,964 to 41,162, inclusive (August 10, 1994); (f) OSHA hazard communication standard in 29 C.F.R. § 1926.59 (July 1, 1993); (20) Course review -- a review of key aspects of the training course.