Asbestos Awareness Training for Trades Personnel

Learn about asbestos awareness training for employees who may encounter asbestos in their work.

• Are you in the right place? If you are a project manager, see Asbestos Regulatory Awareness for UC San Diego Project Managers.

Asbestos Awareness Training

Required before beginning work for employees who may encounter asbestos while performing their job duties. This training is intended for:

• Facilities Management maintenance, trades, and custodial personnel
• Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) maintenance employees
• Science departments' technical shop personnel
• Telecommunications technicians

How to get training:

• Training is available when requested by departments. Contact EH&S Occupational Health & Hygiene Services at ehsih@ucsd.edu to schedule training. Instruction time is 1 hour.
• Web-based slide show (Note: These large PowerPoint files may take a few moments to open)
  • Asbestos Awareness
    • Asbestos Awareness Class IV Training Document (PDF) (Word file)
  • Conocimiento sobre el Asbesto, Spanish version
    • Clase IV Documento de Entrenamiento de Asbesto (PDF) (Word file)

Topics covered include:

• What asbestos is and where it may be encountered
• Health hazards associated with asbestos
• Regulating agencies
• Terminology
• Classes of workers and applicable training requirements
• Restricting access to regulated areas
• Personal protection equipment and practices
• Supervision requirements
• What to do when asbestos is encountered on the job
• The UC San Diego asbestos location and mitigation database
• General safety issues