Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS › Chapter 77 - CONTRACTORS › Subchapter 19 - ASBESTOS CONTRACTORS › Section 16-77-114 - Training requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) Applicants
				shall submit proof of the successful completion by the applicant or the
				applicant's RME, as the case may be, of a four-day Environmental Protection
				Agency (EPA) or board approved asbestos training course taken within two years
				prior to the filing of the application for license. The training shall include
				lectures, demonstrations, six hours of hands-on training, individual respirator
				fit testing, course review, and a written examination. The written examination
				shall consist of one hundred multiple choice questions and the passing score
				shall be seventy per cent. The following topics shall be adequately addressed
				in the training:
(1) The physical
				characteristics of asbestos, and asbestos-containing materials, including
				identification of asbestos, aerodynamic characteristics, typical uses, and
				physical appearance; a review of hazard assessment considerations; and a
				summary of abatement control options;
(2) Potential health effects related to
				asbestos exposure, including the nature of asbestos-related diseases; routes of
				exposure; dose-response relationships and the lack of a safe exposure level;
				synergism between cigarette smoking and asbestos exposure; and latency period
				for disease;
(3) Employee personal
				protective equipment, including classes and characteristics of respirator
				types; limitations of respirators and their proper selection, inspection,
				donning, use, maintenance, and storage procedures; methods for field testing of
				the facepiece-to-face seal (positive and negative pressure fitting tests);
				qualitative and quantitative fit testing procedures; variability between field
				and laboratory protection factors; factors that alter respirator fit (e.g.,
				facial hair); the components of a proper respiratory protection program;
				selection and use of a personal protective clothing; use, storage, and handling
				of non-disposable clothing; and regulations covering personal protective
				equipment;
(4) State-of-the-art
				work practices, including proper work practices for asbestos abatement
				activities including descriptions of proper construction and maintenance of
				barriers and decontamination enclosure systems; positioning of warning signs;
				electrical and ventilation system lockout; proper working techniques for
				minimizing fiber release; use of wet methods; use of negative pressure
				ventilation equipment; use of high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) vacuums;
				proper clean-up and disposal procedures; work practices for removal,
				encapsulation, enclosure, and repair; emergency procedures for sudden releases;
				potential exposure situations; transport and disposal procedures, and
				recommended and prohibited work practices; and any new abatement-related
				techniques and methodologies;
(5)
				Personal hygiene, including entry and exit procedures for the work area; use of
				showers; and avoidance of eating, drinking, smoking, and chewing (gum or
				tobacco) in the work area; and other potential exposures, such as family
				exposure;
(6) Additional safety
				hazards, including hazards encountered during abatement activities and how to
				deal with them, such as electrical hazards, heat stress, air contaminants other
				than asbestos, fire and explosion hazards, scaffold and ladder hazards, slips,
				trips, and falls, and confined spaces;
(7) Medical monitoring, including
				Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements for a
				pulmonary function test, chest X-rays, and a medical history for each
				employee;
(8) Air monitoring,
				including procedures to determine airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers
				that will provide a description of aggressive sampling, sampling equipment and
				methods; reasons for air monitoring, types of samples, and interpretation of
				results, specifically from analysis performed by polarized light,
				phase-contrast, and electron microscopy analyses;
(9) Relevant federal, state, and local
				regulatory requirements including:
(A)
				Requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act Title II, Asbestos Hazard
				Emergency Response ( P.L. 99-519, 100 Stat. 2970, et seq.,
				15 U.S.C.
				§2641 et seq.);
(B) National Emission Standards for Hazardous
				Air Pollutants, ( 40 CFR Part 61, Subparts A (General Provisions) and M
				(National Emission Standard for Asbestos));
(C) OSHA standards for permissible exposure
				to airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers and respiratory protection (
				29 CFR
				§1910.134 );
(D) OSHA Asbestos Construction Standard (
				29 CFR
				§1926.1101 ); and
(E) EPA Worker Protection Rule ( 40 CFR Part
				763, Subpart G (Asbestos Abatement Projects));
(10) Respiratory protection programs and
				medical surveillance programs;
(11)
				Insurance and liability issues, including contractor issues; workers'
				compensation coverage and exclusions; third-party liabilities and defenses;
				insurance coverage and exclusions;
(12) Recordkeeping for asbestos abatement
				projects, including records required by federal, state, and local regulations;
				and records recommended for legal and insurance purposes;
(13) Supervisory techniques for asbestos
				abatement activities, including supervisory practices to enforce and reinforce
				the required work practices and discourage unsafe work practices;
(14) Contract specifications, involving key
				elements that are included in contract specifications; and
(15) Course review of key aspects of the
				training course.