California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 3.2 - California Occupational Safety and Health Regulations (Cal/OSHA) › Subchapter 2 - Regulations of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health › Article 2.6 - Asbestos Consultants and Site Surveillance Technicians › Section 341.15 - Certification of Asbestos Consultants and Site Surveillance Technicians

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Scope and
					 Application.
Any individual performing services as an asbestos
						consultant or site surveillance technician as referenced and defined in section
						1529(q) of Title 8
						of the California Code of Regulations must apply for and obtain a certification
						pursuant to this article.
NOTE: This does not apply to individuals who perform
						preliminary site assessments or other such building inspection activities which
						may identify asbestos-containing construction materials but which are not for
						the primary purpose of finding asbestos-containing construction materials in
						buildings and evaluating the materials for the need of asbestos
						abatement.
(b) Application
					 for Examination and Certification.
(1) Any
					 individual desiring to be certified as set forth in subsection (a) of this
					 section must submit an application for examination and certification as set
					 forth herein. The application and all information and attachments shall be
					 submitted under penalty of perjury, and accompanied by all applicable fees as
					 set forth herein. No application will be accepted for processing by the
					 Division unless accompanied by all required fees as set forth in subsection (c)
					 herein.
Applications may be obtained from any District Office for
						the Division and shall be filed by mailing the completed application to the
						following address:
DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
P.O. BOX 420603
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94142
ATTENTION: ASBESTOS CONSULTANT CERTIFICATION
The application shall include:
(A) Type of certification desired: Asbestos
					 Consultant or Site Surveillance Technician.
(B) Full name of the applicant including the
					 name under which the individual will be conducting business under the
					 certification, and any other names the applicant has used to conduct business
					 as an asbestos consultant within five years previous to the date of the
					 application.
(C) Birthdate and
					 Social Security Number.
(D) Address
					 (Employment and Home).
(E)
					 Telephone Number (Work and Home).
(F) 2 copies of 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" current color
					 photograph of applicant (passport type taken within the past 30
					 days).
(G) Copies of valid
					 certificates from AHERA training providers approved by the Division.
NOTE: The Division will publish a list of approved AHERA
						training providers.
(1) Asbestos
					 consultant applicants shall submit copies of AHERA training certificates for
					 management planner, abatement project designer, abatement contractor and
					 supervisor, and all subsequent annual refresher courses.
(2) Site surveillance technician applicants
					 shall submit copies of AHERA training completion certificates for inspector,
					 and abatement contractor and supervisor, and all subsequent annual refresher
					 courses. Certificates for abatement worker and abatement project designer may
					 be submitted in lieu of the abatement contractor and supervisor
					 certificate.
(H) Required
					 fee(s).
(I) Description of
					 qualifications as required pursuant to section
					 1529(o) of Title 8
					 of the California Code of Regulations outlining the applicant's educational
					 qualifications, (attach copy of diploma, official transcript, or other proof),
					 and description of qualifying work experience as specified in Business and
					 Professions Code sections
					 7184
					 and
					 7185.
					 Qualifying work experience includes technical work associated with asbestos
					 consulting activities. Written references attesting to the applicant's
					 qualifying work experience which are certified under the penalty of perjury are
					 required.