Asbestos awareness training for your team, on-site or live online
On-site or live online · Up to 12 staff · For anyone whose work could disturb asbestos · Quoted for your team
Asbestos awareness training, sometimes called Category A, gives maintenance staff, trades, facilities teams and managers of older buildings the information they need to avoid disturbing asbestos: where it's likely to be found, its effects on health, how to avoid exposure and what to do in an emergency. It doesn't qualify anyone to work with asbestos. Kasorb delivers it on-site or live online for up to 12. Quoted for your team.
- Where asbestos is likely to be found, in any building built before 2000
- How to avoid disturbing it, and what to do in an emergency
- Built around HSE's guidance on asbestos awareness training
- Up to 12 staff, on-site or live online
- Certificates emailed the next day
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Compliance and certification
Staff receive a Kasorb certificate of completion for your training file. It's awareness training: it doesn't prepare anyone to carry out work with asbestos-containing materials, which needs further training. How often staff refresh is set by your own policy, and we'll recommend a refresh interval. It isn't a regulated qualification.
4 reasons teams choose Kasorb for Asbestos Awareness Training
One price for the whole team
One price for the whole group of up to 12, not per person — quoted for your team, with certificates included.
Training at your workplace
No travel planning, no separate venue booking and less disruption for your team on the day.
Real examples, not just theory
Real-world examples of where asbestos turns up, so staff recognise the risk before they start a job.
Compliance handled properly
Attendance, certification and compliance paperwork are included after the course.
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Course specification
How it works
- Enquire with your postcode, group size and preferred dates. We'll come back with a price within 48 hours. We recommend booking at least four weeks in advance to secure your preferred date. If you need something sooner, just ask.
- Confirm the price and date, on-site or live online.
- Your trainer calls beforehand to confirm logistics, and to understand your buildings and the work your staff do.
- The session: trainer-led, with real-world examples, questions and discussion.
- Certificates are emailed the next day.
What the course covers
- The properties of asbestos and its effects on health, including the added risk for smokers
- The types, uses and likely occurrence of asbestos and asbestos-containing materials in buildings and plant
- Why any building built before 2000 may contain asbestos
- How to avoid the risk of exposure, including finding out whether asbestos is present before starting a job
- What to do in an emergency, such as disturbing material that may contain asbestos
- The duty to manage asbestos, and the difference between awareness, non-licensed and licensed work
Who needs this training
Anyone whose normal work could disturb asbestos, and the people who supervise them:
- Maintenance, estates and facilities staff, caretakers and site managers
- Electricians, plumbers, joiners, plasterers, painters and decorators, and other trades
- Heating, gas, telecoms, alarm and data installers
- Managers responsible for older buildings, including care homes and schools
It doesn't qualify anyone to work with asbestos: licensed and non-licensed work need further training.
We recommend at least Level 1 literacy and numeracy.
What the law says
Regulation 10 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 requires employers to give adequate information, instruction and training to employees who are, or could be, exposed to asbestos, and to those who supervise them — repeated at regular intervals. Northern Ireland has equivalent regulations. HSE's guidance says awareness training is for anyone liable to disturb asbestos during their normal work, and gives them the information they need to avoid work that may disturb it.
Anyone responsible for maintaining or repairing non-domestic premises, including care homes and schools, also has a duty to manage asbestos under regulation 4. HSE says asbestos can be found in any building built before 2000.
How we assess learning
The trainer reviews learning throughout the session through questions, discussion and real-world examples.
Your trainer
Your trainer has used these skills for real, and keeps the session practical: where asbestos turns up in the kinds of buildings your staff work in, and what to find out before starting a job that could disturb it.
Logistics
- Room: horseshoe or classroom seating — what matters is clear floor space and a projector screen or blank wall
- The trainer brings: projector, laptop and all general training equipment
- Group size: up to 12, on-site or live online
- Timing: agreed with you when you enquire; staff arrive 15 minutes early
- Access: the trainer needs the room 45 minutes before the start
- Anywhere in the UK, or live online
- Live online: a quiet space and a device with camera and audio for each person joining — ideally one device each, and never more than two people per device
- More dates online: live online often has more dates available, so it's worth asking if you need training sooner or have people across several locations
- Literacy: we recommend at least Level 1 literacy and numeracy
Cost explained
This course is quoted for your team. Tell us your postcode, group size and preferred dates, and we'll confirm the price within 48 hours. It's one price for the group, up to 12 staff — not per person — and it covers your trainer, their travel and the course materials.
More than 12 staff? We'll run another session at the same rate.
Several sites? Tell us when you enquire and we'll arrange them together.
Frequently asked questions
Does this qualify staff to work with asbestos?
No. Awareness training helps staff avoid disturbing asbestos. Licensed and non-licensed work with asbestos-containing materials needs further training.
Is this course UKATA or IATP accredited?
No. It's Kasorb's own course, delivered to HSE's guidance on asbestos awareness training. HSE leaves it to the employer to decide whether a training provider is suitable.
How often should staff refresh?
HSE doesn't require the full awareness course to be repeated every year, but expects some form of refresher as needed. We'll recommend an interval based on the work your staff do.
Is this Category A training?
Yes. Asbestos awareness training is sometimes called Category A, and this is that course.
Do care home and school staff need it?
Staff whose work could disturb asbestos do — usually maintenance staff, caretakers and site managers. HSE says other staff should know not to disturb or damage asbestos materials, for example by pinning work to walls, and to report any damage.
Can it be done online?
Yes, live with a trainer, for up to 12 staff.
How quickly can you come?
We confirm within 48 hours, and we recommend booking at least four weeks in advance to secure your preferred date. If you need something sooner, just ask.
Prefer to speak? Call 0207 112 8412