Asbestos Building Inspector Initial Questions and Answers 2024/2025
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Course
Asbestos
Institution
Asbestos
AHERA
The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. 40 CFR Part 763, Subpart E. Started
1986 and requires that all schools, grades K-12 (non-profit), be inspected for the
presence of ACBM (asbestos-containing building material).
ACBM
Asbestos Containing Building Material
ASHARA
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Asbestos Building Inspector Initial
Questions and Answers 2024/2025
AHERA
The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. 40 CFR Part 763, Subpart E. Started
1986 and requires that all schools, grades K-12 (non-profit), be inspected for the
presence of ACBM (asbestos-containing building material).
ACBM
Asbestos Containing Building Material
ASHARA
The Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act. Started 1990, effective
Nov. 1992, requires that an accredited Building Inspector perform any asbestos
inspection conducted in a public or commercial building. Extended the training
requirement to cover asbestos workers, supervisors, and inspectors in public and
commercial buildings. ("Under the ASHARA revisions AHERA's training requirements
now apply to all persons working with asbestos in public and commercial buildings...")
Increased number of hours required for asbestos worker and supervisor training to 32 and 40
hrs respectively.
Building Inspector Responsibilities (AHERA & ASHARA)
1. Determining whether ACBM is present in a building
2. Assessing the physical characteristics of the ACBM within the building.
A building inspection involves:
1. Investigation of records for the identification of ACBM
2. A physical and visual inspection of the building for suspect materials
3. Sampling and analyzing suspect materials to test for asbestos
4. Assessing the condition and location of the ACBM and other characteristics of the building
Management Planner Role
Uses info from the building inspection to estimate the degree of current or potential
hazard posed by the ACM and develop a plan for managing the ACM. After ACM is
confirmed, create O&M plan, stays in effect until ACM is removed.
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Protects workers
How AHERA affects your work/changed things:
1. Defines ACM as being more than 1%.
2. Lays out 5 control methods: operations and maintenance, enclosure, encapsulation, repair,
and removal.
3. Describes clearance air sampling at end of job with aggressive air sampling and a TEM.
4. Regulates training classes like this one and requires this training for all workers working with
asbestos (excludes single-family homes)
What are the 5 control methods for asbestos, and what laid them out?
O&M, enclosure, encapsulation, repair, and removal. AHERA created.
TEM
Transmission Electron Microscope/Microscopy. May be used to detect smaller fibers of
asbestos.
ASHAA
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