TDSHS Asbestos Air Monitoring Technician
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What are the 4 types of samples an air monitor is permitted to collect? - ✔️✔️1)Baseline
2)Ambient
3)Clearance
4)Personal
What Three basic types of air monitoring is the building Owner responsible to have collected? -
✔️✔️1)Baseline
2) ambient
3)clearance.
What is the required Minimum volume for collecting baselines, and at what volume (LPM)? -
✔️✔️3 samples must be collected before the project starts. 1250 liters 0.5 to 15.5 lpm (NIOSH is
0.5 to 16 lpm)
What are the 5 locations to collect ambient(area) samples? - ✔️✔️. 1: Inside containment, 2:
Outside containment but inside the building, 3: Entrance to the Decon chamber (3 stage) 4:
Exhaust of the negative air machine 5: Waste bag out/load out
Clearance sampling - ✔️✔️, minimum of 1 sample (DSHS doesn't specify) usually an AMT would
collect from 2 to 5 depending on the square footage. Two field blanks are usually taken but held
open for a few seconds for PLM.
What is PCM - ✔️✔️Phase Contrast Microscope
What is TEM - ✔️✔️transmission electron microscope
, AHERA
What is AHERA? (Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act) - ✔️✔️all public and commercial
buildings must use accredited personnel [Trained by a state or EPA approved trainer]
What two methods of analysis are commonly used for AIR sample analysis? - ✔️✔️Transmission
Electron Microscopy and Phase Contrast Microscopy
Under the Texas Asbestos Health Protection Rules [TAHPR], can the abatement contractor
employ the person doing the clearance air monitoring for the building owner? - ✔️✔️Yes, under
Texas Department of Health regulations
The type of air sampling filter used in personal air sampling for airborne fibers for PCM analysis
is: - ✔️✔️25 mm mixed cellulose ester fiber (MCE)
What analytical method, associated with PCM, is used for personal air sampling of airborne
fibers? - ✔️✔️NIOSH 7400 Method
Who must laboratory samples be read by? - ✔️✔️licensed by the Texas, Department of State
Health Services (DSHS) and Participate in PAT rounds
what is the primary means of collecting personal air samples? - ✔️✔️Low-flow, battery operated
pump
when should Field calibration be performed:? - ✔️✔️At the beginning and end of the sampling
period for each sample cassette.
where should The ball on a rotameter be read? - ✔️✔️in the middle of the ball.
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