ESHI Offers the Newest EPA Training for Lead-Based Paint
Cost: $225 per person.
Do you work for or manage a firm involved with renovation, repair or painting work? If so, there is a new EPA regulation that could affect you and/or your firm if 6 square feet or more of interior painted surfaces or 20 square feet or more of exterior painted surfaces will be disturbed during your work.
Under the new EPA RRP rule, beginning April 22, 2010, contractors (painters, remodeling firms, plumbers, etc.), and others performing renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb greater than the threshold level for interior and/or exterior lead-based paint in homes, apartments, child care facilities, and schools (child-occupied facilities) built before 1978 must be certified. Also, firms must have at least one “Certified Renovator” assigned to jobs where lead-based paint is disturbed. There are notification, paint testing, work practice and final cleaning issues that must be carried out and most of these processes will be new to most remediation contractors.
To become an EPA Certified Renovator, an individual must attend and successfully complete the Renovator Initial course conducted by The Environmental Safety & Health Institute (ESHI) or other EPA accredited RRP training providers. ESHI is currently the only training provider approved by the EPA in the Tampa Bay Area. The principal instructor is James Rizk, an EPA accredited Lead-Based Paint Risk Assessor and accredited trainer.
All firms performing or desiring to perform renovation, repair or painting work must become certified by April 22, 2010. When the initial training is completed, firms can begin applying to the EPA as of October 22, 2009 for certification. Firms are encouraged to begin the process early as it can take up to two months to receive the accreditation and longer if the EPA detects errors in the initial application.
You can read more about the EPA regulations and requirements at: http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm#contractors
Manuals will be furnished to class attendees but if you want to get a jump-start on reading and studying, the EPA has a free manual down-load, the same manual used by ESHI at: http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/epahudrrmodel.htm
Currently ESHI is only offering the Initial English Renovator training class. The cost is $225.00 per attendee.
What will you learn? How to work within the regulatory requirements of the EPA for target housing and child-occupied facilities with lead-based paint.
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