About This Activity
This CPD course provides learners with practical asbestos awareness knowledge, focusing on health risks, legal responsibilities, and safe working practices when working in environments where asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) may be present. The course covers the history and use of asbestos, common locations of ACMs, routes of exposure, associated diseases, and the importance of asbestos surveys, registers, and reporting procedures. Learners are guided through realistic workplace scenarios designed to improve hazard recognition and decision-making. The programme reinforces that asbestos awareness training does not qualify individuals to remove or work directly with asbestos, but helps them recognise risks and follow appropriate procedures. Delivered as an engaging digital learning experience, the course includes interactive activities, knowledge checks, and a final assessment to support ongoing professional development and workplace safety awareness.
There are no formal prerequisites for enrolment on this course. The programme is designed as an introductory asbestos awareness course suitable for individuals whose work activities may bring them into contact with asbestos-containing materials (ACMs), including contractors, maintenance staff, supervisors, and general workplace personnel. Learning objectives are achieved through a combination of structured digital learning content, interactive activities, realistic workplace scenarios, visual examples, and knowledge reinforcement exercises. Learners progress through the course sequentially, with gated learning interactions used throughout to ensure key sections are completed before progressing. Knowledge and understanding are assessed through multiple formative assessments embedded throughout the course, including interactive knowledge checks and scenario-based questions designed to reinforce learning and encourage practical application.
A final summative assessment is completed at the end of the programme to evaluate overall learner understanding of the course content and learning objectives. As this is an asbestos awareness course only, there are no practical hands-on elements involving asbestos handling or removal. Assessment is therefore theory-based and focused on learner understanding, hazard recognition, safe behaviours, and appropriate workplace responses.
