EPA Training Courses Offered at IBS; Local Offerings Available Too

Mandatory training for the new EPA Lead Pain Rule is available at the International Builders Show and locally through Greenville Technical College and Midlands Technical College for contractors who renovate or repair housing, child-care facilities or schools built before 1978. This training must be complete by April of this year.

If you will be attending the IBS in Las Vegas January 19-22, you can take the training session prior to the start of IBS on January 17 and get it out of the way.

“Part One: Lead Safety for Renovation, Repair and Painting”
Room S1, South Hall
Sunday, Jan. 17; 9:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.
This course provides classroom training to help remodelers and contractors meet EPA requirements to identify lead-based paint (LBP) and the health problems associated with disturbing it; detail the requirements of EPA’s rule requiring lead-safe work practices; conduct LBP disturbance safely and in compliance with the EPA rule; conduct training for workers so they follow the rules, clean up lead-based dust and properly dispose of waste; and properly document compliance with the rule. This course must be completed, or proof of completion must be submitted, before taking “Part Two: Hands-On Training for Renovation, Repair and Painting.”

“Part Two: Hands-On Training for Renovation, Repair and Painting”
Room S1, South Hall
Sunday, Jan. 17; 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; 1:30.-4:30 p.m.; or 6:30-9:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18 ; 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; or 1:30-4:30 p.m.
This course provides complementary hands-on training to the classroom session offered at IBS.

To register for the lead paint training courses at IBS, visit www.buildersshow.com/leadpaint. For more information about the lead paint rule, visit www.nahb.org/leadpaint.

If you want to take the training locally, you have two options as of right now through Greenville Technical College in Greenville and Midlands Technical College in Columbia. As demand for the training increases, more courses will be added to the schedules.

Greenville Technical College: For more information, call 864-250-8800 or email Karen.Hampton@gvltec.edu or visit www.gtbmc.com and search for Course #ROC786.

Midlands Technical College: For more information, call 803-732-0432 or follow this link.

Under the new rules, trained contractors and workers must follow lead-safe work practice standards to reduce potential exposure to dangerous levels of lead during renovation and repair activities. The requirements apply to anyone who could potentially expose children to lead dust during their work and includes builders, painters, plumbers, and electricians. In April 2010, this certification will become MANDATORY for anyone who could potentially expose children to lead dust.