Section 9021.9 Of Chapter 3. Standards And Administration From California Labor Code >> Division 5. >> Part 10. >> Chapter 3.
9021.9
. (a) The division shall establish an advisory committee to
develop and recommend by September 30, 1994, for action by the
standards board in accordance with Section 142.3, specific
requirements for hands-on, task-specific training programs for all
craft employees who may be exposed to asbestos-containing
construction materials and all employees and supervisors involved in
operations pertaining to asbestos cement pipe, as specified in
subdivision (c) of Section 6501.8. The training programs shall
include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(1) The physical characteristics and health hazards of asbestos.
(2) The types of asbestos cement pipe or asbestos-containing
construction materials an employee may encounter in his or her
specific work assignments.
(3) Safe practices and procedures for minimizing asbestos
exposures from operations involving asbestos cement pipe or
asbestos-containing construction materials.
(4) A review of general industry and construction safety orders
relating to asbestos exposure.
(5) Hands-on instruction using pipe or other construction
materials and the tools and equipment employees will use in the
workplace.
(b) The division shall approve training entities to conduct
task-specific training programs that include the requirements
prescribed by the standards board pursuant to this section for
employees and supervisors involved in operations pertaining to
asbestos cement pipe or asbestos-containing construction materials.
(c) The division shall charge a fee to each asbestos training
entity approved by the division pursuant to subdivision (b). The fee
shall be sufficient to cover the division's cost for administering
the approval process provided for in subdivision (b). The fees
collected shall be deposited in the Asbestos Training Approval
Account. Establishment of any fee pursuant to this section shall be
accomplished through the regulatory process required by subdivision
(b) of Section 9021.5.