COURSE TITLE

Lead-Based Paint Inspection and Assessment

COURSE DESCRIPTION

In this five-day course you study and practice the complex HUD guidelines for sampling lead paint. You learn the pros and cons of paint chip sampling versus using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) paint analyzers. You use that knowledge when you evaluate and practice with XRFs. You meet the California Department of Public Health (DPH) and U.S. EPA requirement for inspection and risk assessment training if you attend the entire course and pass the exam on the final day.

On the first day we cover background information about lead and its uses in buildings, health effects, regulations, and respiratory protection. During the next four days, some of the most experienced lead inspectors in California cover the laboratory and field methods used to analyze coatings for lead. You also review interim controls—temporary measures used to reduce lead hazards. You participate in elaborate hands-on workshops, where you take paint chip, soil, and dust samples; use several types of XRF analyzers; and conduct a mock risk assessment.

You'll use the required HUD Guidelines course textbook and some standard EPA course materials, and you'll also receive several hundred pages of material developed and copyrighted by UC Berkeley. Many other schools try to use our materials because they know our materials are the best. No other school even comes close to matching the number and quality of our instructors. The best materials and the best instructors make for the best value in lead training.

Required Textbook

On the first day of the course, you will receive a three-ring binder with several hundred pages of material developed and copyrighted by UC Berkeley. But before you begin the course, we strongly encourage some advance reading from the required course textbook, Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing. (This textbook is commonly called the HUD Guidelines.)

You may purchase the guidelines from us for $45 plus $5 postage. Or you may download the guidelines from www.hud.gov/offices/lead/leadreferencelibrary.cfm. To order the guidelines from us, please mail your request and payment of $50 by check (payable to UC Regents) or credit card to: COEH Continuing Education Program, UC Berkeley M/C 5120, 2223 Fulton St., 2nd Floor, Berkeley, CA 94720-5120. Be sure to include a shipping address and a daytime telephone number. If you’d like to order by phone, call 510-643-7277. Your order must be received at least seven business days before the start of the course in order to mail you the guidelines.

Advance Enrollment Required

Class size is limited. You must enroll early. Once we receive your enrollment, we will mail you important information including directions to the course and recommended reading assignments for completion prior to the course. To receive this information, you must enroll more than two weeks before the course. If you enroll within the two weeks prior to the course, you can use our Web site at www.coehce.org or call our office at 510-643-7277 for directions. When you receive this information, please verify that you are correctly enrolled in the appropriate course and on the correct date. To check on your enrollment, you may call our office. Payment must be secured at the time of enrollment in the form of a check, credit card or purchase order; a space cannot be reserved in the class without payment.

COURSE DIRECTOR

Tom Wangerin, MS, is the owner of Wangerin Environmental, an environmental training and consulting firm specializing in asbestos and lead issues. Tom is a Cal/OSHA-certified asbestos consultant and a CDPH-certified lead paint Inspector, Assessor, and Project Monitor and is the Director of the UC Berkeley COEH Asbestos and Lead Paint training program. He has a great deal of experience in asbestos and lead inspections and abatement project oversight. He is recognized nationally as an expert in asbestos and lead paint regulations as well as for the program he runs at UC Berkeley.

Other Instructors:

Gary Bayne
Stephen C. Davis
Jason B. Garrison
Benjamin Heckman
Peter Kaminski
Burt Olhiser
Jim Ratti
L. S. (Butch) Reynolds
Fred Vinciguerra

CREDIT`

ABIH credit: 5.0 IH CM points.

Course Schedule

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