Michigan Laws 338.3404 – Completion of initial training required for accreditation; length of initial training course; refresher training course required for reaccreditation
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(1) A person who seeks accreditation to perform asbestos-related work in a school building or a public and commercial building in this state is required to complete initial training under this act. This initial training shall provide education in asbestos-containing materials inspection, management plan development, and response action technology.
(2) The length of the initial training course required for accreditation under this act shall vary by discipline as follows:
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 338.3404
- Asbestos: means a group of naturally occurring minerals that separate into fibers, including chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, anthophyllite asbestos, tremolite asbestos, and actinolite asbestos. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
- Asbestos-related work: means an activity or task performed by a person working with asbestos in buildings, including, but not limited to, inspection, management plan development, the design or conduct of response actions, and remedial work. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
- Inspection: means an activity undertaken in a school building or public and commercial building to determine the presence or location or to assess the condition of friable or nonfriable ACBM or suspected ACBM, whether by visual or physical examination or by collecting samples of material. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
- Person: means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, public or private agency, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
- Public and commercial building: means the interior space of a building that is not a school building, a residential apartment building of fewer than 10 units, or a detached single family home. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
- School: means a private or public elementary or secondary institution of learning including grades kindergarten through 12. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
- School building: means 1 or more of the following at a school:
(i) A structure suitable for use as a classroom, including a school laboratory, library, eating facility, or food preparation facility. See Michigan Laws 338.3402state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(a) An asbestos inspector shall complete a 3-day training course and successfully pass an examination.
(b) An asbestos management planner shall complete the inspector training course as prescribed by subdivision (a) plus an additional 2 days of training devoted to management planning and shall successfully pass an examination on each course of training.
(c) An asbestos abatement project designer shall complete not less than 3 days of training and successfully pass an examination.
(d) An asbestos abatement contractor or supervisor shall complete a 5-day training course and successfully pass an examination.
(e) An asbestos abatement worker shall complete a 4-day training course and successfully pass an examination.
(3) A person who seeks reaccreditation under this act to perform asbestos-related work in a school building or a public and commercial building in this state shall complete a 1-day annual refresher training course, except that an asbestos inspector is only required to complete a 1/2-day annual refresher training course.