Section 326IAC18-2-10.1. Asbestos training course provider instructor qualifications

  1. (a) Training course providers must submit resumes and qualifications of all potential instructors, including guest instructors, for approval by the department prior to their use as instructors for any course.

  (b) A person to be approved as an instructor for any asbestos training course must meet the following minimum education and training qualifications:

(1) Possess a high school diploma or equivalent as provided in 326 IAC 18-1-4(a)(1) and either of the following:

(A) A bachelor's or graduate degree in architecture, industrial hygiene, engineering, building system design, science, or a related field.

(B) A combination of four (4) years of experience in asbestos inspection, planning, supervision, or cost estimation.

(2) Have completed and successfully passed the training course in the discipline that they wish to instruct. The training course shall be taken from a training course provider other than the provider for whom the instructor will be working.

(3) Provide copies of academic credentials and proof of field experience.

  (c) The department will notify the training course provider within eight (8) weeks of the receipt of the application if a potential instructor is not approved.

  (d) Instructors approved by the department prior to the effective date of this rule are exempted from this section. (Air Pollution Control Division; 326 IAC 18-2-10.1; filed May 12, 1998, 9:15 a.m.: 21 IR 3768)