PURPOSE: This rule delineates the curriculum requirements for a lead abatement supervisor training course.

1. (1) A training provider of a lead abatement supervisor training course must ensure that their lead abatement supervisor training course curriculum includes, at a minimum, twenty-eight (28) training hours of classroom training and twelve (12) training hours of hands-on training.

2. (2) A lead abatement supervisor training course shall include, at a minimum, the following course topics. Requirements ending in an asterisk (*) indicate areas that require hands-on training as an integral component of the course—

   1. (A) Role and responsibilities of a supervisor;
   2. (B) Background information on lead—history of lead use and sources of environmental lead contamination;
   3. (C) Health effects of lead—how lead enters and affects the body, levels of concern, and symptoms, diagnosis and treatments;
   4. (D) Regulatory background and overview of lead in applicable state and federal guidance or regulations pertaining to lead-bearing substances including: 40 CFR part 745; U.S. HUD Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing (and its most recent revisions), 29 CFR part 1910.1200; 29 CFR part 1926.62; Title X: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992;
   5. (E) Liability and insurance issues relating to lead abatement;
   6. (F) Cost estimation;*
   7. (G) Risk assessment and inspection report interpretation;*
   8. (H) Development and implementation of an occupant protection plan and preabatement work plan, including containments for residential and commercial buildings, and superstructures;*
   9. (I) Community relations process;
   10. (J) Lead hazard recognition and control;*
   11. (K) Hazard recognition and control techniques: site characterization, exposure measurements, material identification, safety and health planning, medical surveillance, and engineering controls;
   12. (L) Personal protective equipment information regarding respiratory equipment selection, air-purifying respirators, care and cleaning of respirators, respiratory program, protective clothing and equipment, and hygienic practices;*
   13. (M) Lead abatement and lead hazard reduction methods, including prohibited practices, for residential and commercial buildings and superstructures;*
   14. (N) Sections 701.300 to 701.338, RSMo, Missouri regulations pertaining to lead licensure, Missouri Work Practice Standards for Lead-Bearing Substances specific to lead abatement activities;
   15. (O) Project management including supervisory techniques, contractor specifications; emergency response planning, and blueprint reading;*
   16. (P) Interior dust abatement and cleanup techniques;*
   17. (Q) Soil and exterior dust abatement methods;*
   18. (R) Clearance standards and testing;
   19. (S) Cleanup and waste disposal;
   20. (T) Record keeping; and
   21. (U) Preparation of an abatement report.* AUTHORITY: sections 701.301 and 701.314, RSMo Supp. 1998.* Emergency rule filed Aug. 19, 1999, effective Aug. 30, 1999, expired Feb. 25, 2000. Original rule filed Aug. 19, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. *Original authority: 701.301, RSMo 1998 and 701.314, RSMo 1993, amended 1998.