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LEAD SAFETY FOR REMODELING, REPAIR, AND PAINTING
(EPA 747-B-03-001/2)
July, 2003
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EPA and HUD developed this updated training course to instruct
renovators, painters, and maintenance personnel how to work safely
in homes with lead-based paint. The course is interactive with
hands-on activities for practicing the skills workers need to
avoid creating lead hazards in the homes where they work.
This course is approved by HUD, in accordance with the Lead-Safe
Housing Rule (24 CFR Part 35), for training contractors working
in federally owned or assisted housing. EPA strongly recommends
this training for all contractors who perform renovation, remodeling,
painting, maintenance in residential housing built before 1978
to protect the families that live in these homes as well as the
workers and their families.
Lead-based paint was used in homes until 1978 when the Consumer
Product Safety Commission restricted its use in residential dwellings.
It can be found both inside and outside the home on windows, doors,
walls, and other building components. When intact, the paint does
not pose a danger. However, as it deteriorates over time, or when
it is disturbed during common renovation and painting activities,
it creates lead dust hazards that can contaminate a home. Children
and adults can swallow this dust through ordinary hand-to-mouth
actions like eating and playing. This exposure to lead can lead
to serious health problems. In children, lead damages the brain
and nervous system at a critical developmental phase. Children
who are exposed to lead often have behavioral and cognitive problems
and have difficulty in school. Adults may suffer high blood pressure,
damage to kidneys, and other ill effects.
Renovation, remodeling, and painting contractors can help prevent
lead poisoning by changing their work practices to create less
dust. To help teach contractors these practices, EPA's Office
of Pollution Prevention and Toxics and HUD's Office of Healthy
Homes and Lead Hazard Control collaborated on this course that
provides step-by-step instruction about how to perform common
work activities in a safe manner. Steps involve work area containment
to keep dust from spreading, working with safe methods that generate
less dust, and cleaning up using methods that effectively remove
lead hazards when the work is done.
COURSE MODULES
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PDF format
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Instructor |
Student |
Cover |
1.6MB |
1.7MB |
Introduction and Welcome |
873KB |
376KB |
Module 1:
Why Should I Be Concerned About Lead Dust? |
1.3MB |
346KB |
Module 2:
Set-up Your Work Space to Contain Lead Dust |
1.3MB |
808KB |
Module 3:
Safe Work Practices |
932KB |
529KB |
Module 4:
Clean-up and Check Your Work |
682KB |
433KB |
Module 5:
Planning the Job |
732KB |
297KB |
LIST OF APPENDICES
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Appendix 1:
Flowchart for Planning a Renovation,
Remodeling, or Painting Job (PDF format, 109KB) |
Appendix 2:
Planning Checklists and Tool
Kits (PDF format, 111KB) |
Appendix 3:
HUD Requirements for Safe Work
Practices (PDF format, 105KB) |
Appendix 4:
Protect Your Family from Lead
in Your Home Pamphlet (PDF format, 692KB) |
Appendix 5:
Pre-Renovation Education Information
(PDF format, 348KB) |
Appendix 6:
For More Information (PDF
format, 104KB) |
Appendix 7:
Optional Written Exercises
(PDF format, 573KB) |
Appendix 8:
Lead Paint Safety: A
Field Guide for Painting, Home Maintenance, and Renovation
Work (PDF format, 1.4MB)
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Appendix 9:
Skills Checklists for Hands-On
Activities (PDF format, 133KB) |
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