“Blanket” CM Approvals for US Regulatory Asbestos, Hazardous Waste and Lead Courses
These courses have “blanket” approval for IH CM points, i.e., a CM Approval Number is not needed for the CM Worksheet. Courses can only be counted for CM points one time during a 5 year CM cycle. See the ABIH CM Handbook for details.
Effective 1 January 2010, CM points are assigned at 0.167 points per hour of technical contact time. Combination courses are additive for the CM points (e.g. a combination course of the 16 hour Asbestos Management Planner (2 pts) and the 24 hour Asbestos Inspector (3 pts) will be worth the equivalent of 40 hours (5 pts). Organizations that sponsor/deliver any of the following courses may use this CM point information in their publications.
| Certification Maintenance Approval Points | |||
| CM Points (Yr course was taken) | |||
| <2009 | >2010 | ||
| Asbestos Courses - Initial | |||
| Awareness – 2 Hours | 0 | 0.34 | |
| Air Sampling – 8 Hours | 1 | 1.34 | |
| Competent Person – 8 Hours | 1 | 1.34 | |
| Competent Person – 40 Hours | 5 | 6.68 | |
| Contract Supervisor – 40 Hours | 5 | 6.68 | |
| Inspector 24 Hours 3 4.01 | 3 | 4.01 | |
| Management Planner 16 Hours | 2 | 2.67 | |
| NIOSH 582 Sampling and Quantitating Airborne Asbestos Dust – 35 Hours | 4 | 5.85 | |
| Project Designers 24 Hours | 3 | 4.01 | |
| Project Designers 32 Hours | 4 | 5.34 | |
| Project Monitor 40 Hours | 5 | 6.68 | |
| Worker, Operations and Maintenance 8 Hours | 1 | 1.34 | |
| Worker, Operations and Maintenance 16 Hours | 2 | 2.67 | |
| Worker, Operations and Maintenance 32 Hours | 4 | 5.34 | |
| Hazardous Waste (HAZWOPER) Courses Initial | |||
| Emergency Responder 8 Hours | 1 | 1.34 | |
| Emergency Responder (Onsite and Offsite) 24 Hours | 3 | 4.01 | |
| Emergency Responder – 40 hours | 5 | 6.68 | |
| RCRA 24 Hours | 3 | 4.01 | |
| Treatment, Storage, Disposal (TSD) Facility Personnel 24 Hours | 3 | 4.01 | |
| Waste Site Management / Supervisor 8 Hours | 1 | 1.34 | |
| Waste Site Personnel 40 Hours | 5 | 6.68 | |
| Lead Courses Initial | |||
| Abatement 16 Hours | 2 | 2.67 | |
| Inspector 24 Hours | 3 | 4.01 | |
| Project Designer – 8 Hours | 1 | 1.34 | |
| Renovator – 8 Hours | 1 | 1.34 | |
| Risk Assessor – 16 Hours | 2 | 2.67 | |
| Supervisor – 32 Hours | 4 | 5.34 | |
| Lead Dust Sampling Technician – 8 Hours | 1 | 1.34 | |
| Worker – 16 Hours | 2 | 2.67 | |
| Annual Refresher | |||
| 4 Hours | 0.5 | 0.67 | |
| 8 Hours | 1 | 1.34 | |
| 16 Hours | 2 | 2.67 | |
