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Certified Renovation
Training Course

Environmental Protection Agency

This course was developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to train renovation, repair, and painting contractors how to work safely in housing with lead-based paint and comply with EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule (which becomes effective April 22, 2010.) and HUD’s Lead Safe Housing Rule.

AMERECO Engineering is working as a training entity
of the Environmental Management Institute (EMI).

5610 Crawfordsville Road, Suite 15

Indianapolis, Indiana 46224

Phone: 800.488.8842

The audience for this course includes renovators, remodelers, painters,
maintenance personnel, and any other workers removing or modifying painted surfaces in residential homes and child-occupied facilities. Upon completion of this course the individual will become an EPA Certified Renovator, which will satisfy the requirements of the EPA RRP Rule and enhance their credentials as private contractors. Also this will satisfy HUD requirements for interim controls training (Lead Safe Work Practices) in Federally-assisted target housing.

Certification Information:

Satisfactory completion of the classroom and hands-on portions of the
training, and passing the course exam, enables the trainee to be fully
certified by the U.S. EPA to conduct renovation, repair, and painting
activities in target housing and child-occupied facilities.

Besides the U.S. EPA requirements (40 DFR 745 Subpart L) this course
satisfies the U.S. HUD certification requirements (24 CFR 35) for persons
conducting interim controls.

Participants Receive:

1) Institute and EPA training manuals

2) Hands-on practice in:

- Setting up the project

- Worker protection

- Using the Lead Check test kit to determine whether lead-based paint is present.

Course Features:

1)Methods for identifying lead-based paint (LBP)

2)The hazards of LBP and of improperly performing RRP where LBP is present.

3)Cleaning requirements and techniques for verifying proper cleanup.

4)Regulations affecting LBP work.