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NAHB is offering pre-show classroom and hands-on training sessions for federally required Lead-Safe Certification at the 2011 NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Orlando for remodelers, window installers and other contractors who work in housing and child-occupied facilities built before 1978.
The training, required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), prepares contractors who do work in pre-1978 homes to understand and comply with lead-safe practices, consumer education outreach and business practices required by the Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting rule enacted earlier this year.
To be certified to work in pre-1978 structures, remodelers must complete a six-hour classroom or online session on the rule’s requirements and two hours of hands-on training in lead-safe techniques, including using lead paint test kits, establishing containment areas, cleaning, distributing the EPA’s “Renovate Right” pamphlet to clients, posting signs, keeping records, verifying projects and more.
After completing the training, remodelers must pass an exam to become an EPA-approved Certified Lead Renovator and their firm must also pay the $300 EPA accreditation fee to work in pre-1978 homes.
The training sessions will be held on Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 10-11, at the Orange County Convention Center.
Monday, Jan. 10
Tuesday, Jan. 11
To Register
To register for the combined session or any of the hands-on sessions, click here.
Online Class Also Available
The six-hour classroom session is also available online. The six-hour session, whether taken online or at IBS, must be completed prior to taking a two-hour hands-on session.
The Oregon Home Builder's Association’s training partner — the Home Builders University — and CEDIA have developed EPA-approved online training in partnership with the National Center for Healthy Housing that qualifies for the classroom portion of the training requirements.
To learn more about the lead paint rule, visit www.nahb.org/leadpaint.
For more information, e-mail Kelly Mack at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8451.