Duraclean Journal of Marketing, Management and Technical Topics: EPA RRP Training

Thursday, March 11, 2010

EPA RRP Training

Duraclean Central Hosts RRP Course

On March 10th Duraclean International hosted an EPA RRP (Lead Safety for Renovation, Repair and Painting) certification course at Duraclean Central in Arlington Heights. It was presented by Doc McClellon of Westside Environmental Plan of Action Committee (WEPAC).

Two weeks earlier he presented the same course to Dave Horwath and Bill Ondratschek of Duraclean International.

This was an open course so it was available to anyone interested in registering. There was a total of 16 attendees, 11 of which were Duraclean franchisees or Duraclean subs. The Duraclean franchisee attendees included Randy Roe, Joe Bartz, Mark Jensen and his technician Keith Metzler, Jason Sauers' technicians Dave Pricher and Bill Lundy and Duraclean International's franchise technicians Juan Lopez and Pat Ryan.

As mentioned in previous Journal postings regarding RRP training:

This applies to residential structures and publicly occupied buildings constructed prior to 1978.

To become certified, renovators must successfully complete an EPA accredited renovator course.

As part of the renovator course lead testing procedures are presented.

The EPA's new Renovation, Repair and Painting Final Rule (40 CFR 725) holds renovators to the following criteria:

Renovation firms must be certified.

Certified and trained workers must be used for any jobs where lead is present in pre-1978 residences.

Specific work practices must be followed when performing work in buildings built prior to 1978.

Non-certified workers must work under and be trained on-the-job by a Certified Renovator.

Renovators must educate owners/occupants.

If you are into restoration and/or remediation where you at least remove or modify drywall and plaster then you must be certified. All that is required for your firm to be certified is to have someone in your business become a certified renovator through attendance at a course such as this one. Then you can apply through the EPA to become a certified firm. The deadline for firm certification is April 22, 2010. Part of your agreement as a certified firm is that you agree to work with subs who are certified as well.

Here Doc reviews suiting up in contained areas where lead paint is present.

There are many EPA RRP certification courses available across the U.S. If you are not already signed up you should do so immediately. If you wish to take a course from WEPAC you can view their schedule on their website at: http://www.theonestophomeshop.com/.