AIHA Registry Programs, LLC Reviewed NIOSH 582 Equivalency Courses
The AIHA Registry Programs, LLC does not endorse or recommend any specific NIOSH 582 equivalency course. However, since the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) discontinued its offering of the NIOSH 582 course for Sampling and Evaluating Airborne Asbestos Dust, it has become increasingly difficult to find the equivalency course that is necessary for PCM analysts to comply with OSHA regulations.
In an attempt to aid analysts in finding NIOSH 582 Equivalency courses in their area, the AIHA Registry Programs, LLC offers to maintain a list of courses whose course outline, training materials and reference documents, equipment, instructors' qualifications, certificate and final examinations have met the AIHA Registry Programs, LLC's requirements for a NIOSH 582 Equivalency course. These requirements have been determined by the AIHA Registry Programs, LLC's staff and volunteer Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) members. The requirements are detailed in the NIOSH 582 Equivalency Course Requirements for Listing document above. Course review and recommendation for listing is determined by an AIHA Registry Programs' staff reviewer.
To have your organization's course reviewed and listed as an AIHA Registry Programs, LLC reviewed NIOSH 582 Equivalent course, please submit the completed application below. There is a nominal fee for processing your application, as delineated on the final page of the application.
Upon successful completion of the review of your course materials, you will receive notification and your course will be included on the web list. This approval process is available for both commercial and in-house courses.
Analysts, organizations or laboratories seeking AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Programs, LLC accreditation or AAR approval are not required to attend courses approved by AIHA Registry Programs, LLC. However, the AAR policies (Article II, Section 2.2.2) and the AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Programs, LLC policies (Module 2B, Section 2B.5.1.2) allow for a certificate of completion from an listed course to be acceptable as evidence of NIOSH 582 equivalent training.
Organizations, analysts or laboratories, seeking application approval in the AAR or laboratory accreditation, submitting a certificate of completion for a NIOSH 582 equivalent training course, not on the list of AIHA Registry Programs, LLC reviewed NIOSH 582 equivalent courses, are required to submit a description of the course as evidence of equivalent training. The description must include dates of training, course outline, contact hours, and record of examination..
Applications should be submitted to the AIHA Registry Programs, LLC at:
AIHA REGISTRY PROGRAMS, LLC
2700 PROSPERITY AVENUE, SUITE 250
FAIRFAX, VA 22031
If you have any questions or require any assistance contact the AIHA Registry Programs, LLC at (703) 846-0798 or cdezio@aiha.org.
**A NIOSH 582 Equivalency course list that contains historical information for courses that are no longer offered or courses that did not respond to the update is currently maintained as an internal document. As is a list of NIOSH 582 Equivalency courses that are in-house only or have request to not be listed on the website. If you have any questions regarding these lists please contact the AIHA Registry Programs, LLC.
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