Purpose: Ensure compliance with lead safety regulations and minimize lead exposure risks during renovation activities.

Target Audience: Individuals performing renovations, repairs, and painting in pre-1978 homes or child-occupied facilities.

Course Topics:

• Characteristics and uses of lead-based paint
• Health effects of lead exposure on adults and children
• Lead-safe work practices to minimize contaminated dust
• Absence-of-lead assessments
• Cleanup procedures and post-renovation cleaning verification
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Training of non-certified workers
• Required compliance documentation

Certification:

Successful completion of the course and exam certifies the attendee as an EPA Certified Renovator.
Certification must be renewed every 5 years.

Important Note:
As per the Michigan Lead Abatement Act, contractors and their employees engaged in controlling lead hazards in target housing and child-occupied facilities must first become licensed lead abatement workers or supervisors and work for a licensed lead abatement contractor. Certifications must be renewed every 3 years, and while required applications are provided during the course, fees and third-party (State) licensing exams are not included.