EPA Lead Renovator Certification

• Teaches the health problems related to lead, why lead is a problem you need to deal with, and who is put at risk if renovations are not handled correctly. • Teaches what EPA and HUD rules require of Certified Firms and Certified Renovators. • Teaches how to determine if lead-based paint affects your work, and how to educate owners and residents in target housing, or owners and adult representatives in child-occupied facilities about how the work will affect lead in their property. This module also discusses how to plan the work so that it is lead safe. • Teaches how to properly set up the work area so that dust and debris created by your work do not contaminate the property and leave behind lead dust. • Teaches how to work in a lead-safe manner and what practices are prohibited by the EPA and/or HUD rules; provides information on personal protective equipment. • Teaches how to effectively clean up dust generated by the work performed in the home or child-occupied facility and teaches Certified Renovators how to conduct a cleaning verification. This section also contains information about how to dispose of renovation waste. • Teaches the requirements in the EPA and HUD Rules for creating and maintaining documentation of the work. • Teaches the Certified Renovator how to train non-certified renovation workers in lead safe practices while on the job.