EPA Certified Renovator Training Class

  EPA Certified Renovator Training Classes -- Thursday, February 4 and Friday, February 5, 2010 at the Marriott Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus EPA’s Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule will become fully effective and enforceable on April 22, 2010, which is right around the corner. The Rule applies to all “renovations,” including many typical housing maintenance and remodeling activities, performed for “compensation” in pre-1978 “target housing” and pre-1978 “child-occupied facilities” when the work will disturb paint, stain, shellac and varnish that has not been tested and certified as lead free. Approximately 8.4 million renovation, repair and painting projects, large and small, will trigger the EPA Rule’s requirements in the first year alone. An estimated 211,000 trade contractors, third-party property managers, residential rental property owners, property leasing agents, and other affected organizations will have to comply with the Rule, including applying to EPA to become “Certified Renovation Firms.” Additionally, hundreds of thousands of workers performing these “renovations” will have to be trained and certified as “Renovators” by EPA-accredited trainers. These include: • Remodelers. • Building maintenance and service personnel. • Drywall mechanics. • Plumbers. • Electricians. • HVAC technicians. • Window and siding installers. • Kitchen and bathroom cabinet specialists. • Painters. With the compliance deadline looming for this new Federal regulation, now is the time to take action. CONNOR Institute is ready to help! CONNOR Institute, an EPA-accredited national training provider, is offering the required new EPA Certified Renovator Initial full-day course for third party property managers, residential rental property owners, trade contractors, and other local interested parties in the Detroit Metropolitan area. Two separate classes are scheduled for Thursday, February 4 and Friday, February 5, 2010 at the Marriott Detroit Metro Airport Hotel, 30559 Flynn Drive, Romulus, MI 48174, (734) 729-7555. The registration rate is $250/student, which includes all training materials, AM and PM refreshments, a light lunch, and issuance of the certification document electronically upon successful completion of the course. Classes are limited to 20 students each, so hurry! The full-day EPA Certified Renovator Initial course is intended for maintenance technicians, service personnel, renovators, remodelers, painters and any other workers removing or modifying painted surfaces in pre-1978 housing and in pre-1978 child-occupied facilities. Students will learn how to comply with the new EPA Rule and the HUD Lead Safe Housing Rule. Students will also learn how to work safely with lead-based paint, and how to perform lead-safe work practices The EPA fines and penalties for non-compliance are stiff, and the April 22, 2010 effective date will be here before you realize it. Take advantage of this opportunity to get your employees, as well as your contractors' and subcontractors' workers, trained as Certified Renovators. To select and then register and pay for one of these two classes, click on the following link to CONNOR Institute's registration webpage: http://www.connorinstitute.com/classes/rrp.aspx.