2.4. The minimum qualifications criteria required for an IH consultant, for
the assigned key employees, and for laboratory services are as follows:
A. The IH consultant has an established office for at least two years in a
location within a day's response from the project site and the office is
staffed with at least one qualified professional certified industrial
hygienist; two qualified industrial hygiene technicians (IHT); and other
support staff.
VA Staff Note: // //Symbol identify options, one of which should be
selected by VA staff preparing this document. Facility IH's are
encouraged to take on the IH Consultant responsibilities for smaller
abatement projects when they qualify as a Professional Industrial
Hygienist (PIH) per the Management, Abatement and Removal of Asbestos in
VA Facilities' Policy. A CIH should be required if this is a large
multi-phased project where the certification is considered appropriate.
Professional IH is defined in the Asbestos Management Policy.
//B. The CIH is certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene in
comprehensive practice, a) meets OSHA/EPA's definition of
"Supervisor/Competent Person" under 29 CFR 1926.1101,(o); b) has
extensive experience with abatements involving service maintenance
personnel; c) has completed formal training in respiratory protection,
waste disposal, asbestos abatement/management, and performing visual
asbestos assessments/inspections and is accredited as an asbestos
Building Inspector/Management Planner; d) has performed as the Senior IH
on five (5) assessment/abatement of projects of similar size and
complexity; e) is an EPA/State accredited Project Designer and has
participated in the abatement project design of five (5) projects of
similar size and complexity as a Senior IH member of A/E or VA teams; f)
has been in charge of abatement project monitoring/management for at
least five (5) of similar size and complexity and has all required
federal state and local licenses and accreditations.
//B. A Professional IH, a) meets OSHA/EPA's definition of a
"Supervisor/Competent Person" under 29 CFR 1926.1101(o); b) meets the
American Industrial Hygiene Association's definition of a "Professional"
IH; c) has experience with abatements involving service maintenance
personnel; d) has completed formal training in respiratory protection,
waste disposal, asbestos abatement/management, and performing visual
asbestos assessments/inspections; e) has performed as the Senior IH,
three (3) survey and assessment of projects of similar size and
complexity; f) has participated in the abatement project design of three
(3) of similar size and complexity as a Senior IH member of A/E or VA
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