2012 Registration Open for

Lead Ready Renovation and Maintenance Seminars

Training Available for People Who Own, Renovate or Maintain Housing Built Before 1978


 

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Acting Commissioner Richard E. Constable III today announced that registration is open for Lead Ready Renovation and Maintenance seminars. People who own, renovate or maintain housing stock built before 1978 are urged to attend the seminars being offered through the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development in February, March, and April of 2012. So far, more than 800 people have been trained.

"We encourage people to take advantage of this opportunity and obtain the credentials they need to perform renovation, repair or maintenance work on buildings with lead," Acting Commissioner Constable said. "Exposure to lead is a serious health and environmental threat and these seminars are an effective way to tackle the issue."

The DCA is partnering with the Community College Consortium to provide the training. The seminars will give those involved with older housing stock in New Jersey the training and certification they need to ensure more homes in New Jersey are lead safe and in compliance with both Federal and State Regulations governing lead-safe work practices. In an effort to reduce costs to attend these sessions, the DCA is subsidizing the lead training classes.

The following groups of people should take the seminars:

  • Owners of multiple-dwelling units (3 or more housing units) who work on their pre-1978 built properties;

  • Home improvement contractors who work on pre-1978 built housing, child care facilities and schools;

  • Plumbing/heating/electrical contractors who work on pre-1978 housing when they disturb more than 2 square feet of paint; and

  • Maintenance workers who disturb more than 2 square feet of paint during work on pre-1978 housing.


The Lead Ready seminars will assist these groups in meeting the lead training requirements of both the State of New Jersey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for people doing work on housing built prior to January 1, 1978. Housing built after 1977 is considered lead free because lead-based paint in residential dwellings was banned in 1978.

The upcoming training includes two certification sessions: EPA Certified Renovator Course and New Jersey DCA Rules and Regulations on Lead Course. Certification in this training is required for people in the groups mentioned above. Failure to obtain the training and certification could prevent someone from performing the work or result in fines against the property owner or contractor.

The Lead Ready seminars are critical because the most common place to find lead is in paint in residential units built before 1978. Lead poisoning occurs when lead is ingested. Studies have shown that this can result in hyperactivity, learning or behavioral problems in children and increased blood pressure and digestive, muscle and joint problems in adults.

For more information on lead safety, please visit www.leadsafenj.org or contact the DCA at 1-877-DCA-LEAD.

To register online for the classes, please visit http://shop.njworkforce.org/ or contact the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development at (609) 393-9000.

A list of upcoming training seminars through April is below:

Location

Date

Course

Time

Atlantic Cape Community College

16-Feb

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Atlantic Cape Community College

29-Mar

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Atlantic Cape Community College

24-Apr

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Bergen Community College

20-Feb

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Bergen Community College

26-Mar

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Brookdale Community College

8-Mar

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

TBA

County College of Morris

27-Feb

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Essex County College

19-Mar

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Gloucester County College

28-Feb

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Gloucester County College

3-Apr

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Mercer County Community College

13-Mar

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Raritan Valley Community College

16-Feb

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Raritan Valley Community College

27-Mar

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Union County College

21-Feb

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Union County College

16-Mar

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM

Warren County Community College

13-Apr

Renovator Initial & NJ DCA Rules and Regulations

8:00AM- 5:30PM


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