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Lead

Lead Awareness

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Matthew Brewer

Reviews 5.00 (2 Reviews)

Course Overview

Lead was used in many products over time – paint, gasoline, and other products. What makes it so hazardous? How do we test for it? And how do we protect ourselves when we handle it?

This course covers the basics of lead – what it is, why it was used, what it was used in, and how to protect against unnecessary exposures.

This course consists of the following topics:

  1. Origins and History of Lead (Where and why it was used)
  2. Where Lead may be found in buildings
  3. How Lead can affect health
  4. Testing for Lead
  5. Regulations regarding Lead
  6. Methods of dealing with Lead (Controls)
  7. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  8. Quiz

Upon successful completion of a quiz, a certificate of completion is issued.

Course Content

  • Lead - Introduction

    • Lead - Introduction

    • Lead - Origins

      00:00:50

    • Lead - History

      00:02:00
  • Types of Lead

    • Modern Uses

      00:01:00

    • Batteries

      00:00:50

    • Gasoline

      00:00:50

    • Paint

      00:01:00

    • Other Uses

      00:01:15

    • Other Uses

      00:01:15
  • Health Effects

    • Lead Health History

      00:01:15

    • Routes of Entry

      00:00:35

    • Inhalation

      00:01:15

    • Ingestion

      00:00:55

    • Lead in the Body

      00:01:00

    • Circulatory System

      00:00:40

    • Kidneys

      00:00:40

    • Central Nervous System

      00:01:15

    • Bones

      00:01:05

    • Reproductive Systems

      00:01:45

    • Lead Poisoning - Symptoms

      00:01:00

    • Blood Testing

      00:01:40

    • What levels are dangerous?

      00:01:20

    • Effects on Children

      00:01:20

    • Personal History

      00:00:45
  • Evaluating for Lead

    • Lead Bulk Sampling

      00:01:00

    • Deteriorating paint

      00:01:00

    • Friction Surfaces

      00:00:25

    • Lead Dust Build-up

      00:00:30

    • Impact Surfaces

      00:00:25
  • Testing for Lead

    • Testing for Lead - Methods

      00:00:40

    • Lead Paint - Testing

      00:01:00

    • Paint Chip Testing

      00:01:30

    • X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis

      00:02:05

    • Dust Wipe

      00:01:25

    • Soil Sampling

      00:00:50

    • Lead Air Sampling

      00:01:20
  • Lead Regulations

    • Lead Regulations

      00:01:15

    • Lead - Consumer Products

      00:00:40

    • Provincial Codes of Practice

      00:01:15

    • Lead - Health Records

      00:00:40
  • Methods of Control

    • Methods of Control

      00:00:30

    • Lead - Dust Cleaning

      00:00:55

    • Lead - Enclosure

      00:00:40

    • Lead Abatement - Dust Levels

      00:00:35

    • Lead PPE - Decontamination

      00:00:50

    • Lead - Respirators

      00:01:15

    • Body Protection

      00:00:50

    • Lead - Body Protection

      00:00:50

    • Lead - Personal Hygiene

      00:00:45
  • Summary

    • Lead Summary

      00:00:45
  • Final Quiz

    • Lead – Final Quiz

  1. 5

    toazty95

    It was a learning experience. Amazing how long leads been around and being used.

$120.00
  • Course Level Beginner
  • Lessons 50
  • Additional Resource 0
  • Last Update June 22, 2025