The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently updated its website and resources for trainers who offer courses in Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) and in the Lead-based Paint Activities Program. With these updates, the goal of the EPA is to improve training in these fields. The goal of this training is to reduce or prevent lead […]
If you have been a student or worked with META in the last 18 years, then you know Kathi Hartog. Kathi is the Logistics Manager at META, meaning she deals with the day-to-day operations and logistics of our training courses. If a trainer has a problem, they call Kathi, if Brad, our owner, has a […]
Late last year, we went live with online courses. SInce then, we have done our best to expand our course options, states we’re accredited in and more. In order to keep our clients up to date, we wanted to give an updated list of our available courses. In total, we have nine online courses available […]
It’s 2022 and the idea of jobs being gendered is a thing of the past. Women aren’t expected to be teachers and nurses and men aren’t expected to be doctors and laborers. One such field that was once considered to be a “man’s” job was construction work. That is far from the truth, considering the […]
There is another asbestos conference happening this summer! The ASTM Johnson/Rook Conference on Asbestos will be held July 25, 2022 through July 29, 2022. The conference is organized by ASTM Committee D22 on Air Quality, and will be held in South Burlington, VT. The conference will focus on many aspects of asbestos including but not […]
There are six types of asbestos Chrysotile, Amosite, Tremolite, Actinolite, Crocidolite and Anthophyllite. The first case of asbestosis was reported in 1924 It was reported in the 1924 British Medical Journal. Asbestos was first discovered in 1876 Asbestos was originally found in Thetford Township in Quebec, Canada. The UK and Australia have the highest mesothelioma […]
