Helper - Asbestos

The Brock Group provides specialty craft and maintenance services to key industries across North America. We are dedicated to offering the safest and highest quality service and solutions. We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our employees and the communities in which we operate. Our performance-driven culture is led by having and developing the best people, the most efficient processes and the right tools for the job.

An Asbestos Removal Worker is removing, packing, transporting, and / or disposing of asbestos. This position works under minimal supervision.

• Promote, demonstrate and instill Brock’s Bsafe and Bbest culture in all aspects of the business
• Seals off work area using plastic sheeting and duct tape.
• Positions mobile decontamination into portable showers at entrance to work area.
• Builds connecting walkway between mobile or portable showers and work area
• Removes or encapsulates asbestos containing materials.
• Sprays chemical solution over asbestos-covered surfaces to soften asbestos.
• Cuts and scrapes asbestos from surfaces, using knife and scraper.
• Shovels asbestos into plastic disposal bags and seals bags using duct tape.
• Cleans work area of loose asbestos using vacuum, broom and dustpan.
• Wears protective clothing and uses respirator to prevent exposure to airborne asbestos fibers
• Position warning signs appropriately
• Follows proper techniques for minimizing fiber release through the use proper clean- up and disposal procedures.
• Safely removes coatings or refuses that may contain hazardous compounds

• Meet Brock’s Fit For Duty Program
• Must be able to successfully pass Brock and/or Safety Council Site Specific Orientation requirements.
• Ability to pass a breathing test and full-face respirator fitment test.
• Heavy Work:
  Lifting up to 50 pounds of force from the floor to the waist and 35 pounds of force from the waist to above shoulder.
• Climbing:
  Climb and maintain balance on ladders and scaffolding at extreme heights.
• Using vertical ladders:
  Frequently up to 100 feet
  - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
• Using stairs or ramps:
  Occasionally up to 100 feet
  - Activity exists up to 40% of the work shift.
• Balancing:
  Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, on unprotected elevated surfaces using fall protection equipment; or maintaining body equilibrium when performing scaffold construction at elevations using fall protection equipment. Frequently
  - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
• Stooping:
  Bending body downward and forward by bending at the waist, requiring full use of the leg and back muscles on a repetitive basis. Frequently
  - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
• Kneeling:
  Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Occasionally
  - Activity exists up to 40% of the work shift.
• Crouching:
  Bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and waist. Frequently
  - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in order to receive materials from ground level weighing up to 50 pounds as it is being passed and 35 pounds from overhead. Frequently
  - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
• Gripping:
  Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands to receive materials weighing up to 100 pounds. Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Frequently
  - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
• Vision:
  Have 20/40 vision with or without correction in at least one eye.
• Hearing:
  Work in an environment in which vibrations and noise are moderate to severe and noise level may require the wearing of hearing…