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Final Guidelines for the Protection and Training of Workers Engaged In Maintenance and Remediation Work Associated with Mold 8 Type of dust control; Amount of potential release; and Amount of mold work time per day. Buildings Typically Subject to Mold Remediation The following buildings are very often subject to mold remediation and, therefore, important to address in training: Office buildings Public-access buildings Schools Governmental buildings/correctional facilities Commercial space Multi-family, four units and above 2.2.3 What trainees are required to know and do The training recommendations for mold remediation workers was developed by the workshop participants after reviewing the existing course being provided by the Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund called "Microbial Remediation." This course contains seven modules that are covered in three days of training. Along with classroom learning, hands-on activities, including donning and doffing respirators and protective clothing, are an integral part of the course. The framework for developing maintenance worker training guidelines was straight forward: At the end of a training session workers should know how to identify the characteristics of mold, the requirements for mold growth, how to protect themselves from mold and associated remediation hazards, when to bring this to the attention of a supervisor, and how to clean it up. The duration of maintenance worker training should be flexible and appropriate to the degree of training required. Participants recommended that maintenance training should be a maximum of two hours if it involves personal protective equipment (PPE), but should otherwise be shorter (between 30 minutes and 2 hours), if PPE is covered in other training. In-depth discussions on the nature of maintenance-level mold remediation tasks, required knowledge and skills, and appropriate levels of personal protection, led to development of detailed criteria for training topics and training techniques for maintenance workers. It was suggested that awareness training involve rudimentary tools including training on how maintenance workers should respond to and clean up small-scale mold contamination; however, these activities involve work practices and thus are beyond the scope of awareness training. Awareness training alone was not supported for maintenance workers who will be actively involved in addressing mold contaminated surfaces. 2.2.4 Job analyses and levels of remediation work The NYC guidelines (NYCDOH, 2000) recommend five levels of remediation work based upon the size of the contaminated area and the magnitude of the remediation effort anticipated: Level I: Small isolated areas of 10 sq. ft. or less.* Level II: Mid-sized isolated areas between 10 and 30 sq. ft.* Level III: Large isolated areas of 30-100 sq. ft. Level IV: Extensive contamination of greater than 100 contiguous sq. ft. Level V: HVAC systems