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Final Guidelines for the Protection and Training of Workers Engaged In Maintenance and Remediation Work Associated with Mold 25 He recommended that the training hours be reduced as follows: • 0.5 hours – Intro to indoor air pollution • 1.5 hours – Health & Safety • 3.0 hours – Respiratory protection, PPE, & hands-on practice • 3.0 hours – Work practices and hands-on practice • 8 hours total Maintenance worker awareness training The duration of maintenance worker training should be flexible and appropriate to the needs of the trainees. Considering that this is a voluntary guideline and cost is a concern, employers may be more willing to send employees to relatively short sessions. Participants recommended that maintenance training should be a maximum of two hours if it involves PPE, but should otherwise be shorter (between 30 minutes and 2 hours), assuming PPE is covered in other training. In cases where a maintenance worker is later selected to be trained as a remediation worker, employers should be encouraged to support longer duration training. Mold assessor training Training for assessors, like maintenance workers, should be between 30 minutes and 2 hours, depending on their familiarity with donning, doffing, inspecting, and cleaning respirators as well as performing respirator fit checks. 2.4.4 Evaluation strategy Participants supported course evaluation and trainee testing (multiple choice) procedures. Trainees should demonstrate proficiency in PPE use and work practice skills (performance- based).