Moderate Deleading

Deleading training is for property owners and their agents who would like to become authorized to perform moderate-risk deleading on the owner’s home(s). The training is designed to give owners and agents an understanding of the Lead Law and its requirements.

Worcester Community Action Council is offering an eight-hour training program for property owners and  their agents interested in becoming authorized to perform moderate-risk deleading.

Lead poisoning is a completely preventable disease. The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) has made great strides toward eliminating childhood lead poisoning in Massachusetts, even though our housing stock is the second oldest in the nation. Despite this progress, hundreds of children in Massachusetts are still identified with high levels of lead in their blood each year. Most are poisoned by leaded paint on the inside and outside of their homes.

The Massachusetts Lead Law (MGL Chapter 111 sec. 189A-199B) requires that owners of homes built before 1978 and with children under the age of six living in them, correct any lead hazards on the property. The law applies to owner occupied homes, as well as to rental property.

In 1994 the Lead law was amended to make it easier and less expensive for owners to delead their homes. Part of these amendments includes Encapsulation, Low Risk Deleading, Moderate Risk Deleading and Interim Control. This course will prepare participants to apply any of these methods.

Click here to Download the Moderate Deleading Class Application

About the Course

The training is for property owners and their agents who would like to become authorized to perform moderate-risk deleading on the owner’s home(s). The training is designed to give owners and agents an understanding of the Lead Law and its requirements.

As a result of this course, participants will be prepared to take a written exam, administered by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

This course does not teach participants the carpentry skills that are needed to complete the work successfully, nor does this course allow the owner/agent to supervise others to perform the work. Only those who successfully complete this course are allowed to perform the actual work necessary for lead abatement.

Successful completion of the course means you have:

• Attended the entire training
• Passed the exam with a score of 75% or better
• Received a confirmation letter from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) with your exam results and an authorization number
  

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Eligibility

Owners and their agents are eligible to take CLPPP’s moderate risk training. Each person is required to take the class from a certified training provider and pass the exam presented by the Massachusetts Department of Health’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

Requirements

• You must be at least 18 years old
• A fee of $195 per person, includes training manual. Checks made payable to: Worcester Community Action Council
• Only advance registration is accepted.

Participants are encouraged to bring a lead inspection report with them to class, if one has been performed.

Participants will be allowed to use the training manual while taking the exam.