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Asbestos
Certification of Worker

To apply for licensure as an Asbestos Worker, you must submit the following to the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services, Licensure Unit:

1. A completed application.
2. The certification fee
3. Documentation of successful completion, within the preceding year, of an Asbestos Worker course approved by the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services, Licensure Unit Asbestos Program with proof of scoring at least 70% on the final written examination. Applicants who have taken the initial course more than a year prior to applying for licensure shall submit the minimum of a 4 day Worker initial course certificate and all subsequent 8 hour Worker refresher course certificates. Contact DHHS.HealthHazardsInDoorAir@nebraska.gov by e-mail or by phone at (402) 471-0386.
4. Documentation of successful completion, within the preceding year, of the 4 hour Nebraska law, rules and regulations course approved by the Nebraska Health and Human Services, Licensure Unit Asbestos Program with proof of scoring at least 70% on the final written examination.
5. Form 4, the last page of the application (or a similar medical examination form which contains the information required by Form 4), showing the results of the medical examination declaring that you are physically capable of working while wearing a respirator.  We will only accept this form or its equivalent with an original signature from the physician.  A medical examination is not required if you are applying for a limited certificate.

Contact Patti Owens at (402) 471-2299 or e-mail at patricia.owens@nebraska.gov for information about certification requirements.