Asbestos Worker Training Certification Program - Summary for 1992-2003

Figures 1-12

Figure 1
Number of Initial and Refresher Courses Held by Year, 1992-2003
Year Initial Courses Refresher Courses
1992 1714 1888
1993 1539 2185
1994 1251 2252
1995 1299 2383
1996 1266 2526
1997 1245 2707
1998 1153 2625
1999 1031 2650
2000 1048 2745
2001 951 2705
2002 891 2634
2003 832 2660

Figure 2
Number of Initial & Refresher Certificates Issued by Year, 1992-2003
Year Certificates-Initial Training Certificates-Refresher Training
1992 13001 14793
1993 11476 16531
1994 9211 16805
1995 9950 17453
1996 8836 19170
1997 7616 20467
1998 7341 20517
1999 6694 20046
2000 7387 19895
2001 6831 20215
2002 6093 20023
2003 5196 19387

Figure 3
Percent Distribution of Training Courses Held by Region, 2002-2003
Period: 2002-2003 Training Courses
Region Number %
New York City 2964 42.1
Western Region 828 11.8
Long Island 570 8.1
Outside New York State 868 12.3
Central New York 720 10.2
Albany/Adirondack 452 6.4
Hudson Valley 278 4.0
Other 273 3.9
Southern Tier 82 1.2
Total 7035 100.0

Figure 4
Percent Distribution of Certificates Issued by Region, 2002-2003
Period: 2002-2003 Issued Certificates
Region Number %
New York City 25930 51.2
Western Region 6316 12.5
Long Island 2464 4.9
Outside NYS 4731 9.3
Central New York 4546 9.0
Albany/Adirondack 2662 5.3
Hudson Valley 2235 4.4
Other 1288 2.5
Southern Tier 504 1.0
Total 50676 100.0

Figure 5
Number of Training Courses Held by Month, 2002-2003
Period: 2002-2003
Month 2002 # of Courses 2003 # of Courses
January 333 311
February 314 324
March 342 351
April 349 303
May 334 321
June 296 335
July 247 233
August 263 249
September 260 266
October 313 290
November 255 268
December 239 241

Figure 6
Number of Certificates Issued by Month, 2002-2003
Period: 2002-2003
Month 2002- # Issued Certificates 2003- # of Issued Certificates
January 2644 2654
February 2440 2595
Marc 2677 2693
April 2740 2478
May 239 2269
June 2251 2579
July 1754 1380
August 1784 1343
September 1898 1675
October 2132 1866
November 1885 1647
December 1514 1384

Figure 7
Number of Initial Training Courses Held by Course Discipline, 2002-2003
Period: 2002-2003
Course 2002 # of Courses 2003 # of Courses
Asbestos Handler 324 284
Cont./Supervisor 208 192
Inspector 85 82
Operations & Maint. 72 79
Project Monitor 61 57
Air Sampling Tech. 47 49
Allied Trades 42 46
Project Designer 23 25
Management Planner 22 11
Insp./Man. Planner 7 7

Figure 8
Number of Initial Training Certificates Issued by Course Discipline, 2002-2003
Period: 2002-2003
Course 2002 # Certificates 2003 # Certificates
Asbestos Handler 2412 1966
Cont./Supervisor 1430 1166
Operations & Maint. 557 567
Inspector 505 409
Allied Trades 412 395
Project Monitor 410 333
Air Sampling Tech 208 224
Project Designer 99 81
Management Planner 46 34
Insp./Man. Planner 14 21

Figure 9
Number of Initial Handler Certificates Issued by Language, 2002-2003
Period: 2002-2003
Language 2002 Handler Initial Certs. Issued 2003 Handler Initial Certs. Issued
English 1080 1150
Spanish 996 582
Polish 167 92
Serbo/Croation 94 78
Russian 58 49
Korean 17 15

Figure 10
Number of Refresher Training Courses Held by Course Discipline, 2002-2003
Period: 2002-2003
Course 2002 # of Courses 2003 # of Courses
Asbestos Handler Ref. 860 859
Cont./Supervisor Ref. 585 625
Inspector Ref. 309 298
Project Monitor Ref. 249 250
Operations & Maint. Ref. 216 195
Insp./Man. Planner Ref. 145 141
Project Designer Ref. 112 109
Air Sampling Tech. Ref. 103 92
Man. Planner Ref. 50 55
Allied Trades Ref. 35 49

Figure 11
Number of Refresher Certificates Issued by Course Discipline, 2002-2003
Period: 2002-2003
Course 2002 # Certificates 2003 # Certificates
Asbestos Handler Ref. 8044 7659
Cont./Supervisor Ref. 4746 4803
Operations & Maint. Ref. 2294 2055
Inspector Ref. 1699 1739
Project Monitor Ref. 1459 1387
Project Designer Ref. 576 578
Insp./Man. Planner Ref. 532 513
Allied Trades Ref. 293 308
Air Sampling Tech. Ref. 224 120
Man. Planner Ref. 123 118

Figure 12
Number of Handler Refresher Certificates Issued by Language, 2002-2003
Period: 2002-2003
Language 2002 # Handler Refresher Certs. Issued 2003 # Handler Refresher Certs. Issued
English 3534 3462
Spanish 2607 2475
Polish 1436 1257
Serbo/Croation 282 305
Korean 183 159
Russian 1 1
Slovak 1 0