EPA Lead Inspector case studies
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The EPA Lead Inspector credential is a professional certification for individuals who conduct lead-based paint inspections and assessments in target housing and child-occupied facilities. It is intended for environmental consultants, contractors, risk assessors, and public health or housing professionals who need to identify and document lead hazards. The EPA Lead Inspector case studies are 5 cases and about 1,711 words.
1The Cleared Unit That Wasn't Clear
You are hired by a landlord to perform a clearance examination after a window-replacement job in a 1958 duplex unit. The contractor says he 'wiped everything down' and the unit looks clean.
412 words, about 2 min2The Composite Sample Trap
A property manager asks you to inspect a 1920s four-unit building for a pre-renovation assessment. Budget is tight, so he proposes that you 'just take one composite dust sample from all four units to save money' and 'skip the soil because there's no garden.' You know the building has bare soil along the foundation, a shared laundry room, and one unit occupied by a family with two children under six.
371 words, about 2 min3The Borderline Wipe
You receive laboratory results for a post-abatement clearance. One floor wipe in a bedroom reports a lead loading of 41 µg/ft².
307 words, about 2 min4The Landlord Who Wants It Quiet
You complete a risk assessment for a rented single-family home. You find deteriorated paint on interior window components and elevated dust loadings on sills in the child's bedroom.
319 words, about 2 min5The Inspector Who Sampled His Own Work
You are the field inspector on a large project. Because the project is behind schedule, your supervisor asks you to perform both the abatement work and the post-abatement clearance sampling on the same units to 'save a day.' You also learn that the laboratory you have been using is owned by the same company that employs the abatement crew, and that the lab's quality-control blanks have shown intermittent contamination with lead at low levels.
302 words, about 2 min