EPA Lead Supervisor case studies

EPA Lead Supervisor · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The EPA Lead Supervisor Certification (also referred to as the Lead Abatement Supervisor Certification) is a credential for individuals who direct lead-based paint abatement work - the person on site who plans the job, sets up containment, supervises workers, and signs off that cleanup and clearance requirements have been met. Candidates are typically experienced abatement workers, crew leaders, contractors, or property and facilities staff moving into a supervisory role, and training is delivered by EPA-accredited training providers under the federal lead abatement program. The EPA Lead Supervisor case studies are 5 cases and about 3,449 words.

The 54 and the 26: Blood Lead Results on a Monday Morning

A six-person crew is three weeks into interior abatement in a 1934 apartment building. On Monday the lab faxes results from Friday's blood draws: Worker A, 54 µg/dL (his draw three months ago was 38); Worker B, 26 µg/dL; Workers C–F, 6–14 µg/dL.

666 words, about 3 min 2

The Duplex: What Kind of Job Is This, and Who Can Be There?

A landlord hires your firm to strip paint from roughly 80 sq ft of exterior wood siding, two window sashes, and a rear door on a 1952 duplex, then repaint. One unit is occupied by a family with a 2-year-old and a woman who is five months pregnant; the other unit is vacant.

677 words, about 3 min 3

Door Propped Open: Containment Failures You Can See From the Entry

Your crew of four is on day two of interior abatement in a vacant third-floor apartment of a 1926 building: six door casings, four window units, and about 200 sq ft of baseboard. The building has central HVAC with a return register in every apartment.

727 words, about 4 min 4

Half-Masks at 780 µg/m³: Respirator Selection and a Dizzy Worker

Personal air sampling from last week's similar job came back at 780 µg/m³ as an 8-hour TWA for workers HEPA vacuuming and scraping inside containment. Your five-person crew is wearing half-mask, HEPA-filter air-purifying respirators.

641 words, about 3 min 5

Clearance Fail, a TCLP Result, and a Realtor in a Hurry

You supervised abatement of eight windows, two doors, and 300 sq ft of wall in a vacant 1948 single-family house. Final cleaning is done and the visual inspection is clean.

738 words, about 4 min