After a year of strong growth across its asbestos provision, Tiro has launched two revised asbestos apprenticeship programmes in partnership with Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association (ATaC), built to help employers strengthen technical capability faster and bring driven new recruits into the asbestos sector.
The asbestos sector does not need more training for training’s sake. It needs sharper routes into talent. Quicker development of technical capability. And programmes that reflect the realities of the job.
And that is what these revised apprenticeships have been designed to deliver.
Shaped by employer feedback from across the asbestos sector, the updated programmes now provide businesses with a shorter, more focused route into asbestos training. They reduce duplication with in-house technical learning, strengthen workplace readiness earlier and help employers build capability with greater confidence.
Critically, the revised offer now includes two distinct apprenticeship routes, each tailored to a specific discipline within the sector:
- A programme for site-based analysts and surveyors, aligned to the RSPH Level 3 Award in Asbestos Air Monitoring and Clearance Procedures.
- A programme for laboratory-based bulk analysts, aligned to the RSPH Level 3 Awards in Asbestos Bulk Analysis.
This means employers can put the right people on the right route from day one. No compromises. Not trying to make one programme fit two very different roles.
One of the biggest changes is the programme length. Both routes now run over 12 months rather than 15, giving employers a faster route to competence and a model that better supports workforce planning, succession and return on investment.
Tiro has also introduced dedicated asbestos-only cohorts in partnership with ATaC. That means apprentices will learn alongside others preparing for asbestos roles, not as part of broader mixed-discipline groups. It keeps delivery closer to the real demands of the sector and more relevant to both laboratory and site-based roles.
For relevant apprentices, the programme includes the RSPH Level 3 Award in Asbestos Air Monitoring and Clearance Procedures. Embedded within the apprenticeship, it gives employers a recognised technical qualification built into the training route, not bolted on around it.
Each programme includes its respective RSPH Level 3 qualification, embedded within the apprenticeship. That gives employers a recognised technical qualification built into the training route, not bolted around it. This matters because employers need more than a programme that looks right on paper. They need one that builds real capability in the right areas.
Both qualifications are Ofqual-regulated, sit on the Regulated Qualifications Framework and are referenced in HSG248 and listed in UKAS publication LAB30 as an accepted qualification for those taking and analysing samples. Together, they give apprentices a recognised standard to work towards, reflect the level of occupational competence the industry requires and give employers added confidence in the relevance of the training.
Upon successful completion of the RSPH qualification through ATaC, apprentices will receive one year’s free associate-level membership to the Asbestos Management Institute (AMI), meaning they can use the initials AAMI after their name. They will also be eligible to apply for the AMI Skills Card, a nationally recognised construction skills card scheme that carries the CSCS logo.
In addition to this, Tiro has also refreshed the programme’s technical content to better complement the training many employers already provide in-house. The aim is not to replace internal learning. It is to make it stronger. Less repetition. Better preparation for assessment. More focus on the wider skills apprentices need to progress, from compliance and reporting to quality and professional standards.
Throughout the programmes, apprentices are supported by Tiro’s specialist asbestos coaches through structured on and off-the-job training aligned with apprenticeship requirements, current legislation and industry guidance.
By the end of the programme, apprentices will have completed their apprenticeship and, where applicable, achieved a recognised industry qualification alongside it.
The revised programme reflects Tiro’s continued investment in asbestos training and its commitment to building programmes alongside employers and industry bodies, not in isolation. Because in a specialist sector, training should do more than fill gaps. It should help employers build what comes next.
To find out more about Tiro’s asbestos apprenticeship programmes, contact our team.