EPA-Certified Lead Renovator Training

Evergreen Safety Council is certified by the Washington State Department of Commerce to provide training in lead-safe work practices required by the EPA as of April 22, 2010.

Who Is Required to Have Lead Renovator Certification Training?

This training is required for work on projects involving renovation, repair, or painting (RRP) in residential or child-occupied (children under age 6) facilities built before 1978 and in which lead paint exists. There must be a Certified Lead Renovator supervising the project.

Lead Renovation, Repair & Painting (Lead RRP) Training*

This EPA and Washington State approved training certifies that you can provide renovation, repair and painting services on projects that disturb more than six square feet indoors or 20 sq ft outdoors of painted surfaces in homes and child occupied facilities built before 1978.  The certification is good for five years.

This course was developed by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  The purpose of the course is to train renovation, repair, and painting contractors how to work safely in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities with lead-based paint and comply with EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule, and HUD’s Lead Safe Housing Rule.  This course also satisfies the training requirements for The Department of Energy Lead-Safe Weatherization Guidance (DOELW).

*This 1-day course may run longer than 8 hours

Who Needs This Certification?

Renovators, remodelers, painters, maintenance personnel, window installers, plumbers, electricians, and any other workers removing or modifying painted surfaces for compensation (40 CFR Part 745.82).  Attendees receive EPA certification as a Certified Renovator, which enhances private contractor credentials and satisfies HUD requirements for interim controls training in federally-assisted Target housing. All renovators are potential HUD contractors and should know and understand this information; therefore the HUD-related material will be covered, even if students are not currently working in a federally-assisted renovation project. 

Training Class Schedules

Register now for Lead Renovator Training classes.

Click here to view a full schedule of ESC classes.

The EPA’s “Renovate Right” brochure

Certified Lead Renovators must provide the EPA’s “Renovate Right” brochure to building owners and occupant’s owners starting any renovation, repair and painting (RRP) activities.