If you are a contractor, remodeler, or property manager working in pre-1978 residential and child-occupied facilities, obtaining your EPA lead renovator certification is essential for compliance and safety. This certification not only protects you and your workers but also ensures the safety of your clients by adhering to the EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) rule. This rule mandates that anyone paid to perform renovation, repair, or painting work in such properties must be trained and certified to handle lead-based paint safely.
Why Lead Certification Is Important
Lead poisoning is a serious health risk, especially for children. Lead can be present in dust, paint, soil, and water in or around older buildings. Proper training helps you use safe practices to prevent lead contamination. As a contractor, it’s your responsibility to understand and implement the right renovation techniques and precautions to safeguard your clients’ health. Failure to comply with lead safety regulations can result in significant fines, up to $37,500 per day per infraction.
How to Get Certified
Our EPA lead renovator certification initial online course is designed for busy professionals. Whether you’re a contractor, remodeler, property manager, or even a homeowner planning to do your own work, this course offers a flexible, blended learning experience. Start with the online lecture portion at your own pace, followed by an in-person hands-on training session to master essential work practices and complete the required testing. This approach ensures you gain both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
Upon successful completion, you’ll be certified for five years. We also offer refresher courses for those needing to renew their certification. Online refresher courses provide a three-year certification, while in-person training extends it to five years.
Benefits of Our Training Program
Our training program is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including federal, state, county, and city employees, general contractors, remodelers, property managers, specialty trades like plumbers and electricians, and even individual handymen. Our courses provide clarity and guidance on the steps required for certification, helping you meet your scheduling needs with flexible online and in-person options.
Why Choose Our Training
Choosing the right training provider is crucial. An inexperienced or non-accredited provider could lead to wasted time and resources, inadequate training, and hefty fines. With our program, you get the ZOTApro difference—an accredited training provider with real-world experience. Our instructors are not just educators; they are industry professionals who bring practical, real-time knowledge to the classroom. Read our reviews and see how past students have benefitted from our comprehensive and engaging training environment.
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Don’t wait—protect your business and your clients by becoming lead-safe certified. Contact Zota Professional Training today to learn more about our current course offerings and find the right certification option for you.
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To protect workers and residents, especially children, from possible lead contamination.
To obtain a clear understanding of the importance in minimizing and controlling the generation of lead particles and lead dust when performing renovation, remodeling, painting, rehabilitation and maintenance functions.
To obtain a clear understanding of tools, systems and techniques required to control dust accumulation.
To understand in full the EPA rules and regulations regarding the disruption of lead-based paint during renovation, remodeling, and rehabilitation.
EPA Lead Renovator Certification Initial Course Overview
Module 1: Why Should I Be Concerned About Lead Paint? Key message: Dust is the problem and contractors make dust. By working lead safe, you can make a difference.
Module 2: Regulations Key message: Know the EPA and HUD Rules. These rules set forth specific and performance-based requirements that must be mastered to achieve compliance.
Module 3: Before Beginning Work Key message: Plan before you start the work.
Module 4: Contain the Dust During Work Key message: Keep the dust in the work area and make it easier to clean up.
Module 5: During the Work Key Message: Traditional practices produce dust, while lead safe practices will reduce dust making the renovation, repair, or painting work safer.
Module 6: Cleaning Activities and Checking Your Work Key message: Do cleanup right. Use wet mops and HEPA vacuums. Traditional methods don’t do the job.
Module 7: Recordkeeping Key message: Records must be complete, accurate and organized.
Module 8: Training Non-Certified Renovation Workers Key message: Certified Renovators are responsible for teaching lead-safe work practices to non-certified renovation workers.
All firms that conduct lead renovation, repair and painting activities must be lead certified by the EPA under the lead RRP Rule. This includes any firm that receives compensation to conduct work that disturbs lead paint in pre-1978 residential properties and child-occupied facilities (e.g. daycares, elementary schools, pre-schools). This may include residential property owners and managers, maintenance staff, contractors, renovators, remodelers, carpenters painters, plumbers, electricians, roofers, siders and window installers.
Plumbers
Maintenance Workers
Electricians
Carepenters
Property Owners and Managers
Renovators
Painters
Contractors
Heating and Air Conditioning Professionals
Remodelers
Window Installers
Roofers and Siders
Where is lead paint found and why does it matter?
It is estimated that lead paint was used in more than 38 million residential properties built prior 1978. Lead paint can form toxic dust when it is disturbed during normal home repair activity. The EPA Lead RRP Rule is an effort to protect the public from lead poisoning, especially children under the age of six, associated with renovation, repair and painting activities. These types of activities can create hazardous lead dust when surfaces with lead paint and coated surfaces are disturbed. The RRP Rule requires workers to receive lead certification training to become lead certified renovators.
What are the EPA certification requirements?
Contractors are required to assign at least one lead certified renovator to each lead renovation project. Lead renovators are certified upon completion of an EPA accredited renovator lead training course. The initial EPA lead certification training is 8 hours in length, and the lead certification is good for 5 years from the date of lead certification course completion. State authorized lead certification programs may vary. To maintain their lead certification a certified renovator must complete a refresher lead certification training course prior to the expiration of their current lead certification. Note: The 4 hour refresher lead certification training course or the 8 hour initial lead certification training course can be used to recertify. If their lead certification expires, then the 8 hour lead certification training course must be taken again to regain their lead certification.
Do I have to take a Lead Renovator Certification Initial Course if I am a Lead Abatement Worker or Lead Abatement Supervisor?
Yes, if you are doing work that is covered under the EPA’s Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule. However, individuals who have successfully completed an accredited abatement worker or supervisor course may take an accredited lead renovator certification refresher training course in lieu of the lead renovator certification initial training course to become a certified renovator.
How can a firm comply with the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program?
A firm that would like to become lead certified to perform lead renovation, repair and painting activity must submit an application to the EPA. In addition, the firm must attest that it will assign at least one lead certified renovator to each project who has been lead trained by attending an EPA-approved lead certification class, use only individuals who are either lead certified or have received appropriate lead training to perform lead renovation, and follow all lead RRP Rule requirements.
Does my state have specific Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program requirements?
Click on your state to find out specific lead renovator information.
