Take steps to ensure clearance inspection requirements are met, within the limits of own responsibility and to ensure clearance certificate is gained from a competent person or licensed asbestos assessor.

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When a satisfactory airborne fibre level has been achieved, protective screening may be removed by the contractor to enable a final clean-up of the area. It must be noted that any protective barrier between the work area and public area should remain intact until completion of all work.

All walls, ledges, fittings, and furnishings still in place should be cleaned as required by the Competent Person using approved vacuum cleaners and damp cloths. After cleaning has been completed as described in the preceding clauses, the Competent Person should carry out dust monitoring to ensure that fibre levels are below the prescribed maximum levels.

The job will not be considered complete until a fibre level of less than 0.01 fibres/ml has been achieved when tested in accordance with the Worksafe Code of Practice and Guidance Notes for Asbestos and until a visual inspection by the Competent Person indicates that the area has been cleared satisfactorily.