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CPCCDE3014<br>Remove non-friable asbestos

Introducing “Asbestos”
Prepare for Asbestos Removal
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Obtain work instructions and participate in review of asbestos removal control plan (ARCP) and safe work method statements (SWMS).
Gather safety requirements and data from an on-site assessment and asbestos register where available.
Use information sources to ensure the ARCP and SWMS are site-specific for the removal of asbestos materials.
Select tools, equipment, and personal protective equipment (PPE) consistent with job requirements to carry out tasks, check for serviceability, and rectify or report faults prior to commencement.
Notify regulator, occupants, neighbours, and other affected parties according to legislation and within limits of own responsibility and code of practice.
Contribute to the preparation and use of an emergency plan, within limits of own responsibility and according to legislative and company requirements.
Emergency response and evacuation procedures are known, practised, and carried out effectively when required.
Contribute to processes required to undertake air monitoring and to meet health monitoring requirements in line with level of authority and responsibility and regulatory requirements.
Prepare Asbestos Removal Site
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Identify location of non-friable asbestos materials and confirm with supervisor location of site boundaries.
Implement signage and barricade requirements to delineate the asbestos removal site according to ARCP.
Prepare and place materials and equipment required for removal of ACM from site.
Set Up Asbestos Work Area
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Designate boundaries of asbestos work area according to ARCP requirements.
Set up decontamination according to ARCP.
Set up asbestos waste storage and waste transit route according to ARCP.
Undertake processes to ensure the safety of the site, including deactivating or securing utilities where necessary prior to commencing work.
Remove Non-Friable Asbestos.
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Fit-check respiratory protective equipment (RPE) and fit PPE.
Wet down or spray work area with particle binder.
Carry out asbestos removal ensuring airborne asbestos fibres are kept to a minimum (i.e. appropriate tools, wet removal, minimise breakage, good handling techniques).
Contain, wrap, or otherwise seal the wet asbestos, place into removal bags or bins, seal, and label according to ARCP.
Carry Out Decontamination Process.
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Carry out decontamination of the work area and tools according to ARCP.
Carry out personal decontamination according to ARCP.
Clean Up Work Area.
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Remove asbestos waste materials and equipment from the area according to ARCP.
Store tools, plant, and equipment according to manufacturer recommendations and regulatory requirements to ensure site is ready for clearance inspection.
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.
Complete Regulatory Processes
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Ensure clearance inspection is undertaken prior to removing signage, plant, and equipment.
Contribute to the preparation and use of documentation for regulatory notification processes, within limits of own responsibility and according to legislative and company requirements.
Provide stakeholders with clearance inspection certificate prior to reoccupation, as required.
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Contribute to processes required to undertake air monitoring and to meet health monitoring requirements in line with level of authority and responsibility and regulatory requirements.

CPCCDE3014Remove non-friable asbestos Prepare for Asbestos Removal Contribute to processes required to undertake air monitoring and to meet health monitoring requirements in line with level of authority and responsibility and regulatory requirements.
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Health monitoring

Health monitoring is used to identify changes in a person’s health status because of exposure to certain substances. Health monitoring can be useful following significant exposure to a substance and where there is an available valid health monitoring technique to detect adverse health effects from that exposure.
Workers carrying out licensed asbestos removal work must have initial health monitoring carried out before starting the work.

Health monitoring requirements commenced on 1 January 2016. Licensed asbestos removalists must ensure their existing workers carrying out licensed asbestos removal work have health monitoring as soon as it can reasonably be arranged.

The medical practitioner providing or supervising the health monitoring will determine whether there is any need for future health monitoring for the worker, and if so, when this should be done.
If a PCBU is engaging a new worker to carry out licensed asbestos removal work and the worker has previously had asbestos health monitoring carried out, the PCBU can rely on the worker’s previous asbestos health monitoring report if:

• the worker provides the PCBU with a copy of the asbestos health monitoring report
• the PCBU ensures the worker is provided with any future health monitoring recommended by the medical practitioner who provided or supervised the original health monitoring if the worker is carrying out licensed asbestos removal work for the PCBU at that time.

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Clearance testing

All clearance testing should be High Flow rate and of a duration satisfactory to the Competent Person. Air monitoring is not generally required for non-friable asbestos removal unless there is potential for exposure for members of the public or the client requires such testing and is willing to pay for it.

The maximum fibre concentration for preliminary and final clearances shall not exceed 0.01 fibres per millilitre of air sampled.

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