Asbestos Training Academy

This course is designed for employees or workers whose work may uncover or disturb asbestos. In particular: •Demolition, refurbishment or maintenance workers or trades and apprentices, •Workers involved in the disturbance of the fabric of buildings, •Workers who may enter building cavities, risers, subfloors or ceiling spaces, •Architects, surveyors or Strata and Body Corporate members or workers involved in site inspections. •Workers who intend to remove <10 m2 of non-friable asbestos. This course may also be of interest to home renovators, or anyone with a view to learning more about asbestos in a general nature. Workers who may disturb Silica during their work and may process Silica or generate Silica dust. excavation, earth moving and drilling plant operations clay, sand and stone processing machine operations cutting and laying pavers and surfacing mining, quarrying and mineral ore treating processes road construction and tunnelling construction, building and demolition involving a CSS brick, concrete or stone cutting abrasive blasting (blasting agent must not contain greater than 1 per cent of crystalline silica) foundry casting angle grinding, jack hammering and chiselling of concrete or masonry hydraulic fracturing of gas and oil wells making pottery or ceramics crushing, loading, hauling and dumping of rock, or muck from tunnelling, and clean-up activities, such as sweeping or pressurised air blowing of dust containing crystalline silica.

This awareness training will provide you with asbestos awareness, as well as the basics for removing < 10 m2 of non-friable asbestos. Additional training is required for friable or non-friable asbestos removal, or to work in the ACT.

No experience necessary, everyone is welcome to undertake this training.

Yes. This training covers the requirements set out by Regulators: Course criteria Identify the health risks associated with exposure to RCS, including signs and symptoms of silicosis. How to determine if a material contains crystalline silica, including: an explanation of the forms of crystalline silica listed in 529A of the WHS Regulation the common materials and products known to contain crystalline. How to interpret safety data sheets (SDS) and manufacturer’s information, including the meaning of ‘processing’ in relation to CSS as defined by section 529A of the WHS Regulation. How RCS is generated during processing, how workers can be exposed and the relevant workplace exposure standards for the forms of RCS. What is ‘controlled’ processing of CSS under section 529B of the WHS Regulation. The requirements for the controls listed in subsection 529B(1)(b) of the WHS Regulation, how they work and how to use them. The types of respiratory protective equipment (RPE) specified by 'AS/NZS 1715:2009 Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment', deemed as being suitable to protect against exposure to RCS. How to determine if RPE is compliant with the required standard 'AS/NZS 1716:2012 Respiratory protective devices'. Fit-checking, fit-testing and facial-hair requirements for tight-fitting RPE in compliance with 'AS/NZS 1715:2009 Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment'. General housekeeping and cleaning methods to eliminate or minimise risk of exposure to RCS for CSS processes. WHS Regulation requirements for: silica risk control plans (or safe work method statements (SWMS) for construction work) under section 529CB of the WHS Regulation when undertaking processing which is high risk. compliance with a silica risk control plan under section 529CC of the WHS Regulation or, for SWMS, section 300 of the WHS Regulation. compliance with section 529CE including: determining when air monitoring may be required under section 50 of the WHS Regulation. providing the regulator with results of any air monitoring undertaken which shows the airborne concentration of RCS has exceeded the workplace exposure standard for crystalline silica. determining when health monitoring may be required under part 7.1 division 6 of the WHS Regulation.