Asbestos essentials
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You can download the asbestos essentials task sheets below, they are for building, maintenance and allied trades on how to safely carry out non-licensed work involving asbestos.
Asbestos essentials task sheets
For advice on when and how you should use these sheets make sure you printout and read A0 - Introduction to Asbestos essentials.
- Equipment and method sheets
- Work with asbestos cement (AC) (non-licensed)
- Working with textured coatings (TC) containing asbestos (non-licensed)
- Strictly controlled minor work on Asbestos Insulating Board (AIB)
- Safe work with undamaged asbestos materials
- Removal and replacement of other asbestos containing materials
- Fly-tipped waste
Equipment and method sheets
- EM0. Risk assessments and plans of work
- EM1. What to do if you discover or accidentally disturb asbestos during your work
- EM2. Information, instruction and training
- EM3. Building and dismantling a mini-enclosure
- EM4. Using a class-H vacuum cleaner for asbestos
- EM5. Wetting asbestos materials
- EM6. Personal protective equipment (including RPE)
- EM7. Using damp rags to clean surfaces of minor asbestos contamination
- EM8. Personal decontamination
- EM9. Disposal of asbestos waste
- EM10. Statement of cleanliness after textured coating removal
Work with asbestos cement (AC) (non-licensed)
- A9. Drilling holes in asbestos cement (AC) and other highly bonded materials
- A10. Cleaning debris from guttering on an asbestos cement (AC) roof
- A11. Removing asbestos cement (AC) debris
- A12. Cleaning weathered asbestos cement (AC) roofing and cladding
- A13. Repairing damaged asbestos cement (AC)
- A14. Removing asbestos cement (AC) sheets, gutters, etc. and dismantling a small AC structure
- A15. Removing asbestos cement (AC) or reinforced plastic product, eg tank, duct, water cistern
- A16. Painting asbestos cement (AC) products
- A35. Replacing an asbestos cement (AC) flue or duct
- A36. Removing an asbestos cement (AC) panel outside, beside or beneath a window
Working with textured coatings (TC) containing asbestos (non-licensed)
- A26. Drilling and boring through textured coatings
- A27. Inserting and removing screws through textured coatings
- A28. Removing textured coating from a small area, for example 1m2
- A29. Cleaning up debris following collapse of a ceiling or wall covered with textured coating
Strictly controlled minor work on Asbestos Insulating Board (AIB)
- A1. Drilling holes in asbestos insulating board (AIB)
- A2. Removing a single (screwed-in) asbestos insulating board (AIB) ceiling tile
- A3. Removing a door with asbestos insulating board (AIB) fireproofing
- A4. Removing a single asbestos insulating board (AIB) panel less than 1m2, fixed in with nails or screws
- A5. Cleaning light fittings attached to asbestos insulating board (AIB)
- A6. Repairing minor damage to asbestos insulating board (AIB)
- A7. Painting undamaged asbestos insulating board (AIB)
Safe work with undamaged asbestos materials
- A8. Enclosing undamaged asbestos materials to prevent impact damage
- A20. Laying cables in areas containing undamaged asbestos materials
- A34. Removing pins and nails from an asbestos insulating board panel (AIB)
Removal and replacement of other asbestos containing materials
- A17. Removing asbestos paper linings
- A18. Removing asbestos friction linings
- A19. Removing an asbestos fire blanket
- A21. Removing asbestos-containing bituminous products, such as roofing felt, gutter linings or damp-proof courses
- A22. Removing metal cladding lined with asbestos-containing bitumen
- A23. Removing asbestos-containing floor tiles and mastic
- A24. Removing flexible asbestos duct connectors (gaiters)
- A25. Removing compressed asbestos fibre (CAF) gaskets and asbestos rope seals
- A30. Removing an asbestos-containing 'arc shield' from electrical switchgear
- A31. Removing a single asbestos-containing gas or electric heater
- A32. Replacing an asbestos-containing part in a 'period' domestic appliance
- A33. Replacing an asbestos-containing fuse box or single fuse assembly
- A37. Removing asbestos-containing mastic, sealant, beading, filler, putty or fixing
Fly-tipped waste
A38. How to deal with fly-tipped asbestos waste