CPCCDE3014A - Remove non-friable asbestos
Townsville
Brisbane
Onsite
This course is designed to ensure that participants have the skills and knowledge required to remove non-friable asbestos containing material (ACM). The unit includes preparing, containing and removing non-friable ACM, and includes knowledge of decontamination and disposal requirements.
Please note that this course has a prerequisite requirement that participants hold the unit CPCCWHS1001 - Prepare to Work Safely in the Construction Industry. Participants will have to provide a copy of their Statement of Attainment or a USI transcript (noting white or blue cards cannot be accepted as evidence).
This course is offered by WorkSafe Connect to corporate clients for a group of students. We do not currently offer this course to individuals as part of our public course offering.
You may be eligible to receive CSQ funding for this course if you are a worker or an apprentice / trainee in the building and construction industry:
If you wish to book your course online, please book and pay the full amount. As soon as you are deemed eligible, the CSQ funding amount will be refunded to you.
For full details on eligibility, please click here or get in touch with a member of the WorkSafe Connect team today.
There are a wide range of fact sheets, guides and checklists available. Please find a selection below for your reference:
Asbestos bags recycled for use in carpet
The Western Australian Department of Health (WA Health) has found that a significant quantity of hessian bags used to transport asbestos, wool,
superphosphate and potatoes were recycled with other material, such as jute and goat hair, to manufacture carpet underlay prior to the early 1970s.
Asbestos and fire damaged buildings
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral fibre that was used in many building materials until the late 1980s, such as asbestos cement (fibro).
Asbestos flooring
Information regarding asbestos backed vinyl sheet flooring and vinyl tiles containing asbestos.
Cleaning asbestos cement roofs
Cleaning a fibro roof with a high pressure water blaster is illegal as it can destroy the roof surface, cause cement debris and asbestos to spray
into the air, and result in widespread contamination.
Handling asbestos safely after a storm
It is essential to protect yourself and others when removing debris particularly when asbestos is concerned.
Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities - Rapid Response Protocol
The Rapid Response Protocol (the Protocol) has been developed to enable government agencies to work cooperatively and efficiently across jurisdiction
and portfolio lines when products have been identified as containing asbestos and there is concern such products may cross/have crossed state lines.
Is it safe? Cracked, damaged or weathered asbestos cement sheeting
Asbestos cement sheeting is a building material used in many Queensland houses. If a house was built before 1990, it is likely to have some asbestos
cement sheeting in it.
Management of asbestos incidents
Guide to agency response and management of events involving asbestos containing material (asbestos incident).
Play it safe with asbestos: tips for property managers
Play it safe when repairing or renovating rental properties.
Asbestos health risks
This guidance note is about the hazards that asbestos presents to human health through occupational exposure and/or environmental exposure.
There are a range of great guides and resources available. We have included a small selection below for your reference:
Asbestos - A Guide for householders and the general public
The Commonwealth publication for the general public on health risks associated with asbestos, especially during home renovations.
Asbestos: a guide for minor renovation
Find out how to handle, remove and dispose of asbestos safely and legally in Queensland.
Asbestos and home renovations
Play it safe with asbestos - Don't risk exposing yourself or others to airborne asbestos fibres during your renovation.
Containment and disposal of asbestos contaminated dust and debris arising from fire damaged buildings
This
guidance note provides information on the management of fire damaged buildings that have asbestos containing materials (ACMs).
Why Can Asbestos Dust or Fibres be Dangerous to Your Health?
For further information please contact your relevant local government authority or access further asbestos information by clicking on the following link:
http://asbestosawareness.com.au/
Asbestos is the generic term for a number of fibrous silicate minerals. Products made from asbestos cement - a bonded asbestos material - include fibro
sheeting (flat and profiled) guttering and downpipes, as well as other pipes for water, drainage or flues, corrugated roofing sheets, roofing shingles
and guttering.
Asbestos is a type of building material used in the building industry between the 1940s and late 1980s.
Before the health risks were known, asbestos products were widely used because they were durable, fire resistant and had good insulation properties.
The manufacture and use of asbestos products was banned nationally from 31 December 2003. This ban applies to manufacture, supply, storage, sale, use, reuse, installation and replacement of asbestos.
For further information please contact your relevant local government authority or access further asbestos information by clicking on the following link:
http://asbestosawareness.com.au/
Friable vs non-friable asbestos
Asbestos-containing materials fall into two broad categories: friable and non-friable (also known as bonded).
'Friable' is used to refer to asbestos-containing materials that can be easily reduced to powder when crushed by hand, when dry.
These materials can contain high percentages of asbestos fibres and are more likely to release these fibres into the airborne environment when disturbed. As such, they pose a greater risk to health.
Friable materials must only be handled and removed by an asbestos removalist with an 'A' class licence.
Examples of friable asbestos-containing materials include:
'Non-friable', or bonded asbestos is used to refer to asbestos-containing materials in which the asbestos is firmly bound in the matrix of the material. These materials are unlikely to release measurable levels of asbestos fibre into the airborne environment if they are left undisturbed. Therefore, they generally pose a lower risk to health.
They are mainly made up of asbestos fibres together with a bonding compound (such as cement), and typically contain up to 15 per cent asbestos.
Non-friable materials containing asbestos are solid, quite rigid and the asbestos fibres are tightly bound in the material. Non-friable materials containing asbestos are the most common in domestic houses. They are commonly called 'fibro', 'asbestos cement' and 'AC sheeting'.
Examples of non-friable asbestos-containing materials include:
For further information please contact your relevant local government authority or access further asbestos information by clicking on the following link:
Course ID: 644 - Remove Non-Friable Asbestos