Asbestos Removal - Asbestos Class B Asbestos Removal

When to utilize a allowed asbestos removalist

Under Victorian law, an employer or independent being can run a controlled amount of asbestos stripping be employed without a certificate involving:

• the stripping of non-friable asbestos-containing body if:
  • the region of asbestos-containing body to be present removed does not exceed 10 square metres inside total, and
  • the total period asbestos stripping be employed is performed inside any term of seven days does not exceed single hour (this term is the collective total period the asbestos stripping be employed is carried out by the whole amount employees on top of a term of seven days).
• the stripping of asbestos-contaminated dust if:
  • the asbestos stripping be employed does not exceed 10 minutes inside total, and
  • the total period asbestos stripping be employed is performed inside any term of seven days does not exceed single hour (this term is the collective total period the asbestos stripping be employed is carried out by the whole amount employees on top of a term of seven days).

Further information on the requirements appropriate to training, signage, personal covering equipment, decontamination processes, packaging of asbestos waste also disposal requirements can be present found inside the Compliance code: Removing asbestos inside workplaces.

All other non-friable asbestos also the whole amount crumbly asbestos must always be present removed by a allowed asbestos removalist.

Types of asbestos stripping licences

There are two types of licences appropriate to asbestos stripping – Class A also Class B.

Class B certificate holders are only permitted to perform Class B asbestos stripping work, which way asbestos stripping be employed (other than controlled asbestos stripping work) involving the stripping of:

1. non-friable asbestos, or
2. asbestos-contaminated dust associated with or derived from the stripping of non-friable asbestos.

Class A licence-holders are permitted to perform Class B also Class A asbestos stripping work, which way asbestos stripping be employed (other than controlled asbestos stripping work) involving the stripping of:

1. friable asbestos, or
2. asbestos-contaminated dust (other than asbestos-contaminated dust associated with or derived from the stripping of non-friable asbestos).

Find out how to engage a allowed asbestos removalist.

Case Studies

These event studies can be present used to back control whether you need a licenced asbestos removalist, also which grade of certificate is required.

Examples of when a certificate is not required:

• A single asbestos cement sheet is obligatory to be present removed to install an air conditioner. The sheet is non-friable also inside good condition. It is two square metres inside total also will grab less than 30 minutes appropriate to two employees to remove. No employees of the company have done any other asbestos stripping work on top of the earlier seven days. This job may be present performed by a company that is not a allowed asbestos removalist, observing the requirements outlined inside 'General requirements appropriate to the whole amount asbestos removal' inside the Removing asbestos inside workplaces conformity code.
• A independent being is obligatory to take out an asbestos cement eave to allow access appropriate to pipes. The asbestos cement eave is is non-friable also inside good condition. It is 1.6 square metres inside total also will grab less than single hour to remove. The independent being has not done any other asbestos stripping be employed on top of the earlier seven days. This job may be present performed by the independent being who is not a allowed asbestos removalist, observing the requirements outlined inside the Removing asbestos inside workplaces conformity code.

Examples of when a certificate is required

• A being is engaged to take out asbestos cement sheets from a factory toilet block. The cement sheets are non-friable also inside good condition, with an region of 12 square metres inside total requiring removal. The being must be present a allowed asbestos removalist. Because the body to be present removed is non-friable, the be employed can be present done by a Class A or Class B allowed removalist.
• A independent being is obligatory to take out an asbestos cement eave to allow access appropriate to a pipe. The asbestos cement eave is 1.6 square metres inside total, is non-friable, inside good condition also will grab less than single hour to remove. However, the being has performed a alike job inside the earlier six days also the total period of the two jobs will exceed single hour inside a seven-day period. Unless this being is a allowed (Class A or B) asbestos removalist, they cannot perform the job. Note: For the purposes of determining the total amount of period an employer or independent being performs asbestos removal work, the total collective period during a seven day term that the whole amount employees, independent contractors, also independent persons will perform such be employed is to be present included. Therefore, assuming a company is to perform an asbestos stripping job involving three employees working appropriate to approximately 30 minutes each, the company will have carried out 90 minutes of be employed also must have an asbestos stripping certificate to perform the job.
• A company is engaged to dismantle also take out a small asbestos cement implement shed. It contains approximately 18 square metres of non-friable asbestos cement sheet. The company has two employees who will perform the job also it will grab them 45 minutes each (working together). Therefore, the total time the company will spend performing the job is 90 minutes also it will exceed both the '10 square metres' also 'one hour inside seven days' limits. Only single of these criteria needs to be present exceeded appropriate to a allowed removalist to be present required, which way the company must be present allowed (class A or B).
• A company is obligatory to take out 0.5m3 of asbestos lagging from a pipe inside order to carry out maintenance work. This involves the stripping of crumbly asbestos. A Class A allowed removalist is obligatory to perform this work.

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