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    * processes and safe work procedures to be followed to prevent exposure, including exposure from any accidental release of airborne asbestos
    * where applicable, the correct use of PPE including respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
    * the implementation of control measures and safe work methods to eliminate or minimise the risks associated with asbestos to limit the exposure to workers and other persons
    * exposure standard and control levels for asbestos
    * purpose of any exposure monitoring or health monitoring that may occur.
This training is more general than the training that a worker undertaking licensed asbestos removal work would receive. Workers who are undertaking licensed asbestos removal work are required to complete specific units of competency. Refer to Section 3.2 for further information.
Records of all training must be kept while the worker is carrying out the work and for five years after the day the worker stops carrying out the work. These records must also be available for inspection by the regulator.

3.     DUTIES FOR LICENSED ASBESTOS REMOVAL WORK

Licensed asbestos removal work can differ greatly depending on the type, quantity and condition of the asbestos or ACM being removed. There are a number of duties in the WHS Regulations to ensure licensed asbestos work is carried out safely and without releasing airborne asbestos and exposing workers and other persons.
A summary of the specific duties in the WHS Regulations are:
    * ensuring an asbestos removalist supervisor is readily available or present when the work is being carried out (R.459)
    * providing appropriate training and ensuring the asbestos removal worker has undertaken the relevant units of competencies associated with the asbestos removal (R.460-461)
    * telling various parties about the asbestos removal and providing them with appropriate information (R.462 and R.467-468)
    * obtaining the workplace's asbestos register (R.463)
    * preparing an asbestos removal control plan (R.464-465)
    * notifying the regulator about the work before it starts (R.466)
    * displaying signs and labels in the asbestos work area (R.469)
    * limiting access to the asbestos work area (R.470)
    * ensuring appropriate decontamination facilities are in place (R.471)
    * ensuring waste containment and disposal procedures are in place (R.472)
    * ensuring clearance inspections are conducted and issuing clearance certificates (R.473-474)
    * ensuring air monitoring is conducted, where appropriate (R.475-477).
These requirements apply to a number of duty holders including the licensed asbestos removalist, the person who commissioned the asbestos removal work, and the person with management and control of the workplace. The duties are explained further below.

3.1 Asbestos removalist supervisor to be present or readily available
When licensed asbestos removal work is being carried out at a workplace, an asbestos removal supervisor must oversee the