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removal work.
Asbestos removal work means:
    * work involving the removal of asbestos or ACM
    * Class A asbestos removal work or Class B asbestos removal work as outlined in Part 8.10 of the WHS Regulations.
Competent person in relation to carrying out clearance inspections under regulation 473 means a person who has acquired through training or experience the knowledge and skills of relevant asbestos removal industry practice and holds a certification in relation to the specified VET course for asbestos assessor work or a tertiary qualification in occupational health and safety, occupational hygiene, science, building, construction or environmental health. For all other purposes, competent person means a person who has acquired through training, qualification or experience, the knowledge and skills to carry out the task.
Exposure standard for asbestos is a respirable fibre level of 0.1 fibres/ml of air measured in a person's breathing zone and expressed as a time weighted average fibre concentration calculated over an eight-hour working day and measured over a minimum period of four hours in accordance with:
    * the Membrane Filter Method
    * a method determined by the relevant regulator.
Friable asbestos means material that is in a powder form or that can be crumbled, pulverised or reduced to a powder by hand pressure when dry, and contains asbestos.
GHS means Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.
Licensed asbestos assessor means a person who holds an asbestos assessor licence.
Licensed asbestos removalist means a person conducting a business or undertaking who is licensed under the WHS Regulations to carry out  Class A or Class B asbestos removal work.
Naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) means the natural geological occurrence of asbestos minerals found in association with geological deposits including rock, sediment or soil.
Non-friable asbestos means material containing asbestos that is not friable asbestos, including material containing asbestos fibres reinforced with a bonding compound.
Respirable asbestos means an asbestos fibre that:
    * is less than 3 micron metres (µm) wide
    * more than 5 micron metres (µm) long
    * has a length to width ratio of more than 3:1.

1.3         Licence requirements for asbestos removal work
R. 458 A person conducting a business or undertaking who commissions the removal of asbestos at the workplace must ensure asbestos removal work is carried out only by a licensed asbestos removalist who is appropriately licensed to carry out the work, unless specified in the WHS Regulations that a licence is not required.
There are two types of licences: Class A and Class B. The type of licence required will depend on the type and quantity of asbestos or ACM that is being removed at a workplace.

Type of licence      What asbestos can be removed?

Class A