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carried out in accordance with the asbestos removal control plan for the workplace.
This is additional training to the general training that is provided on the identification and safe handling of asbestos and the appropriate controls referred to in section 6.3 of the Code of Practice: How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace.
A worker who is carrying out licensed asbestos removal work must receive training that is designed specifically for the workplace where the work is being or is to be carried out. This should occur before the commencement of each asbestos removal job. The training should include:
    * the nature of the hazards and risks
    * how asbestos can affect a person's health
    * the risk from exposure to airborne asbestos
    * the control measures in place and maintenance of the asbestos removal control plan for that job
    * the methods and equipment that will be used to do the job properly
    * choosing, using and caring for PPE and RPE
    * decontamination procedures
    * waste disposal procedures
    * emergency procedures
    * any other legal requirements (for example, contaminated sites).
If the worker is required to hold other licences for the particular task, for example a demolition licence, additional training may be provided to cover this type of work.
The licensed asbestos removalist must keep a record of all training undertaken by a worker who is carrying out licensed asbestos removal work:
    * while the worker is carrying out licensed asbestos removal work
    * for five years after the day the worker stopped carrying out licensed asbestos removal work for the removalist.
The training record must be readily accessible at the asbestos removal area and available for inspection under the WHS Act.

3.3 Informing parties of the licensed asbestos removal
Prior to any licensed asbestos removal work being carried out at a workplace, the licensed asbestos removalist must inform the person with management or control of the workplace about the work and the date it is to commence.
The person with management or control of the workplace must then ensure the following persons are told that the asbestos removal work is to be carried out and when the work is to commence:
    * the person's workers and any other persons at the workplace
    * the person who commissioned the asbestos removal work
    * anyone conducting a business or undertaking at or in the vicinity of the workplace
    * anyone occupying premises in the immediate vicinity of the workplace.
If the workplace is a domestic premises, the licensed asbestos removalist must, so far as is reasonably practicable, before commencing the licensed asbestos removal work tell the following people about the asbestos removal work and when it will