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detailed in the Code of Practice: How to Safely Remove Asbestos, for example competency and licensing requirements.
Individual components and wiping rags must be placed in plastic bags, tying each bag separately prior to placing them in the container. Disposal bags need to be heavy duty (200 µm), made of clear plastic and marked with the label 'Caution Asbestos – Do not open or damage bag.
Do not inhale dust'. Asbestos waste awaiting disposal must be stored in closed containers
(for example, 60 or 200 litre steel drums with removable lids or sealed skip).
Asbestos waste must be transported and disposed of in accordance with the relevant state or territory Environment Protection Authority (EPA) requirements. Asbestos waste can only be disposed of at a site licensed by the EPA and it must never be disposed of in the general waste system.

6.             MANAGING EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS OR ACM

6.1         Measuring the exposure standard
Airborne respirable fibre concentrations can be estimated using available data (for example, monitoring reports, data from scientific literature) or past experience (for example, monitoring reports) of the process in question. In cases of doubt, it may be necessary to confirm the estimates by measurement using the Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Fibres [NOHSC: 3003 (2005)].
Exposure monitoring measures the levels of respirable fibres in the breathing zone of the worker while work is being undertaken. Exposure monitoring must be carried out by a competent person, who may include a licensed asbestos assessor or a person who has undertaken the endorsed unit of competency for licensed asbestos assessors. An occupational hygienist who has experience in asbestos exposure monitoring may also be used.
Where exposure monitoring is carried out, it is good practice to stop work and investigate the cause if the level of airborne asbestos in the breathing zone reaches half the exposure standard.
Although the need for exposure air monitoring will depend on the particular circumstances, the results may assist in assessing risks associated with asbestos.
Other forms of air monitoring that are relevant to asbestos work are discussed in more detail in the Code of Practice: How to Safely Remove Asbestos. These include:
    * control monitoring for ensuring that an enclosure or other controls used during asbestos removal are effective at preventing fibres from being found outside the work area
    * clearance monitoring to ensure that the work area is free of asbestos fibres prior to being certified for reoccupation.

6.2         Health monitoring
Regulation 435-444 A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure health monitoring is provided to a worker if they are carrying out licensed asbestos removal work, other ongoing asbestos removal work or asbestos-related work and are