Asbestos essentials
Asbestos Essentials is a task manual for building, maintenance and allied trades on how to safely carry out non-licensed work involving asbestos.
Equipment and method sheets
- EM1. What to do if you uncover or damage materials that may contain asbestos [2]
- EM2. Training [3]
- EM3. Building and dismantling a mini-enclosure [4]
- EM4. Using a class-H vacuum cleaner for asbestos [5]
- EM5. Wetting asbestos materials [6]
- EM6. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) [7]
- EM7. Using damp rags to clean surfaces of minor asbestos contamination [8]
- EM8. Personal decontamination [9]
- EM9. Disposal of asbestos waste [10]
- EM10. Statement of cleanliness after textured coating removal [11]
Work with asbestos cement (AC) (non-licensed)
- A9. Drilling holes in asbestos cement and other highly bonded materials [12]
- A10. Cleaning debris from guttering on an asbestos cement roof [13]
- A11. Removing asbestos cement debris [14]
- A12. Cleaning weathered asbestos cement roofing and cladding [15]
- A13. Repairing damaged asbestos cement [16]
- A14. Removing asbestos cement sheets, gutters, etc. and dismantling a small asbestos cement structure [17]
- A15. Removing asbestos cement or reinforced plastic product eg tank, duct, water cistern [18]
- A16. Painting asbestos cement sheets [19]
- A35. Replacing an asbestos cement flue or duct [20]
- A36. Removing an asbestos cement panel outside, beside or beneath a window [21]
Working with textured coatings (TC) containing asbestos (non-licensed)
- A26. Drilling and boring through textured coatings [22]
- A27. Inserting and removing screws through textured coatings [23]
- A28. Removing textured coating from a small area eg 1 square metre [24]
- A29. Cleaning up debris following collapse of a ceiling or wall covered with textured coating [25]
Strictly controlled minor work on Asbestos Insulating Board (AIB)
- A1. Drilling holes in asbestos insulating board [26]
- A2. Removing a single (screwed-in) asbestos insulating board ceiling tile [27]
- A3. Removing a door with asbestos insulating board fireproofing [28]
- A4. Removing a single asbestos insulating board panel less than 1m2, fixed in with nails or screws [29]
- A5. Cleaning light fittings attached to asbestos insulating board [30]
- A6. Repairing minor damage to asbestos insulating board [31]
- A7. Painting undamaged asbestos insulating board [32]
Safe work with undamaged asbestos materials
- A8. Enclosing undamaged asbestos materials to prevent impact damage [33]
- A20. Laying cables in areas containing undamaged asbestos materials [34]
- A34. Removing pins and nails from an asbestos insulating board panel [35]
Removal and replacement of other asbestos containing materials
- A17. Removing asbestos paper linings [36]
- A18. Removing asbestos friction linings [37]
- A19. Removing an asbestos fire blanket [38]
- A21. Removing asbestos-containing bituminous products [39]
- A22. Removing metal cladding lined with asbestos-containing bitumen [40]
- A23. Removing asbestos-containing floor tiles and mastic [41]
- A24. Removing flexible asbestos duct connectors (gaiters) [42]
- A25. Removing compressed asbestos fibre gaskets and asbestos rope seals [43]
- A30. Removing an asbestos-containing 'arc shield' from electrical switchgear [44]
- A31. Removing a single asbestos-containing gas or electric heater [45]
- A32. Replacing an asbestos-containing part in a 'period' domestic appliance [46]
- A33. Replacing an asbestos-containing fuse box or single fuse assembly [47]
- A37. Removing asbestos-containing mastic, sealant, beading, filler, putty or fixing [48]
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Kenick Services Ltd
The Drill Hall
Warne Road
Weston-super-Mare,
North Somerset
BS23 3SD
T: 01934 628776
E: mail@kenick.co.uk