Removing asbestos in workplaces - Compliance ... - WorkSafe Victoria

Additional requirements for licensedasbestos removal• the name, including registered business or corporate name, and address ofthe workplace and the type of workplace where the asbestos removal workwill be performed including the specific location if it is a large workplace• the date of notification• the commencement date and estimated duration of the asbestosremoval work• whether the asbestos is friable ACM or non-friable ACM• if friable ACM is to be removed, details of the way that the area wherethe asbestos removal work is to be performed will be enclosed• the type of ACM• the estimated quantity of asbestos to be removed• the number of employees who will perform the asbestos removal work• details of training and experience of those individual employees, if differentto the information notified previously• the date of any asbestos register or employer’s asbestos register usedto prepare the asbestos control plan.A pro forma notification can be downloaded at worksafe.vic.gov.au.245. Before commencing asbestos removal work, the licensed removalist mustalso give a copy of the notification to the person who commissioned theremoval work.What if a change occurs to information provided in the notification?246. If a change occurs to any information in the notification provided to WorkSafe,the licensed removalist must advise WorkSafe in writing of that change as soonas possible after they become aware a change has occurred. However, thisrequirement does not apply to any change of supervisor (if a change doesoccur, an additional five days notification is not required).247. If the licensed removalist has changed, the new removalist needs to providea new notification with a minimum five days notice.What happens when an unexpected situation arises?248. An unexpected situation is:• a sudden unexpected event, including non-routine failures of equipment, thatmay result in a person being exposed to airborne asbestos fibres (eg a burstpipe that was lagged with asbestos or a forklift crashing into an asbestoscement sheet wall), or• an unexpected breakdown of an essential service (including gas, water,sewerage, electricity and telecommunications) that requires immediaterectification to enable continuance of that service (eg a breakdown of hotwater system that requires the removal of asbestos-containing insulationor the replacement of burst asbestos cement water pipes to enablecontinuance of the service).249. In these situations the licensed removalist must notify WorkSafe in writing notlater than 24 hours after commencing the removal work. The notification mustinclude information specified in paragraph 244.WorkSafe Victoria Compliance code / Removing asbestos in workplaces 47