Asbestos Safety Policy

The Section Manager will hold a Level 4 VRQ Diploma in Asset and Building Management Compliance.

The Technical Lead will be suitably qualified and hold the industry standard qualification (or equivalent) in the management of asbestos in buildings, such as:

• Certificate of Competence - Asbestos
• P402 Surveying and Sampling Strategies for Asbestos in Buildings (or equivalent)
• P403 Asbestos Fibre Counting (or equivalent)
• P404 Clearance Testing and the Requirements of a Certificate for Reoccupation (or equivalent)
• P405 Management of Asbestos in Buildings or willing to work towards
• W504 Asbestos and Other Fibres
• Member of British Occupational Hygiene Society or ability to become a member

Please note: if employees do not have one of the above qualifications they are required to obtain this within 12 months of the approval of this policy.

Only competent contractors accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) will be permitted carry out asbestos management surveys (as per HSG264).

Only competent Licensed Asbestos Removal Contractors (LARCs) will carry out work on asbestos, including non-notifiable non-licensed work, notifiable non-licensed work, or licensed works. Any internal staff carrying out non-licensed work will be required to complete suitable Cat B training.

Suitably competent persons will undertake asbestos re-inspections.

Only suitably competent asbestos consultants and contractors will provide third party technical quality assurance checks.

We will check that our contractors hold the relevant qualifications and accreditations when we procure them and subsequent checks will be completed on an annual basis. We will evidence these checks and each contractor's certification appropriately.