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BAXI HEATING UK

BAXI HEATING UK. Aims and objectives of the event. Aim: to provide detailed information and guidance about the duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises. The duty is regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002.

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BAXI HEATING UK

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  1. BAXI HEATING UK

  2. Aims and objectives of the event • Aim: to provide detailed information and guidance about the duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises. The duty is regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002. • Objectives: to discuss hazards, outline the law, to work through the steps needed to comply, to use practical exercises, to discuss implementation, to provide information on further sources of guidance.

  3. Workshop outline • Session 1: Welcome and introduction SETTING THE SCENE • Session 2: Asbestos facts • Session 3: The duty to manage CARRYING OUT THE WORK • Session 4: How to develop a management plan (including practical exercises) • Session 5: Summary and implementation programme

  4. Session 2: Asbestos facts • Aim: to provide background information on the hazards from asbestos, the diseases which can result from exposure to it, and how the law has addressed this hazard. • Objectives: by end of session delegates should know what asbestos is and its uses, know why it is harmful and what diseases it can cause, know what processes release fibres, understand how the law has been applied to the risks from asbestos and understand how the duty to manage fits in.

  5. Asbestos facts What is asbestos? Why is asbestos dangerous? Where might you find asbestos?

  6. Where asbestos is found • Boiler vessels and pipework • Ceilings • Cladding to columns • Domestic appliances • Flooring material • Interior walls and panels • Lining to lift doors • Roof and exterior walls • Service risers • etc.

  7. Examples of asbestos in buildings

  8. Sprayed asbestos

  9. Lagging

  10. Asbestos insulating board

  11. Asbestos textiles

  12. Asbestos cement

  13. Other products • Millboard and paper products for electrical insulation. • Composite materials, eg brake linings (in the past) and vinyl floor tiles. • Decorative textured coatings.

  14. Asbestos facts Who is at risk? How can asbestos fibres be released into the air?

  15. Control limits and action levels

  16. Work with ACMs

  17. Work with ACMs (cont)

  18. What are the risks?

  19. How can we stop the possibility of ill health? By reducing the exposure of people to airborne respirable asbestos fibres.

  20. Asbestos facts What does the law say?

  21. Session 3: The duty to manage • Aim: to examine the requirements of regulation 4 and identify dutyholders. • Objectives: by the end of the session delegates will understand the duty to manage, know who is likely to have duties under it, what premises are covered and have an outline of what dutyholders will have to do.

  22. The duty to manage Why is the regulation needed and what does it say?

  23. The duty to manage Who is the dutyholder? How will this work in practice?

  24. The duty to manage What types of premises are covered by the regulation? Once the dutyholder has been identified, what will they have to do?

  25. Duty holders will have to: • Find out if there is asbestos, how much, its condition and where. • Presume unknown materials are ACMs. • Make and keep an up-to-date record of the location and condition of ACMs/presumed ACMs. • Assess the risks from ACMs. • Prepare a management plan. • Implement the plan. • Monitor and review the plan. • Provide information on the location and condition of the ACMs.

  26. Session 4: Steps to develop a management plan • Aim: to look in detail at how a management plan can be developed. • Objectives: by the end of the session delegates will be able to decide how to approach the planning of the process, understand the logical steps required to comply, complete practical exercises, understand how an effective management plan can be prepared and why it is needed.

  27. Session 4: Introduction • Duty is to manage asbestos. • The regulation is proportionate to risk and only requires work and expenditure where the risk justifies it. • The regulation can be broken down into a simple step-by-step approach. • Useful start: ask ‘What am I doing now to manage the risk?’ • Aim is to protect anyone who could come into contact with asbestos unknowingly.

  28. Steps to develop a management plan What effect will the management plan have on the health of workers in premises where ACMs may be present?

  29. Steps to develop a management plan First steps • Take a precautionary approach to maintenance now. • Early planning is vital, will help save time and money later. • Who is going to manage and pay for the process? • Training, consultation with employees.

  30. Steps to develop a management plan: Step A Find out if asbestos is present, how much there is and in what condition.

  31. Steps to develop a management plan: Step A Is asbestos likely to be present? • Dutyholder needs to take reasonable steps to identify any asbestos. • Start with a desktop survey • Looking at architects’ plans, invoices for renovation work, consult long-standing employees etc. • A good desktop survey will not only assess for ACMs, but help focus future assessment.

  32. Steps to develop a management plan: Step A Identifying asbestos • With strong evidence it is possible to rule out the presence of asbestos. • A presumptive walkthrough inspection - assuming any unknown material is asbestos. • Take samples of unknown materials, and analyse them. • A combination of the above.

  33. Steps to develop a management plan: Step A Decide who will carry out the inspection or survey. Consider training and competency issues.

  34. Steps to develop a management plan: Step A Prepare for the inspection or survey. Carry out the inspection or survey.

  35. Case studies: Exercise A • Assume you are at desktop survey stage on looking for ACMs. • Using information from Appendix 4 and the blank table from Appendix 3, record: • where ACMs are likely to be found; • what type of asbestos is likely; • any comments on condition.

  36. Worked example

  37. Steps to develop a management plan: Step B Make and keep an up-to-date record of the location and condition of the ACMs/presumed ACMs.

  38. Steps to develop a management plan: Step C Assess the risks from asbestos-containing materials.

  39. Steps to develop a management plan: Step C The material assessment. (NB asbestos is only harmful if fibres are released into an area where they can be inhaled.)

  40. Steps to develop a management plan: Step C The material assessment quantifies the hazard from the materials, ie how likely are they to release airborne fibres if disturbed.

  41. Worked example of a material assessment

  42. Steps to develop a management plan: Step C The risk assessment introduces other elements to give an estimate of comparative risk.

  43. Worked example of a risk assessment

  44. Worked example (cont)

  45. Case studies: Exercise B • Assess the risks from ACMs in the workplaces already described using the method outlined previously. • First carry out a material assessment on up to three ACMs. • Next, using the algorithm, carry out a risk assessment. • Which ACM would you deal with first?

  46. Steps to develop a management plan: Step D Prepare a plan of how to manage the risk.

  47. Steps to develop a management plan: Step E Implement the plan and carry out any work needed.

  48. Steps to develop a management plan: Step F Provide information on the location and condition of ACMs.

  49. Steps to develop a management plan: Step G Monitor and review the plan and arrangements.

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