Asbestos

Question 1

What is the main Asbestos regulation in the UK

Answer 1

Control of Asbestos Regulation 2015

Question 2

What does CAR2015 stand for?

Answer 2

Control of Asbestos Regulation 2015

Question 3

What year is the care of Asbestos Regulation

Answer 3

2015

Question 4

What Asbestos qualification/training do you have

Answer 4

RIDGE- Asbestos Awareness Training

Question 5

What is the extent/limit of your asbestos training

Answer 5

Awareness of/ Not to work with

Question 6

Name two types of Asbestos Survey

Answer 6

Management survey and R&D survey

Question 7

What does an R&D survey stand for

Answer 7

Refurbishment and Demolition

Question 8

What happens in a management survey?

Answer 8

In occupied buildings
Visual inspection
Sampling
Air testing

Question 9

What happens in a R&D survey?

Answer 9

Intrusive
In unoccupied buildings

Question 10

Disposal of asbestos waste - how

Answer 10

Waste must be packed in UN-approved packaging with a CDG hazard label and asbestos code information visible.

Double-wrap and label asbestos waste. Standard practice is to use a red inner bag with asbestos warnings, and a clear outer bag with the CDG label, if required.

Avoid breaking up large pieces of asbestos waste. Instead double wrap in suitable polythene sheeting (1000-gauge) and label accordingly.

To transport waste, you need a waste carriers licence.

Safe disposal – make sure you use a licensed disposal site.

Complete a Waste Consignment Note. Keep copies of these documents for three years.

Question 11

What is an Asbestos Register

Answer 11

A document produced and managed by the person who has the legal duty to manage Asbestos in a building ‘dutyholder’

This is a live document that should be updated yearly

Question 12

When does a dutyholder need to produce a Asbestos register?

Answer 12

The dutyholder must protect people from the risks of exposure to asbestos. This includes people who:
work in their buildings
use them in other ways

all non-domestic premises, like factories or shops

‘common parts’ of multi-occupancy domestic premises, like purpose-built flats

Question 13

Who is an asbestos dutyholder?

Answer 13

building owners and landlords

person or organisation with clear responsibility for the building’s maintenance or repair

Question 14

Who produced the CAR2015?

Answer 14

Health and Safety executive HSE

Question 15

What year was Asbestos use banned

Answer 15

Crocidolite and Amosite, also known as blue and brown asbestos, are the two most dangerous forms and their use was banned in 1985.

Chrysotile, also known as white asbestos, was banned in 1999

Question 16

Common ACMs

Answer 16

sbestos insulating board (AIB)
Asbestos cement products: corrugated sheets, flat sheets, gutters and rainwater pipes, flues.
Floor coverings.
Textured decorative coatings.
Asbestos textiles and gaskets.
Thermal insulation (lagging)
Sprayed asbestos coatings.
Loose asbestos cavity insulation.
Reinforced plastics such as toilet seats and cisterns
Mastic, sealants and putties (glazing bead and wall sockets)
Artex or other textured coatings and paints
Sheet vinyl and thermoplastic tiles
Bitumen (tarpaper) felts and similar