Asbestos materials have been used for decades for building insulation, roofing, water supply piping, and even vehicle parts.
However, if asbestos fibres are released into the air and inhaled, the long-term effects can be catastrophic to health. This means that nowadays more modern alternatives are used instead, and asbestos is mostly only found in older buildings (Pre 2000). This is why there are now 4 different types of asbestos surveys.
Training in asbestos awareness is designed to offer workers and supervisors the information that they need to avoid work, that disturbs asbestos in the first place. It’s not designed to prepare you or your employees to carry out work with asbestos-containing materials. If you or someone in your team does need to carry out work that will disturb it, further training and instruction will be required.