Asbestos Removal WHS Manual

This is the asbestos removal edition of the WHS Manual. It has the same chapters as the general WHS Manual, written for licensed asbestos removalists and for the competent-person removal that needs no licence, so you only need one of the two. It follows the work in the order a job runs, with the Queensland rules for the class A and class B licences, the control plan and the notice, signs and barricades, enclosures and negative air, wet removal, roofs and falls, air monitoring and clearance, decontamination, waste and health monitoring, and it points to the asbestos SWMS, plans and registers in our range that match. It is not the demolition edition, which has its own manual. The cover page is ready for your business name and logo. Part A is the management system, in 23 numbered chapters. Part B holds the full text of 74 policies and procedures (41 that apply to every business and 33 for asbestos removal work), each on its own pages in the same editable file, so you can edit, issue and sign off each one without buying it separately.

What Is Included In Our Asbestos Removal WHS Manual?

• WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Duties and roles for the licence holder, nominated supervisor, class B supervisor, assessor and workers
• SWMS for asbestos removal, and the high risk construction work triggers that apply
• Class A, class B and unlicensed removal: who may remove what, and the 10 m2 line
• The asbestos removal control plan, the 5 day notice to the regulator and telling the people affected
• Signs, barricades, enclosures, negative air and the wet method
• Air monitoring, the action levels, clearance inspections and clearance certificates
• Decontamination, respirators and fit testing, and protective clothing
• Asbestos waste, labelling and transport
• Health monitoring, training and records, with the periods the law sets
• Fragile roofs, falls, electrical isolation, heat and confined spaces
• Emergency plan for a torn enclosure, a fibre release or a casualty in an enclosure
• Part B: the full text of 74 policies and procedures, from risk, hazard and incident management to manual handling, hazardous substances, emergencies and return to work, plus 33 for asbestos removal work

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): the meaning of reasonably practicable (s 18), our primary duty of care (s 19), duties of persons who manage or control a workplace (s 20), codes of practice (ss 26A, 274 and 275), duties of officers (s 27), duties of workers and others (ss 28 and 29), authorisation of work, including licensed work (s 43), notifiable incidents (ss 35 to 39), consultation (ss 46 to 49), the right to cease unsafe work (ss 84 to 86), and no levy on workers (s 273)
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): electrical work and who may do it (ss 18 and 55), serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (ss 11 and 12), and codes of practice (ss 44 and 45)
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): claims and the employer’s injury report (ss 131 and 133), and rehabilitation and return to work (ss 226 to 232)
• Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) and Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld): environmental harm, noise and waste, including the transport and disposal of asbestos waste
• Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012 (Qld), which applies the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland): the chain of responsibility (ss 26A to 26H) for trucks that carry our waste
• Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld): driving under the influence of liquor or a drug (s 79)
• Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld): the value of a penalty unit (s 5(1)(d))
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): managing risks (ss 32 to 38), information, training and instruction (s 39), facilities, first aid, emergency plans and personal protective equipment (ss 40 to 47), remote or isolated work (s 48), airborne contaminants (ss 49 to 51), falling objects (ss 54 and 55), noise (ss 56 to 59), manual tasks (s 60), confined spaces (ss 62 to 77), falls (ss 78 to 80), high risk work licences (ss 81 to 85 and Schedule 3), construction work, excavation, SWMS and the Queensland rules for falls, ladders, edge protection and general construction induction (chapter 6, including ss 289 to 306Q and 315A to 315M, and s 316), lead (Part 7.2), hazardous chemicals (chapter 7 and Schedule 14), asbestos (chapter 8, including identification and the register in Part 8.3, naturally occurring asbestos in Part 8.4, health monitoring and training in Part 8.5, removal work in Part 8.7, air monitoring and friable removal in Part 8.8, asbestos-related work in Part 8.9 and licensing in Part 8.10), crystalline silica (chapter 8A), and the dictionary (Schedule 19)
• Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2022 (Qld): the list of approved codes of practice
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): overhead electric lines (ss 10 to 15, Schedule 2 and Schedule 10), and notifying serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events (s 292)
• Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 (Qld): waste tracking
• Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008 (Qld): evacuation routes (ss 5 and 7)
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025 (Qld): the criteria for appointing a return to work coordinator (s 149)
• 20 Queensland approved codes of practice, named in full in the manual

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word manual (about 500 pages), A4 portrait, with a cover page ready for your business name and logo, a contents list, Part A (23 numbered chapters) and Part B (74 policies and procedures)
• Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• A WHS policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Roles, procedures, a risk matrix, record-keeping periods, definitions and references
• Part B: the full text of 74 policies and procedures, each starting on a new page
• Links by name to the matching SWMS, forms and registers in our range

Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.