Clarification on the requirements for information, instruction and training including the position on certification and refresher training support individual workers in demonstrating their knowledge, skills and experience when they move from one employer to another Refreshing information, instruction and training for licensable and non-licensable work including Notifiable Non-licensed Work (NNLW) If these activities are carried out without suitable controls, or the precautions fail to control exposure, these would be classed as a 'dangerous occurrence' under RIDDOR and should be reported.

For those doing licensed work, the current Regulations require that employers must keep a health record for employees and they must also be kept under regular medical surveillance. The health record must be kept for 40 years after the date of the last entry in it. If an employee has been exposed to asbestos, the health record must note the following: The Regulations came into force on 6 April 2012, updating and replacing the previous 2006 law. They contain new requirements for certain types of non-licensable work with asbestos on notification of work; designating areas where you are working on asbestos; medical surveillance and record keeping. Intact asbestos materials in a place where they are unlikely to be disturbed should not cause any harm. ensure that anyone who is going to work on asbestos material has had appropriate information, instruction and training and is supervised asbestos is a general name given to several naturally occurring minerals that have crystallised to form fibresThe findings from these inspections help identify areas of improvement that can assist schools to improve standards in managing asbestos in their estates. Duty to manage asbestos People also may swallow small amounts of the fibres if the asbestos enters the soil or drinking water. Although asbestos does not dissolve, fibres may enter water after being eroded from natural sources, from asbestos-cement or from asbestos-containing filters. Asbestos is generally divided into two sub-groups; serpentine and amphiboles. Serpentine asbestos (chrysotile or white asbestos) was the most commonly used type of asbestos. Further information on managing asbestos and asbestos surveys is available online. Requirements of the duty to manage asbestos

All AIB work that is not short duration work requires a licence. Short duration work is when work with these materials will take no more than two hours in any seven day period, and no one person works for more than one hour in that two hour period. Work with AIB that is short duration but is still likely to release a high level of asbestos fibres is also licensed. People with breathing problems such as asthma may be more sensitive to the effects of asbestos. Pregnancy and children

HSE’s report on the management of asbestos in schools summarises the findings of a programme of over 400 inspections in schools across Great Britain. It looks at how schools are meeting their legal duties to manage asbestos effectively. provide information on the location and condition of the materials to anyone who is liable to work on or disturb them The duty to manage asbestos is directed at those who manage non-domestic premises: the people with responsibility for protecting others who work in such premises, or use them in other ways, from the risks to ill health that exposure to asbestos causes.