Working on Department of Education facilities prescribes requirements for service providers and contractors to fulfil their obligations regarding all work performed on department-owned facilities, including work involving asbestos-containing material (ACM). The latest version of the document includes changes to service provider asbestos management responsibilities. A
summary of key changes to the document is available.
It is imperative that service providers ensure that all work undertaken at departmental facilities is carried out in a safe manner. Service providers must obtain a Work Area Access Permit (WAAP) for the following works, regardless of whether the works are intended to disturb ACM:
- planned and unplanned maintenance work
- project work (including work of a minor nature such as installation of building notice boards)
- building-related inspections that have the potential to involve the disturbance of building materials
- pricing-related inspections that require entry into concealed cavities or spaces, such as ceiling voids
- incident response
- sampling of building materials for analysis
- any other building or construction works that could cause disturbance to building materials.
An asbestos register is attached to the WAAP containing information about known confirmed, assumed and removed ACM.
Service providers must be given the following documents when being asked to provide quotes for work.