The first step in being able to live or work safely with Asbestos Containing Materials
involves the process of identification.

Identification of Asbestos in the Home

Carters have created an easy to understand free audio-visual presentation entitled
“Managing Asbestos in your Home Safely”. This will provide you with useful background
to understand the nature of asbestos and the associated health risks. To help you to
identify the location of Asbestos Containing Materials within your home, please
consider completing your own Home Asbestos Identification Register.
If you are a D.I.Y. Renovator, we also provide detailed
instructions on how to work safely with the asbestos in your home.

Please follow the links above for further information on How We Can Help You to
identify asbestos in your home.

Identification of Asbestos in the Workplace

Essential information for Asbestos Register Controllers, Managers, Supervisors,
Employees, Property Managers and Professional Tradespeople.

All commercial properties are required by legislation to establish and maintain an
Asbestos Register where asbestos is in situ on the property. Under the regulations,
a competent person must survey the subject property in order to provide the relevant
data to be recorded in the Asbestos Register. This is done by surveying materials used
in the construction of the building and plant, including checking for what is held on the
property as debris, redundant stock and equipment.

It is important for all people who may come in contact with the Asbestos Register or
who are required to Work with Asbestos, receive appropriate training to fully
understand the potential health risks.

As a first step, Carters provide a free on-line Induction Training presentation for
anyone in your organisation. This training is a valuable audio-visual tool for providing
general information on Asbestos for all of your staff.

More formal training called Asbestos Awareness - Level 1 aims to provide all
personnel with a greater level of knowledge and understanding of Asbestos in the
Workplace, the associated health risks for staff, the role of the Asbestos Register
Controller and the responsibilities of both the employer and the employees.

The Level 1 training is a pre-requisite to Working with Asbestos - Level 2 - The Blue Card.
This training course provides all relevant personnel with the skills and knowledge that
they need to use the required control measures, personal protective equipment, safe
work practices and emergency procedures when working on or near Asbestos
Containing Products identified in the Asbestos Register.

Please follow the links above for further information on How We Can Help You to
identify asbestos in your workplace.