Asbestos removal: Good practice guidelines for licensed and unlicensed asbestos removalists

We are consulting on new draft asbestos-related guidance for asbestos removalists. Consultation opens Thursday 1 May and closes on Wednesday 21 May 2025.

This draft guidance document is part of a range of asbestos-related guidance currently under development.

Find out more about our work to update asbestos guidance: stages of asbestos guidance development

Consultation documents

The draft asbestos-related guidance document:

Asbestos removal: Good practice guidelines for licensed and unlicensed asbestos removalists (PDF 4.9 MB)

Please use our submission feedback form to provide your feedback:

Feedback form – Asbestos removal: Good practice guidelines for licensed and unlicensed asbestos removalists (DOCX 68 KB)

Send your completed submission form to: guidanceandeducationdevelopment@worksafe.govt.nz

Please note:

This draft does not necessarily present WorkSafe’s final position on the information contained within it.
The current Approved Code of Practice: Management and removal of asbestos remains the primary point of reference for enforceable good practice in asbestos management and removal.

Stages for asbestos guidance development

There are three draft guidance documents in the second stage of development of a wider suite of asbestos-related guidance.

Stage one (published in 2024)

Asbestos in New Zealand - information for businesses, workers, and others
Asbestos in the home - information for homeowners
Protective clothing and equipment for working with asbestos - guidance for PCBUs
Managing asbestos in your building or workplace - good practice guidance for PCBUs

Stage two (this stage)

Available for review now:

Good practice guidance for asbestos removalists

Available for review June 2025:

Good practice guidance for asbestos assessors

Consultation now closed for:

Good practice guidance for asbestos surveyors

Stage three

Protective clothing and equipment for working with asbestos - guidance for workers
Working with asbestos: Safe work practices - guidance for PCBUs and workers
Working with or near asbestos: Information for specific trades - guidance for PCBUs and workers

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