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We have updated our asbestos guidance
Asbestos guidance
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Businesses, organisations, and building owners
Guidance for businesses, organisations, and building owners.
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Surveyors
Guidance for asbestos surveyors.
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Licensed and unlicensed removalists
Guidance for licensed and unlicensed asbestos removalists.
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Assessors
Guidance for asbestos assessors.
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Tradespeople
Guidance, learning modules, and resources for tradespeople who work with or near asbestos.
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Homeowners
Information about asbestos for homeowners.
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ACOP: Management and removal of asbestos
This approved code of practice (ACOP) sets out our expectations about how to comply with asbestos health and safety law.
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Resources
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Asbestos templates
Use these templates to manage your asbestos-related work.
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Asbestos posters for tradespeople
Posters with asbestos information for different tradespeople: risks, where it can be found, and what to do if you find or disturb it.
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Videos on asbestos safety
How to wear disposable and reusable respirators safely, dispose of asbestos-related waste, and decontaminate your tools.
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Where asbestos can be found
Where asbestos can be found in New Zealand commercial and residential buildings.
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Learning modules: Working with or near asbestos
These modules are for all tradespeople including self-employed, managers of tradespeople, and those working near tradespeople.
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Policy: How we approve methods for working with asbestos
This policy sets out how we use our authority to approve methods for managing the risk associated with asbestos at workplaces and how we treat these methods once approved.
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Policy clarification: What residential landlords need to do to manage asbestos
This policy clarification sets out when residential landlords have a duty to identify asbestos and prepare an asbestos management plan.
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Policy clarification: What we mean by genuine research and analysis
This policy clarification explains how we interpret genuine research and analysis.
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