Non-accredited training
Asbestos Awareness Training
$48.00 GST Included.
Course Schedule
100% Online Training - 47 lessons, approximately 60 to 75 minutes. Self-paced: the course saves where you are up to, so you can stop and pick it up later.
Course fee
$48.00 GST Included.
Outcome
Upon successful completion of the online course, students will be issued with a certificate of completion for asbestos awareness training. The certificate is issued by NNZMC Pty Ltd, trading as Industry Skills Solutions.
Before you enrol
Entry Requirements
Participants must:
- Have access to a computer, smartphone, tablet or other electronic devices with access to the internet to complete the online studies.
- Language, literacy and numeracy requirements - students must be able to read and correctly interpret required documentation / training materials relevant to asbestos awareness. Additionally, the student will be required to type short answer responses and answer multiple choice questions.
- Digital skills: students need basic digital skills to enrol and to complete any online learning, including using a computer, tablet or smartphone, a web browser and email.
Enrolment is confirmed only once all entry requirements have been met.
Course Information
Everything else you need to know.
Course Details
This 100% online asbestos awareness course is built around the three content areas SafeWork NSW requires asbestos awareness training to cover — asbestos identification, safe handling of asbestos, and suitable control measures — under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025 (NSW), and relevant to the task the worker does. Across 47 lessons it gives participants an overview of:
- Asbestos containing materials (ACMs) & types of asbestos
- The relevant legislation, guidelines and standards, including the NSW codes of practice How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace and How to safely remove asbestos
- The consequences, hazards and risks to health due to exposure
- Licensing requirements, and when a licensed removalist is needed
- Exposure standards
- Hierarchy of Controls
- Systems for prevention of exposure
- Risk assessments and hazard prevention
- Reporting process
- Asbestos waste, tracking and disposal under NSW environmental law
Regional NSW is covered specifically, including naturally occurring asbestos, agricultural buildings, and civil and mining work.
Assessment
This course is a non-accredited course. Learning is checked by seven knowledge checks — 41 questions in total, with feedback on every answer. Each knowledge check must be passed at 80% before the course continues, and retakes are unlimited.
Covering this content is not SafeWork NSW approval, endorsement or accreditation of the course, and none is claimed. Whether the course meets a particular employer's training obligation depends on the work their workers do.
Learner rights, responsibilities and support, including complaints
Please note that enrolment to this course is made with NNZMC Pty Ltd, trading as Industry Skills Solutions. Please refer to the student handbook located on our website ( www.industryskillssolutions.com.au) for all details relating to rights and responsibilities including complaints and appeals.
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