Australian Capital Territory
Work Health and Safety (Asbestos Awareness Training Course and Occupations) Declaration 2018 
Notifiable instrument NI2018-244
made under the  
Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011, s 445 (Duty to train workers about asbestos)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Work Health and Safety (Asbestos Awareness Training Course and Occupations) Declaration 2018.
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences the day after it is notified. 
3	Asbestos Awareness Training Course-Regulation, s 445 (1A) (a)
Under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 section 445(1A)(a), I declare the following course:
10675NAT Course in Asbestos Awareness 
4	Asbestos Awareness Training Course-Regulation, s 445 (1A) (b)
Under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 section 445 (1A) (b), I declare that a person in an occupation specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 to this instrument is required to undertake the course declared under section 445(1A)(a) prior to undertaking any work that may involve working with asbestos or asbestos containing material. 
5 	Recognition of previous training  
A person who: 

(a)	is required to be trained under section 445 of the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011; and 
(b)	has completed a course in asbestos awareness specified in Schedule 1 to this instrument 
is not required to be trained in the course declared under s 445(1A)(a). 
6	Revocation
This instrument revokes the Work Health and Safety (Asbestos Awareness Training) Declaration 2017 (NI2017-622)

Rachel Stephen-Smith
Minister for Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations 

9 May 2018

Schedule 1 

Course 	Date attended 	
Asbestos awareness training – 80803ACT

Provided by the following approved registered training organisations: 

•	Capital Training Institute
•	Creative Safety Initiatives
•	Housing Industry Association Ltd 
•	John Geoffrey Kirwan and Sandra Mary Kirwan trading as Kirwan & Associates 
•	MBA Group Training Ltd
•	Robson Environmental
	1 January 2008 to 
30 December 2013	

		

Asbestos awareness training 

Undertaken in the ACT provided by the following approved registered training organisations:

•	Capital Training Institute
•	Creative Safety Initiatives
•	Housing Industry Association Ltd 
•	MBA Group Training Ltd
•	Robson Environmental
	1 January 2014 to 
30 June 2014	
10314NAT – Course in Asbestos Awareness  

	19 October 2012 to 18 October 2017 	
10675NAT – Course in Asbestos Awareness	From 19 October 2017 until this instrument is repealed.

Schedule 2 

1.	The numbers in column 1 below are occupation code numbers under the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (“ANZSCO”), version 1.2, 2013, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and available at www.abs.gov.au.

2.	The titles in column 2 below are occupation titles under ANZSCO that correspond to the column 1 code.

Column 1 ANZSCO
occupation code number	Column 2 ANZSCO occupation title	
334112	Air-conditioning and Mechanical Services Plumber	
342111	Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic	
232111	Architect	
721212	Backhoe Operator	
331111	Bricklayer 	
821111	Builder’s Labourer	
312112	Building Associate	
312113	Building Inspector	
821411	Building Insulation Installer	
721213	Bulldozer Operator	
342411	Cabler (Data and Telecommunication)	
331212	Carpenter	
331211	Carpenter and Joiner	
233211	Civil Engineer	
312212	Civil Engineering Technician	
811211	Commercial Cleaner	
821211	Concreter	
133111	Construction Project Manager	
821711	Construction Rigger	
821112	Drainage, Sewerage and Stormwater Labourer	
334113	Drainer	
821113	Earthmoving Labourer	
721211	Earthmoving Plant Operator (General)	
233311	Electrical Engineer	
312312	Electrical Engineering Technician	
899914	Electrical or Telecommunications Trades Assistant	
341111	Electrician (General)	
341112	Electrician (Special Class)	
233411	Electronics Engineer	
133211	Engineering Manager	
721214	Excavator Operator	
821311	Fencer	
333211	Fibrous Plasterer	
332111	Floor Finisher	
334114	Gasfitter	

233212	Geotechnical Engineer	
333111	Glazier	
899311	Handyperson	
821412	Home Improvement Installer	
399912	Interior Decorator	
331213	Joiner	
821913	Lagger	
232112	Landscape Architect	
341113	Lift Mechanic	
721216	Loader Operator	
323313	Locksmith	
312512	Mechanical Engineering Technician	
332211	Painting Trades Worker	
841913	Pest Controller	
334111	Plumber (General)	
821114	Plumber’s Assistant	
312115	Plumbing Inspector	
133112	Project Builder	
334115	Roof Plumber	
333311	Roof Tiler	
312611	Safety Inspector	
821712	Scaffolder	
899918	Sign Erector	
333212	Solid Plasterer	
821713	Steel Fixer	
331112	Stonemason	
233214	Structural Engineer	
821714	Structural Steel Erector	
342414	Telecommunications Technician	
333411	Wall and Floor Tiler	
322313	Welder (First Class)