HSE Asbestos campaign updates

Asbestos and You

New research reveals that nearly half of tradespeople view asbestos as a problem of the past.

According to a recent survey, over a quarter of respondents (26%) also stated that they have not followed the correct procedures when they have encountered asbestos.

The survey was commissioned by an independent training provider, unrelated to HSE.

No matter what safety equipment you have, if you’re not adequately trained, you shouldn’t be working with asbestos. It is illegal to work on asbestos containing materials without proper training. Find out more about: 

• HSE's Asbestos and You campaign for tradespeople 
• asbestos information, instruction and training 

Asbestos - Your Duty

HSE’s Asbestos - Your Duty campaign is calling on your support to share our campaign resources with your networks to keep people safe from asbestos. 

This now includes the duty to manage asbestos guidance in Welsh. This contains a downloadable PDF to improve understanding of what the legal duty to manage asbestos involves.  

The campaign has a range of free resources available to support those with the legal duty to manage asbestos. You can:  

• watch our short video that outlines the steps to the duty to manage asbestos in buildings  
• visit our webpage to access and download campaign assets 
• view our guidance and asbestos management plan template