1. All persons who survey asbestos should have taken a training course titled “British Occupational Hygiene Society’s Proficiency Module P402 (building surveys and bulk sampling for asbestos), this however does not deem full competence and it advises working with experience samplers for 6 months after as a minimum.
2. Organisations who are involved in the surveying of asbestos should be accredited by UKAS to ISO/IEC 17020. This will have demonstrated to the accrediting board that they operate impartially, have a robust and effective QMS and employ competent individuals etc.
3. So by having an organisation accredited to the following level duty holders can be sure that surveyors have P402.
4. There are many P402 holders who are sole-traders or work in small businesses which can’t afford to be accredited as above so the HSE introduced a scheme. The Asbetsos Building Inspectors Certificate (ABICS) this now certifies surveyors against ISO 17024.
5. There is no suggestion that UKAS and ABICS are mandatory but competence is. It just means those individuals companies outside of the accreditations will have to prove their competency that much more.
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