I am looking for a Toolbox Talk on Asbestos and would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction please. Many thanks,

There is some really good material on hse website

We use a lot of the info on there, purely as toolbox talks for basic asbestos awareness, as our staff shouldn't come into contact with it unknowingly as part of their job (some of our sites have asbestos but these are on register/signed as they need to be).

Hmmm........."some" LAs Building Services Divisions do unfortunately adopt standard PQQ approaches for all contractors. Of the top of my head here's little of relevance to a fencing contractor beyond knowing what asbestos cement sheet looks like and what to do if it's encountered or broken. The Council should have an established emergency procedure for ACMs encountered. CAR Reg 10 awareness training tends to focus on ACMs in buildings -irrelevant to your chaps. I'd be more interested in your arrangements for avoiding underground services to be honest.

If only..... The Council are quite correct in their approach to this situation. Asbestos and asbestos containing materials has for a very long time been conveniently dumped and buried indiscriminately. It may have been bagged or left loose. The Council has identified a hazard or potential hazard. This has to be applauded. If the hazard is present and disturbed to such an extent that persons including the fencing contractors are exposed a question may be asked regarding asbestos awareness training. Well done that Council I say. Little if anything to do with PQQ. Jon

As an archpedant and even though it is not Friday- Get rid of asbestos tool boxes and there is no need to talk about them. But seriously while the LA is to a degree correct about the issue they too have responsibilities if bringing operatives onto their land. It is a duty to ensure that adequate information is provided before work is tendered. If they believe tipping has been and is an issue than it is reasonable for them to do at least a management survey. They will however be loking for the CA standard for awareness training and no TBT is going to be acceptable. Your request actually points to the lack of the necessary competence to do such training. if you want the work then compliance is going to be necessary. I am not convinced however that the LA are right to approach this in the manner they are taking. I would be looking for them to manage their land effectively and bouncing the problem onto the contractor is not good practice in my view