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Online Course: Asbestos Awareness & Safety (English, Chinese) - Free (Was $175) @ TAFE NSW

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Online Course: Asbestos Awareness & Safety (English, Chinese) - Free (Was $175) @ TAFE NSW
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whyisave on 25/12/2025 - 11:12 store.training.tafensw.edu.au (1698 clicks)
Last edited 01/01/2026 - 23:12 by 1 other user

Merry Christmas and here's the ultimate gift for OzBargainers, this morning, ie. the gift of knowledge.

This course will expand your awareness and knowledge about asbestos.

This course is normally $175, but free until 31 January 2026, and available in 2 languages:

• English language:
https://store.training.tafensw.edu.au/product/asbestos-aware…

• Chinese language:
https://store.training.tafensw.edu.au/product/asbestos-aware…

Course Duration: 2.5 hours
Course Delivery: Online (self-paced)
Access period: 6 months access from the day of enrollment

Course access requires an E-mail login
(Create an account on the TAFE NSW website)

Asbestos Awareness & Safety (English, Chinese)

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral found in rocks and was used in over 3000 building products until it was banned in 2004. It is still present in one in three Australian homes today. When asbestos is disturbed, asbestos fibres can be inhaled, which can cause life-threatening diseases such as asbestosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer.

Around 4000 Australians die every year from asbestos related diseases.

Unsafe work practices when working with asbestos put you and your co-workers at risk and anyone else that may come into contact with it.

On successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• recognise the risk and serious long-term impacts of asbestos exposure.
• recognise the roles, responsibilities, and legislation for asbestos related work.
• determine if asbestos containing material may be present.
• identify asbestos containing materials and hazardous activities that lead to asbestos exposure.
• identify suitable control measures for asbestos and asbestos containing materials ACM
• safely handle asbestos and asbestos containing materials (ACM)
• inspect worksites and communicate asbestos risks and asbestos controls with an informed perspective.

This course is aimed at all NSW construction tradespeople, demolition workers, renovators, handypersons and anyone who is likely to encounter asbestos on the job. Completion of this course will ensure employers of these workers meet their legal obligation to provide asbestos awareness training. Further training is required to do licensed asbestos removal work i.e. to remove more than 10sqm of non-friable asbestos or any amount of friable asbestos.

As you work through the course you will have the opportunity to answer some questions and progressively check your understanding. Complete the assessment quiz and the feedback activity to obtain your CPD certificate of completion.

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  • IlIlIl IlI llIIIl on 25/12/2025 - 11:16
    +9

    I'm sure there's plenty of money being made from cleaning up coloured play sand

  • bdl on 25/12/2025 - 11:17
    +5

    English: Oh sh-t!
    Chinese: No problemo!

  • tenpercent on 25/12/2025 - 11:19
    +9

    But does this get you an .edu.au email?

    • slipperypete on 25/12/2025 - 11:32
      +1

      no

        • Nom on 25/12/2025 - 11:48
          +33

          Asbestos Awareness & Safety (English, Chinese) - FREE (was $175)

  • Cheap Gamer on 25/12/2025 - 11:38

    But there's nothing about using asbestos panic to gouge customers for simple fibro cleanups. Silk bunny suits ain't cheap!

    • ExeGNR on 25/12/2025 - 11:42
      +4

      I couldn’t agree more. It is an absolute disgrace how companies are ripping people off of fears of this stuff.
      Removed a garage following the guidance using PPE, N95 mask, water and 200 microns bag. Not a problem at all and no a single dust raised.
      Followed the same procedure as companies tend to post when they do their job so you can’t get wrong.
      I’ve seen cowboys smashing asbestos sheets with absolutely no care and they say using “HEPA” for vacuum where the bin is not fully sealed.

      • Cheap Gamer on 25/12/2025 - 11:50
        +2

        Yeah, and they go nuts if they find broken pieces.

        "Sorry mate, the soil is contaminated and we gotta remove it too. Gonna cost ya!"

        • whyisave on 25/12/2025 - 13:17
          +2

          Yeah, and they go nuts if they find broken pieces.
          "Sorry mate, the soil is contaminated and we gotta remove it too. Gonna cost ya!"

          Am I Being Scammed by Demolition Company?
          https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/767297

          • Cheap Gamer on 25/12/2025 - 13:45

            @whyisave: Shaw's post is the kicker. Anytime they want to bring in experts or special machines, grab your wallet and run.

            • whyisave on 25/12/2025 - 14:02

              @Cheap Gamer: How to avoid this "stitch-up" in the future?

              I've heard of other people's stories, about knock-down rebuilds always coming to a situation with the asbestos removals at the beginning of the build, ie. some company seeing pieces and then charging $$$ to remove it.

      • Perrino on 25/12/2025 - 11:54
        +5

        Worst part is the cowboys getting unsuspecting 18 year old apprentices shoveling the crap who don't know better.

        See plenty of it in the gentrification tear downs on the outer burbs where they'll then develop for units.

        • C Scott on 25/12/2025 - 20:02

          Or the care home operators of a certain religious faith that exploit Vietnamese for the non friable work knowing they wont live to claim against them.

      • ego22 on 26/12/2025 - 09:43
        +1

        "No, N95 masks are generally not sufficient or recommended for asbestos work, especially high-risk tasks, because they don't provide a perfect seal and lower-rated ones (like N95/P2) don't filter enough"

        Lol, maybe you should have don't the course.

        • tenpercent on 31/12/2025 - 17:03

          Lol, maybe you should have don't the course.

          R.I.P. ExeGNR

  • djmm on 25/12/2025 - 11:47
    +6

    Make asbestos great again!

  • ozb-plshelpmywallet on 25/12/2025 - 11:52
    -8

    Chinese? wtf!

    • justaddwater on 25/12/2025 - 11:59
      +1

      have you seen your local builder?

      • tenpercent on 25/12/2025 - 12:52
        +4

        Yes. He also delivers by Ubereats.

  • donman92 on 25/12/2025 - 11:59
    +5

    Wild how we banned engineered stone likely from the asbestos scare but of course using common sense and proper handling is too much to ask. Just ban it instead 🤣😤

  • GordonD on 25/12/2025 - 12:37
    -2

    Can we sign up all the politicians responsible for spending millions of taxpayers money and disrupting schools and scaring kids and parents all over a trace of asbestos in play sand that was so incredible small that it took some guys testing some new advanced equipment looking for what they were sure wasn't in it to see a negative result to find it.

    And to the councils who have used material for recreational facilities that was so obviously contaminated a person just looking at it could see the asbestos in it.

    • frewer on 25/12/2025 - 12:44

      In my town, they dump a big pile of it right in front of a BIG NAME brand milk company and leave it there for months. I will never buy that milk brand ever again.

      • tenpercent on 25/12/2025 - 12:53

        Do you inhale your milk?

  • stephjess3 on 25/12/2025 - 17:03
    +1

    Can we do it if we are in WA

    • whyisave on 25/12/2025 - 17:12

      I think you should be, because I don't remember a check for an address, when I signed up for this course,.

    • slipperypete on 25/12/2025 - 19:53
      +1

      free for Wittenoom residents

  • coolsteps on 25/12/2025 - 20:14

    what's the unit code? can it be used towards credit for other construction certificates?

    • thaihoangaus on 25/12/2025 - 21:42
      +1

      No, this is non-accredited course

    • whyisave on 26/12/2025 - 16:02

      On the course completion certificate :

      • it's from "Construct NSW"
      • no Registration / License number provided
      • this disclaimer, at the bottom:
        "This short course does not lead to nationally recognised certification."
  • thaihoangaus on 25/12/2025 - 21:44
    +4

    For your information, this is a non-accredited course. If you work on construction sites in NSW, some builders may accept it, but most will not. Additionally, if you intend to work in the ACT, you will need to complete the accredited course — 11084NAT Course in Asbestos Awareness.

  • ozb-plshelpmywallet on 26/12/2025 - 15:50

    “ Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral found in rocks”

    by default it is dangerous inhaling dust from any processing of stone products , polishing , cutting etc.

    yet even today you rarely see any trades wearing ppe when working with stone products , tilers , concreters , and of course stone benchtops

  • stuckster on 28/12/2025 - 09:33
    +1

    Don't know why you would ever pay for this. All the information you need is here for free
    https://www.asbestos.nsw.gov.au/

    • whyisave on 28/12/2025 - 09:42

      Yes, the information at the website you linked, is mostly in the "free" TAFE online course.

      Doing an online course, has a structured learning approach and at the end, you get a certificate that you can show others (however, in this case, that certificate is not accredited).

  • whyisave on 01/01/2026 - 23:13

    Update:

    This course is available fully discounted until January 31st, 2026.

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