School Asbestos Management Plan

This plan applies to [school name] where asbestos-containing or presumed asbestos-containing materials are present in the school buildings. Where the presence or extent of asbestos has not been established, the school should preserve the presumption that asbestos may be present until relevant information is available.

Ownership and roles

The leadership statement should identify ownership of the asbestos risk and the training arrangements for staff. It should name the individuals who hold relevant responsibilities for this plan and describe their roles.

The person with overall ownership of the asbestos risk is [asbestos risk owner]. The person responsible for maintaining this plan is [amp manager]. The people authorised to make entries or amendments are [authorised amp editors].

Asbestos information and register

The asbestos register should bring together all available and relevant information about asbestos in the school buildings. The register location is [asbestos register location].

The register should identify the information available for each relevant material or area, including information needed to manage the potential risk from asbestos-containing, presumed or hidden asbestos materials. Where the presence or extent of asbestos is unknown, the relevant area or material should be recorded as [unknown asbestos area or material] and managed on that conditional basis.

Risk controls and planned actions

The school should record the risk controls that apply to the asbestos information in the register. These controls should address asbestos-containing materials, presumed asbestos materials and potential hidden asbestos.

The school should record plans for necessary work identified from the risk assessment. These plans should cover remedial work and ongoing management actions, with responsible persons recorded as [action owners].

Condition monitoring

The school should maintain ongoing arrangements to monitor and record the condition of asbestos materials. The arrangements, recording method and responsible person are [condition monitoring arrangements].

Where damaged asbestos is noted, it should be recorded and dealt with through the school’s reporting and escalation procedures. The person receiving the report is [asbestos report recipient], and the escalation route is [asbestos escalation route].

Routine maintenance work

Routine maintenance work undertaken at the school should be controlled through procedures that take account of the asbestos information and risk controls in this plan. The routine maintenance control procedure is [routine maintenance control procedure].

Construction and maintenance projects

Construction and maintenance work should be managed through arrangements that identify the checks needed to confirm that the correct controls are in place and that competent HSE-licensed contractors are used. The person responsible for these checks is [construction work control owner].

Before relevant work is allowed to proceed, the school should use the available asbestos information and the arrangements in this plan to identify the controls required for the work. Project records and control information are held at [construction work records location].

Emergency procedures

The school should maintain emergency procedures for inadvertent disturbance of asbestos-containing materials. The procedures should apply both within and outside the normal opening hours of the school.

The person to contact during normal opening hours is [normal hours emergency contact]. The person to contact outside normal opening hours is [out of hours emergency contact]. The emergency procedure is located at [emergency procedure location].

Communication

The school should make this plan available to staff and visitors who may be liable to disturb asbestos materials, as identified through a risk assessment. The communication arrangements are [asbestos communication arrangements].

The current plan can be accessed by staff and relevant visitors at [amp access location]. The arrangements for communicating relevant changes are [amp change communication arrangements].

Reporting and escalation

Anyone who notes damaged asbestos should use the school’s reporting route without delay. Reports should be directed to [asbestos report recipient] and escalated through [asbestos escalation route].

The school should retain records of reports, decisions and actions in [asbestos reporting records location].

Governance and document control

The school should nominate the people who can make entries to or amendments of this plan. Those people are [authorised amp editors].

The school should maintain formal arrangements for reviewing and updating this plan. The review and update arrangements are [amp review and update arrangements].

The location of all asbestos-related documentation is [asbestos documentation location]. Backup arrangements are [amp backup arrangements], and business continuity arrangements are [amp business continuity arrangements].

Plan administration

Plan owner: [asbestos risk owner]. Plan manager: [amp manager]. Current plan location: [amp access location]. Related asbestos documentation location: [asbestos documentation location].

This plan should be reviewed and updated through the formal arrangements recorded above, including when relevant asbestos information, risk controls, work arrangements, emergency arrangements or responsible persons change.