Management of Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) on the Defence Estate
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral. It can be amphibole asbestos which includes crocidolite (blue) and amosite (brown) asbestos, or serpentine asbestos which is chrysotile (white) asbestos. These are the three main types used in Great Britain.
Exposure to amphibole asbestos poses a greater health hazard than exposure to chrysotile, but all types can cause asbestos-related diseases.
The 'Duty to Manage Asbestos in Non-Domestic Premises' introduced in the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 (CAWR) and re-enacted in Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 requires all establishments to have in place a suitable Asbestos Management Plan. The Practitioner Guide provides guidance on the requirements and procedures for managing the asbestos risk.
Control of Legionella
Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia caused by organisms found in water. It is the most well-known and serious form of a group of diseases known as Legionellosis. Legionellosis is the term used for infections caused by legionella pneumophila and other similar bacteria. Infection is caused by inhaling fine air borne water droplets or particles containing the viable bacteria; the disease cannot be passed from one person to another.
Joint Service Publication (JSP) 375 Volume 2, Leaflet 19 Control of Legionella (including hot & cold water systems and cooling towers)provides guidance for all parts of the MOD Estate involving a work activity and or premises where water is used or stored and where there is a means of creating and transmitting water droplets, and thereby causing a reasonably foreseeable risk of Legionellosis.
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007)
Came into force on the 6th April 2007, the aim of the regulations is to integrate health and safety into the management of a project and to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy, target effort where it can do most good in terms of health and safety and ensure risks are managed at the appropriate level.
Practitioners Guide 03/08 is aimed at those persons within MoD who are responsible for carrying out duties under the regulations, in particular those who give advice and those who are involved in the selection and appointment process. It provide guidance on how the regulations are to be complied with and implemented within the MoD and should be read in conjunction with the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Approved Code of Practice.
JSP 375 Vol 2 leaflet 20 provides guidance for those persons within MoD who are responsible for carrying out duties under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 and on how the regulations are to be complied with and implemented within the MoD
Safe Systems – Safety Rules and Procedures.
JSP 375 Volume 3 contains MoD's safe systems of work for its significant risk activities. It's implementation on the defence estate is mandatory. The purpose of Volume 3 is to enable the MoD to effectively manage its significant risk activities in a cohesive and consistent manner and ensure compliance with UK legislation and contains detailed rules and procedures that are compiled and maintained on behalf of the MoD by Defence Estates. Volume 3 is specifically intended to aid duty holders in discharging their responsibility for ensuring competent persons are in place and ensure a consistent approach through implementation of Chapters 3 to 7 inclusive.