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NSW · 3 points

Crystalline Silica on Site: The Engineered Stone Ban and Your Duties

Australia banned engineered stone — but silica risk did not leave your sites. Concrete, brick, tile and fibre cement all release respirable crystalline silica when cut. Know the current rules and the controls that actually protect your crew.

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Buy this course · $49.00 or save with a points pack

You'll learn: Apply the current crystalline silica rules on a residential site: identify which tasks are high-risk processing, implement dust controls that genuinely work, run the paperwork that proves it, and understand what the engineered stone ban does and does not cover.

  • NSW: 3 points (Safety)

What’s inside

  1. About this course
  2. why silica became the asbestos conversation of this decade
  3. What the engineered stone ban does and does not cover
  4. High-risk processing: which tasks actually count
  5. The hierarchy of control, applied to dust
  6. Water suppression that actually works
  7. Respiratory protection: getting it right or not bothering
  8. Your duties as a PCBU, in plain terms
  9. Paperwork that actually protects you
  10. Housekeeping, laundry and the exposures nobody counts
  11. Health monitoring and what workers should know
  12. Building it into how the site runs
  13. Where the silica actually is, material by material
  14. The exposure standard and air monitoring, in practice

Plus 3 knowledge checks, 2 site scenarios, 1 drag-and-drop task and an assessment at the end.

Reviewed by a NSW building practitioner.

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Disclaimer

The information provided in this course has been prepared using best endeavours to ensure that it is accurate, current and relevant at the time of publication. However, building legislation, regulations, standards, codes, policies and their interpretation may change over time and, in some circumstances, may be subject to interpretation or vary depending on the specific circumstances of a project.

The information provided is intended as general educational guidance only and should not be relied upon as a substitute for project-specific professional advice or verification.

Builders, contractors and other industry professionals are encouraged to independently verify the applicable requirements for each project, including the relevant legislation, regulations, standards, approvals and authority requirements, having regard to the specific site, building, construction method and circumstances.

PointCPD makes no representation or guarantee that the information provided will be applicable to every project or circumstance and recommends that participants seek appropriate professional or regulatory advice where clarification is required.