The Asbestos Product Guide (the Guide) is an interactive, online tool providing a visual reference for various types of asbestos containing materials (ACMs) that were manufactured and/or marketed and used in Australia.
It has been developed for asbestos professionals, such as asbestos surveyors and removalists, to support consistent and accurate identification of ACMs, and also serves as an educational resource for the general public to show where asbestos can be found in buildings. It is designed to assist, not replace, the professional identification of ACMs through sampling and testing.
Throughout the guide you will see images and descriptions of asbestos products, as well as:
- information on when and where they were used
- marketed brand and product names (where known)
- period era and marketing images to provide provenance for the products and to demonstrate how they were marketed to industry and the DIY customer
- contemporary images to demonstrate the effect of age, as well as wear and tear, to aid visual recognition
- technical information about the products, where available, to improve understanding of how the products were manufactured, used and installed.
The Guide will be continuously reviewed and updated. If you have any additional images and information which can be used to enhance the Guide’s content, please contact us at engage@asbestossafety.gov.au.
The Guide supports ASSEA’s National Asbestos Survey Guide (under development).
