Working at Heights, Confined Spaces and Asbestos: What Licences You Actually Need

Working at heights, entering confined spaces, and handling potential asbestos are three of the highest-risk categories in trades work, and each carries its own specific training or ticket requirement in most states.

What generally triggers the requirement

• Working at height — generally triggered above a set height threshold that varies by state and task
• Confined spaces — triggered by entering an enclosed or partially enclosed space not designed for continuous occupancy
• Asbestos — a heightened risk on any building constructed before 2004, when asbestos-containing materials were still legally used

“She'll be right” attitudes in these three categories are exactly what WHS regulators fine businesses over — and for good reason, since these are consistently among the highest-consequence categories of workplace incident in construction.