Asbestos Handler
New YorkActive
- Exam
- State exam
- Education
- None
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- None
Workers involved in asbestos removal must receive appropriate training prior to being certified, and asbestos contractors must meet strict requirements to be licensed. This helps to ensure workers and the public are not exposed to the hazards of breathing asbestos particles.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- State exam required
- Education
- No education required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- Certification required
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- NYS Department of Labor
- Division
- Division of Safety and Health
- Board
- License and Certificate Unit, Bldg 12, Rm. 161
- Address
- Harriman State Office Campus, Building 12, Room 161 Albany, NY 12240
- Phone
- (518) 457-2735
- Agency website
- https://dol.ny.gov/
- Last updated
- February 23, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- Asbestos Abatement Worker 47-2131.00
- Asbestos Abatement Worker 47-2132.00
- Asbestos Worker 47-4041.00
Source and verification
This record is New York's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with License and Certificate Unit, Bldg 12, Rm. 161 — see the issuing body section above.
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