Posts by Vicki Hamilton
Asbestos & Silica Awareness Geelong TAFE Apprentice Painting & Deco March 2021
#asbestos #asbestosawareness #Silica #silicaawareness – Today 22nd March ACV/GARDS did a virtual presentation to TAFE apprentice Painter & Decorators at The Gordon, Geelong campus. It was really great to catch up with their teacher Paul Webb and really good to be able to get to more apprentices and make them asbestos & silica aware –…
Read MoreGippsland TAFE Newborough Campus Apprentice Painting & Decorating March 2021
3rd March 2021 We were delighted to attend in person at TAFE Gippsland – Newborough campus to give a session to 35 apprentice Painter and Decorators on asbestos and silica awareness. The group were very enthusiastic and asked many questions – it was great to have so much interaction through out the session – of…
Read MoreHappy New Year To You All in 2021
To All our Members and Supporters – Have a wonderful New Year and most importantly a safe one – Our Office will be closed until the Thursday 14th January 2021 If you require support or assistance of any kind over this time please call Vicki on 0407274173 or email gards@wideband.net.au – Hope to see you…
Read MoreDonation From CFMEU & DELTA Demolition Crews Dec 2020
#asbestosawareness #donation – ACV/GARDS would like to thank very much the crews (gals and guys) from Delta Demolition and the CFMEU – Hazelwood Power station – Hazelwood Mine and EBAC for the wonderful monetary donation they made to us a few days ago. We really appreciate the support in helping us with our asbestos sufferers…
Read MoreAsbestos In Victoria – Free Webinar 27th Nov – 1pm
Asbestos is found in 1 in 3 Australian homes. To support National asbestosawareness week, WorkSafe is hostinga free ‘Asbestos in Victoria’ webinar to raise awareness about the impact asbestos exposure still has on Victorian lives and the strategies in place to reduce exposure. – ACV/GARDS – Brian Healy will be speaking in this webinar –…
Read MoreAsbestos Lurks in More Places Than You’d Think – Free Webinar 24th Nov 2020
We invite you to register for this webinar – it is a joint webinar by the Latrobe Valley Asbestos Task Force – in which Asbestos Council of Victoria/GARDS Inc. are a member – Speakers for this event are: Brian Healy – ACV/GARDS member who contracted mesothelioma, Brett Heriben – Electrician – Latrobe Electrical, Vicki Hamilton…
Read MoreAsbestos & Silica Awareness Virtual Sessions During COVID to TAFES
Over the past months during COVID restrictions ACV/GARDS has been conducting virtual Asbestos & Silica Awareness sessions to as many TAFE apprentices that we could. We are very proud to say that there are apprentice Carpenters at Chisholm TAFE Frankston and Dandenong that have been a part of these sessions. We also have been able…
Read MoreThe Gordon TAFE Geelong Virtual Asbestos & Silica Awareness Session
28th Oct 2020 – Today our org did a virtual asbestos and silica awareness session to 11 apprentice Painting & Decorating students at Geelong TAFE. We would like to thank Paul Webb their trade teacher for going above and beyond in making this happen. We were pleased to get feed back that the session was…
Read MoreOur Zoom Support Group Meetings During COVID
27th Oct – Our asbestos and silica support group met virtually – as we have been doing for a number of months since COVID restrictions commenced – much chatter and catching up was had by all. We were very lucky to have a great speaker – Kate Carmichael – Program Manager of the Latrobe Valley…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Our Heroes in the Pandemic 2020
This is our employee, Maitea, who conducts our support group in Melbourne – the support group is shut down for the rest of this year due to COVID-19 but, Maitea is still very busy as she is a registered nurse and working in a COVID ward in Frankston. She is our hero and we are…
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