Education
Domestic Building & Construction Asbestos & Silica Awareness June 26th
#asbestos #silica – 26th June saw ACV/GARDS conduct an education session to the Gippsland Trades & Labour Council Inc Domestic Building & Construction participants – great bunch of guys -, enthusiastic and asked many questions – always great to see them getting involved in the talk and we now have another bunch of young people…
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#asbestos #silica – 14th June – ACV/GARDS conducted an awareness session at Kangan TAFE Richmond to the Painting and Decorating TAFE teachers National Conference – teachers from other TAFES in different states came in for a get together and we were lucky enough to do an awareness session on asbestos and silica to them. They…
Read MoreAsbestos and Silica Awareness to Monash 1st Year Medical Students
ACV/GARDS has two 1st year Medical students in semester 1 who are doing community placement with us and learning all about what support groups like ours do in the community to help asbestos and silica sufferers and their families . Henry White and Emilie Collins are gaining a lot of information by attending a session…
Read MoreAsbestos and Silica Awareness Gippsland TAFE Yallourn
ACV/GARDS were invited to conduct asbestos and silica awareness to secondary students and apprentices “Painting & Decorating” cohort on 20 March 2024 – We were fortunate to have Jaonna McNeill along to conduct the silica part of our program – great questions from everyone – these students are now asbestos and silica aware!!!
Read MoreDomestic Building Course for Trainees at Yallourn TAFE
ACV/GARDS were pleased to attend the Domestic Building Course for Trainees by Gippsland Trades and Labour Council on 13 March 2024. We conducted a sessions to the trainees on Asbestos Awareness and the dangers and Silica – This was such an important session as these are the building blocks for further information gathering. We were…
Read MoreWatch and learn from Asbestos and Silica videos
Did you know we have lots of videos on our website featuring research, personal stories, education and more for our Tradies and Apprentices? You can find them under the Education Tab in the Asbestos and Silica videos for Apprentices and Tradies. We also have a collection of videos on Asbestos Disease for families and those…
Read MoreAsbestos Disclosure in residential properties
If you are buying or selling a house, or are a Landlord or Tenant, there are some responsibilities around Asbestos Disclosure you need to be aware of to help keep everyone safe. Watch these two new videos to learn more: Disclosure of asbestos in residential property: Information for renters and landlords Disclosure of asbestos…
Read MoreThink Twice About Asbestos Webinar
Watch a recording of our Asbestos webinar that took place on 26 November 2021. If you missed it or are interested in the issues around asbestos please take time to watch the video, it takes about an hour and tells a lot about what is happening in this area. We hope you will find it…
Read MoreAsbestos Awareness Week 2021
Asbestos Awareness Week is November 22 – 28 The National Asbestos Awareness Week 2021 Stakeholder Campaign Pack, created by the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency, contains a great range of free information, posters, social media graphics, fact sheets and press ads available to use. All resources and assets are available via dropbox for download in…
Read MoreRead the GARDS November 21 Newsletter
Take a look at our November 2021 Newsletter, with some great articles and news on what we have been doing in recent months. A big thank you to our team and the businesses who support us to make the newsletter possible.
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