Asbestos and Silica Awareness Gippsland TAFE Yallourn

By Wendy McEwan | March 20, 2024 |

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!!!

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Domestic Building Course for Trainees at Yallourn TAFE

By Wendy McEwan | March 13, 2024 |

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…

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Watch and learn from Asbestos and Silica videos

By Wendy McEwan | October 28, 2022

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…

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Asbestos Disclosure in residential properties

By Wendy McEwan | July 1, 2022

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…

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Think Twice About Asbestos Webinar

By Wendy McEwan | December 13, 2021

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…

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Asbestos Awareness Week 2021

By Wendy McEwan | November 23, 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…

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Read the GARDS November 21 Newsletter

By Wendy McEwan | November 13, 2021

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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