Education
Watch 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.
Read MoreClear and Present Danger – watch this video on finding asbestos in your home
A great video we have added to our series of videos for tradies is ‘Clear and Present Danger‘. This video is informative and easy to follow, and shows where you could find asbestos in your home. Visit the Education section of this website to watch it >
Read MoreChisholm TAFE VET Apprentices Asbestos & Silica Awareness Sessions May 2021
#asbestos #silica 12th May saw ACV/GARDS conducting an asbestos and silica awareness session to 140 Frankston Chisholm TAFE VET apprentices – 70 students in the morning and 70 students in the afternoon – there were some terrific questions by the VET students and much information was shared between the students and ourselves and their trade…
Read MoreAsbestos & 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 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 –…
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