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Engineered Stone Banned as of Today 1st July 2024
#silica #silicosis – 1st July 2024 – Engineered stone is officially banned – great work by all who helped to make this happen unions, Joanna Mcneill Silicosis sufferer, silica support groups and silica sufferers that helped by telling their stories – it is a great outcome but we must be vigilant as it lurks in…
Read MoreDomestic 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…
Read MoreAsbestos & Silica Awareness at Kangan TAFE Richmond
#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 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 MoreNew infographic to help identify your risk with crystalline silica work
If you or your workers are carrying out a crystalline silica process or processes, you must identify whether those processes meet the definition of ‘high risk crystalline silica work’. A new infographic created by WorkSafe helps to identify if your processes meet the requirements. Read more information and download the infographic >
Read MoreSilica Assessment Same Day Results – Alfred Hospital Respiratory Clinic
September 2021 – Clinical assessment with same day results – for workers who have been exposed to silica dust. For the first time workers will be able to attend the Alfred Respiratory clinic and undergo a full health assessment in one day – for more info on all of this please go to the web…
Read MoreSilicosis and Engineered Stone
We all love beautiful kitchens, but it might be time to consider other options for bench-tops as the number of Stonemansons diagnosed with silicosis continues to rise. Watch this report from The Project on 6 June 2021 to hear about the effect of Silicosis and the call to phase out engineered stone products made with…
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…
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