WorkSafe Reminder – No Shortcuts in Training

WorkSafe Victoria has asked us to remind Asbestos Contractors that workers employed to remove asbestos MUST be provided with adequate training and instruction, as specified in the Compliance Code Removing Asbestos in Workplaces. A (non member) contractor was recently investigated by WorkSafe because they had apparently provided “in house” training for their employees, however when [...]

Asbestos Risks

Barry Robson from the Asbestos Diseases Foundation says that home renovators are the next big wave of sufferers from asbestos-related disease. “The poor buggers who work in the industrial side of the asbestos will all be dead in another 10, 15 years. But the home renovators, the young people who are renovating their homes, are [...]