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The AHCA & AIOH co-hosted a great event during Asbestos Focus Month around the challenges that are presented on asbestos contaminated lands. We had speakers from AIOH, ASEA, NSW EPA, NATA and Western Sydney University.
The AHCA’s latest June 2023 Networking Event is now online for those of you who were unable to attend in person, or for anyone interested in reviewing the information.
Catch up on the latest news from AHCA and our guest speakers. This month we have Sam Giorgatzis from Praden, Julia Collins from ASEA and Anna Dawson from SafeWork NSW.
As part of Asbestos Focus Month (November 2022) the Asbestos & Hazardous Materials Consultant’s Association (AHCA) has put together a Members Campaign Pack which includes email content, animation posts, Microsoft Teams Background and other useful information/media resources.
Join us this Thursday, the 24th of November, for a free webinar on Asbestos and Natural Disasters. This webinar focusses on the experiences and lessons learnt from fires and floods in the management of asbestos to prevent exposures to workers and the communities caught up in the clean-ups.
We’d like to thank John Batty for his service as President of the AHCA over the past 18 months. Please find his President report and recording of the AGM.
We were lucky enough to host both the EPA and ASEA at our April Seminar, to learn more about the latest news in the asbestos and hazardous materials world. We’ve recorded all the videos for you to check out, and attached links for each presentation underneath each video.
Our friends over at AIOH are hosting a free webinar that you’re invited to join.
This November, we’re helping to spread information about asbestos and the associated risks with our network and the wider community at large.
As a part of National Safety Month, AHCA provides the following reminder relating to the obligation of monitoring health for workers carrying out asbestos related works. This includes, but is not limited to Licenced Asbestos Assessors (LAAs).
The AHCA would like to highlight to members and the wider industry a recent statement released by NATA clarifying the NATA position regarding the use of adhesive tapes and/or swab sampling techniques and associated analysis for asbestos.
The Asbestos and Hazardous Materials Consultant’s Association (AHCA) recently hosted a webinar on “Western Australia Department of Health: Guidelines for the Assessment, Remediation and Management of Asbestos Contaminated Sites in Western Australia”.