VOs will be looking at documents and asking set questions about a range of site documentation including the site diary, daily checks, smoke test, isolations, ASB5, plan of work, risk and COSHH assessments, ELCI, asbestos survey, DCU, NPUs, RPE, training, work at height, scaffold work, four‑stage clearance, analyst, personal monitoring etc…    Graham Warren, ACAD ManagerREAD MORE

ACAD offices and Skill Card application services will be closed from 12pm on Friday 23 December until 9am on Tuesday 3 January 2023. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Safe and Merry Christmas, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

The British Society of Soil Science (BSSS) recently hosted a webinar in the lunchtime series of Zoom into Soil covering Asbestos in Soils. The first speaker was Simon Hay, a Senior Environmental Consultant at Arcadis. Simon’s presentation, An Introduction to Land Contamination Risk Assessment: Asbestos and Other Contaminants, provided a brief overview of the Land Contamination Risk AssessmentREAD MORE

The latest FAAM conference was held this week in Birmingham, and top of the agenda was the Right Honourable Stephen Timms MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, who talked about their report into HSE Approach to Asbestos Management. This was closely followed by Garry Burdett giving an update on the latest fromREAD MORE

This second edition includes a focus on some key findings from site audits, an article from the latest addition to the ACAD team Tony Birchall, and a look at mental health at work after the World Mental Health Day last Monday. To view this newsletter on your mobile please click here. To view this newsletter on yourREAD MORE