ChemCert staff wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ..

The Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is mandatory in Australia since 1 January 2017, with the exception of Victoria and Western Australia.  ..

The economic impact on agriculture nationally of predation and mauling of livestock by wild dogs and foxes is around 166 million dollars per year (see feralscan.org.au and animalcontrol.com.au for further details).  ..

When a job involves handling containers of hazardous chemicals, including moving, decanting or mixing them, spillage might occur.  ..

 Once the stuff of sci-fi movies, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) are well and truly here.  ..

Chemcert Training Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Tanya Ginns as a Chemcert trainer and assessor, who represents the only female Chemcert trainer in the country.  ..

They say where there’s mud there’s money, and given recent high rainfall in much of Australia excepting perhaps North Queensland, it looks as though dust and empty dams have given way to abundant growth and in some places to mud because sometimes we get a little more rain than we bargained for. ..

Two recent events highlight the importance of biosecurity for Australia in general and Australian agriculture in particular: ..

According to SafeWork Australia, “Codes of practice are practical guides to achieving the standards of health, safety and welfare required under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and the WHS Regulations in a jurisdiction.”  ..

When you use a pesticide the aim is getting as close to 100% control of your weed, pest or disease as possible, with minimal exposure of yourself, others and the environment, and to have no residues on what you sell to market (well at the least below the accepted maximum residues levels). ..