Air-Met Scientific is a Platinum Sponsor of FAMANZ
Our motto at Air-Met Scientific is “Working Together to Make a Difference”. This is not just a company headline but what strive to achieve in everything we do. We endeavour to work towards advancing collective knowledge in the industries we service and supply. One way we do this is through sponsoring leading industry associations, so they are supported to further industry knowledge to provide a safe and healthy environment for workers and the community.
The newest addition to our sponsorships along with RESP-FIT is FAMANZ (Faculty of Asbestos Management of Australia and New Zealand). FAMANZ is chaired by industry professionals with extensive knowledge and experience. It aims to reduce the associated harm of asbestos to the community by advancing education improving management practice and furthering industry knowledge to provide a safe and healthier environment. It also provides a professional home for practitioners providing services to the asbestos industry including occupational hygienists, asbestos removal contractors, environmental consultants, asbestos assessors / surveyors, and property managers.
Key Objectives of FAMANZ
The key objectives of FAMANZ are to:
Advance industry knowledge and understanding of asbestos assessment, management, and remediation
Improve the practice of asbestos assessment, management, and abatement and the knowledge, competence and standing of its practitioners.
Advance education and training in relation to asbestos assessment, management, and remediation
The Need for an Asbestos Safety and Management Organisation
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral made up of tiny, microscopic fibres. When it is disturbed, these fibres become airborne and can be easily inhaled. Asbestos is a carcinogen as its fibres can get trapped in the lungs and cause cancer. Asbestos is known to cause lung, ovary and larynx cancer and can develop decades after exposure.
Friable asbestos products have been commonly used in commercial and industrial buildings since the late 1800s for fireproofing, soundproofing and insulation. It was only in 2003 that asbestos was banned from use in manufacture, use, reuse, import, transport, storage, or sale.
The people at greatest risk of asbestos inhalation are those that undertake repairs, maintenance, renovations and other work on older buildings and infrastructure which contain asbestos materials. Exposure to asbestos has led to premature deaths of many workers in Australia and New Zealand. FAMANZ works in conjunction with allied industry societies, regulators, government, and the community in Australia and New Zealand to raise the professional and ethical standards of professionals providing services to the asbestos management industry.
Air-Met Scientific has been supplying and servicing the Asbestos management industry with asbestos sampling equipment since 1984. We are proud to be a platinum sponsor of FAMANZ and am looking forward to working together to educate workers and the general public about the dangers of asbestos.
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