The sheer variety and volume of chemicals that are used in our industrial processes today is unprecedented. We owe to them a great deal of thanks for our manufacturing potency, but they can be extremely damaging – hence our need for chemical spill kits, in Australia and around the world, to guard against injury and ecological damage.
The modern firm has to focus on more than just their product. In the era of online reviews and rapid-fire news feeds, you must be aware of your impact upon both your clients, and your local environment. Not only can spills and carelessness net you a hefty fine from the local government, but it can hurt your bottom line.
Much is made about the importance of keeping caustic chemicals out of the wrong hand within the home. Anyone who has hosted young children knows the curiosity of youth, and locking away anything that can be potentially ingested is essentially the First Law of Parenting. But these principles can, and should be, applied in the workplace.
It’s just another day in the warehouse when all of a sudden a loud crash alerts you to danger. A drum has fallen, draining its contents onto the floor. In the fight to clean spills, absorbents are your best friend, which is why they are the main component of any good spill kit.
Train travel has been a staple of both human and product transport for over a century now, and its importance has waxed and waned over the years. Of late, however, it has become among a staple method of moving one of most vital substances to modern life and industry, and this has come with a number of consequences for spill management environmental stewardship, and spill kits worldwide.
In a state that is not short of superlatives, Fraser Island stands out strongly. The world’s largest sand island is a product of 750 000 of years of erosion working its magic along the coast of Australia, as sediments, carried by a strong northerly ocean current, wrapped around the Sandy National Park and deposited them on the 120 kilometre expanse of Fraser Island.
The ubiquitous nature, and consistent use, of a fuelling station is one of the reasons that these areas tend to contribute a high percentage of the total spillage of hydrocarbons in Australia. It only takes a second of carelessness for fuel to spill while filling a petrol, propane, or diesel tank. This makes the placement of your spill kit vital, along with the proper training for users and technicians.
Spill kits are a vital aspect of any industrial workplace, but the deployment of your spill kit has to be done right for it to operate as designed. There is often a level of panic when a spill has occurred, and internalising the method of deployment of your spill kit can ensure that it is done properly.
At EcoSpill, we want to ensure that we train our clients on how best to employ their spill kit. As such, we provide expert spill kit training to meet your environmental obligations. Ecospill is leading the way in industrial spill kit training, offering courses from introductory level through to Certificate IV proficiency.
Our courses will help you become well-acquainted with your spill kit. The regulatory landscape here in Australia punishes polluters with severe fines, and spill kit training can be important to safeguard your firms’ bottom line.
Our courses are laid out in a comprehensive fashion, beginning from the fundamentals and moving onwards from there. The courses, the first of their kind in Australia, are laid out as such:
Our courses teach theory, relevant literature, and practical elements of cleaning up a variety of spills, from hydrocarbons, to fuels, greases, and beyond. We take pains to teach useful skills that can be passed down to your personnel, ensuring that you can operate safely within the regulatory landscape of your state.
For more information on how Ecospill can teach you the methods you need to know to be spill-safe, contact us today.
