VICTORIA University says it is running several courses in hazardous area training for maintenance workers, and contractors.
24/08/2009
RCR TOMLINSON has acquired a maintenance service workshop in South Australia, allowing the company to cater to the resources industry in SA and Victoria.
08/07/2008
WORKSAFE Victoria has released a safety alert regarding the cleaning of concrete pumping equipment.
14/12/2009
THE HEATWAVE is putting the strain on the power supply in Victoria, which is already relying on interstate power and could tap industrial reserves to keep the network alive.
06/02/2009
ENVIRONMENT Protection Authority Victoria says it has identified equipment at meat processing company Australian Tallow as the source of odours in the Brooklyn area.
03/08/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria says workers using lead solder to repair radiators risk being exposed to excessive amounts of lead.
20/07/2009
COATES Hire has acquired Victoria-based Monash Hire, expanding its presence and fleet of equipment.
04/06/2010
SUNBEAM has undertaken a $2m upgrade of its Irymple factory in Victoria.
12/11/2009
VICTORIA’S Water Minister Tim Holding has met with the Power Grid Option Group (PGOG) to discuss the options for powering the state’s desalination plant project.
18/09/2008
WORKSAFE Victoria has issued a safety alert on the use of caustic chemicals used to clean industrial facilities.
31/07/2009
MCCAIN Foods has been fined $145,000 after a maintenance fitter’s left thumb was amputated by a machine in 2007 due to health and safety failings at its Ballarat plant.
22/02/2010
CSIRO has concluded the Maine’s Power project in Castlemaine, Victoria to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from local plants and facilities by 2010.
24/07/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria has published a short guideline for keeping inspection and maintenance records of mobile plant equipment.
14/07/2008
BILFINGER Berger Services has turned the first sod on-site at Origin’s Mortlake Power Station in Victoria.
26/03/2009
MAINTENANCE workers, plant operators and tradesmen engaged in plant and factory work should check for the presence of underground infrastructure before they start digging, according to work safety authorities.
23/05/2008
BUILDING and refrigeration services provider Hastie has acquired Nisbet & Durney, effectively expanding its hydraulics business in New South Wales.
03/07/2008
THE COLLEGE of Mechanical Engineers is holding a one-day seminar on Storage Tanks and Dangerous Goods.
01/09/2008
DOWNER EDI will acquire Corke’s Instrument Engineering business, provider of specialist industrial instrumentation services.
02/04/2009
A NEW report from IDC Australia claims the utility industry will be ramping up its maintenance and metering technologies.
17/04/2009
BILFINGER Berger Services has secured multiple installation, connection and maintenance contracts with CitiPower, Powercor and EnergyAustralia.
02/07/2009