AN UNLICENSED electrician from Blackall has been fined $20,000 and given a three-month suspended prison sentence after an investigation by the Electrical Safety Office (ESO) found his work unsafe.
22/07/2008
THE QUEENSLAND Electrical Safety Office is holding additional free electrical safety forums in Brisbane on 'Working on or near exposed live electrical parts'.
13/07/2009
SOUTHERN Cross Electrical Engineering says it will undertake the low voltage electrical and instrumentation works for Tiwest’s titanium dioxide pigment plant expansion at Kwinana.
02/07/2009
DOWNER EDI will help BHP Billiton expand its Newman Whaleback Mining Operations with electrical installation work.
06/11/2008
THE SYDNEY Morning Herald has highlighted the work of maintenance technicians who look after wind-powered generators.
23/10/2008
THE QUEENSLAND Department of Mines and Energy has raised concerns regarding a perceived fall in the installation and maintenance standards of electrical equipment in underground coal mines.
27/10/2008
EXTREME Safety says its leather outer barrier gloves for electrical work have achieved EN and AN/NZS standards certification.
06/11/2009
NYRSTAR says it might have to delay maintenance work on its Port Pirie smelter, because of wet weather in South Australia.
19/05/2008
ASSURED Asset Testing has written about the common hidden costs of conducting in-house testing and tagging programs for electrical machines and systems.
10/07/2008
A GROUP of maintenance workers at the National Foods milk processing plant have won a 21% pay rise, after being on strike since late July 2008.
18/08/2008
ENERGEX will be embarking on a $2.9m project to upgrade its Bromelton power substation in Queensland.
15/08/2008
BILFINGER Berger Services has secured multiple installation, connection and maintenance contracts with CitiPower, Powercor and EnergyAustralia.
02/07/2009
THE RUNNING dispute between Foster’s and the maintenance workers it made redundant has been resolved, according to the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) and the Electrical Trades Union (ETU).
24/03/2009
TRANSFIELD Services has won a three-year contract to maintain and manage assets for BHP Billiton’s Nickel West in Western Australia.
27/08/2008
BILFINGER Berger Services (BBS) is moving to increase its market share in Western Australia, by appointing a new state manager.
19/02/2009
RADIALL, distributed by Rojone, has released high density RF coaxial waterproof QMA connectors which are rated to IP68 when mated.
11/01/2010
SCANALYSE says it has received help from the Climate Ready grant to develop its three-dimensional laser technology to help mining plants increase energy efficiency.
06/07/2009
FLUKE has released the Fluke 27 II and 28 II digital multimeters which are designed to survive water, dust and rough handling.
02/10/2009
JOHN Immelman from Endress+Hauser Australia has written about how outsourcing killed instrument maintenance, as well as its upcoming resurrection.
01/08/2008