2022 Workshops

A myriad of risks exists in our industry, but it is our understanding and action in regard to these events that often lead to financial loss, injury, and deaths. The transition to naming these events as black swans, grey rhinos, boiling frogs, and more has evolved as a pedagogical tool to help us understand events that can be high impact but low probability, high impact and high probability, or high impact but consider the creeping element of time. Rather than focus on what we “could have done”, the goal of this workshop is to offer a more complete understanding of the Risk Characterization and Evaluation process within a Risk Management System. Through guided discussion and interactive exercises, participants will be offered an introduction and review of risk evaluation and its importance within risk assessment followed by a discussion of the process of risk characterization and the acceptance of risk. During the workshop participants will learn: how to identify hazards; how to assess risks; how to mitigate risks; how to ensure controls remain effective; and examples of the risk management process. Everyone who attends this workshop will receive a certificate of attendance from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC).

Dr Gavin Macgregor-Skinner is the Senior Director of the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a Division of ISSA, and has more than 30 years of technical experience in responding to infectious disease outbreaks and emergency management. For the COVID-19 pandemic, he conducted onsite biological risk assessments and provided “just-in-time” training on infection prevention and control, cleaning and disinfection, and safe working practices for frontline workers in 16 US States and Hong Kong in hospital emergency departments, assisted-living and nursing homes, convention centers, airports, stadiums, public transport workers, and hotel staff and other essential employees. He has served on COVID-19 medical advisory committees for American Airlines, Port Authority Of New York and New Jersey, Hyatt Hotels, International Association of Venue Managers, American Association of Airport Executives, NFL and NBA teams including Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, and Los Angeles Lakers.

He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine and teaches three 15-week graduate courses on Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Terrorist Emergencies. In 2014 he received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in teaching.

He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, BBC, Canada CTV, Australia ABC, C-SPAN, and other news outlets to share his expertise on High Consequence Pathogens such as Coronavirus, Ebola, Influenza, Measles, Cholera, Zika and other global health threats. He served 12-years as an Officer in the Australian and British militaries and was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the U.S. CDC in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Global Health Fellow with the United States Agency for International Development in Washington DC.

In this interactive workshop, Protimeter’s own Nigel Burford will introduce a new range of moisture meters and demonstrate how they are used to read material from wood product to cementation products in buildings. Ivi Sims will be supporting Nigel by setting the room with a remote testing moisture sensor, data logger and thermal imaging recorder, and showing the live readings taken from from materials in the ASD house. The live data will be displayed on the screens in the Coach8 training room. Workshop participants will see the sensors in action and use the meters for themselves to understand how this new technology can help them in real-time reporting. Participants can ask questions and use meters in the training room and in the ASD house to better understand the technology and its advantages.

Ivi Sims has 22 years industry experience with the following achievements in the restoration industry: WLS, CMP, Triple Master Restorer, CIQAM, RTPE and AIRAH.M. Ivi has presented at various conferences including the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) conference 2019, the Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association (ISSA) conference 2019, and the Building Physics Forum 2019. In 2016, Ivi became a founding member of the Indoor Air Quality Association Australian Chapter (IAQAA) and the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) Membership Committee. Ivi is the Australian editor of Healthy Indoor Magazine which deals with many indoor air quality situations including mould and building science. Ivi is also the past President of Victoria’s Specialist Cleaning and Restoration Association (SCRP), 2013-2015. Ivi currently sits on international committees that help to develop standards or promote the industry, including: the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) Health and Safety Cleaning and Restoration Committee, and the S760 Committee.

Nigel Burford became the non-America regions’ sales manager for Protimeter in March 2021, after working for the parent company (Amphenol) as a field applications engineer for sensor technology since 2018. He has a family history in the building trade and is passionate about enabling the surveying and restoration workforce with the latest connected solutions from Protimeter.

Restoration Industry Consultants will be providing a practical hands-on workshop to demonstrate just some of the limitations with microbial sampling following a microbial remediation project. Participants will be invited to conduct simulated microbial sampling in a wet area of the Coach8 Drying House after a mock remediation project. Following the sampling process, the limitations of the process will be revealed and participants ‘illuminated’.

Jeremy Stamkos is the Managing Director and Principal Consultant of Restoration Industry Consultants and since 2001, has been a highly influential participant in the Indoor Air Quality and HVAC Hygiene industries in Australia. Having built a national HVAC hygiene and specialist decontamination service business in the 2000s, Jeremy has since sold out of that business and turned his hand to consulting, education and advocacy for Indoor Air Quality, insurance property repair (restoration) and HVAC hygiene industries. Jeremy was the convenor of the AIRAH HVAC Hygiene Best Practice Guidelines published in 2009 and currently serves as AIRAH Associate Director for the Indoor Air Quality Special Technical Group. He is also an Accredited Instructor for various Industry organisations including the National Air Duct Cleaners Association USA. The most significant and recent IAQ initiative that Jeremy is involved with is the writing and submission of a proposal to Standards Australia for the development of an Indoor Air Quality Standard for Selected IAQ Parameters on behalf of the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning & Heating (AIRAH).

The management of asbestos materials and products in workplaces is widely legislated across Australia and New Zealand. Achieving the standards of work health and safety of employees, contractors and the general public is the basis of managing your asbestos obligations as a duty holder. This awareness workshop goes through an analysis of your needs and applying the skills and knowledge of professional staff to give you insight into asbestos and its many and varied risks. It will provide practical information, examples of real-life situations with previous clients and case studies, interactive/activity-based learning, industry relevance, and an enjoyable and engaging workshop experience. This workshop is designed for anyone who is at risk of encountering asbestos or who may need to work with small amounts of asbestos. It is very relevant for Australian and New Zealand workers, and it will equip the attendees with the knowledge and awareness of the hazards and health effects of asbestos.

Jason Green is a Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH)® and Full Member of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH). He is also a Certified Water Damage Restoration Technician with the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC), and he holds a Master’s degree in Occupational Hygiene Practice (OHP) from the University of Wollongong. Jason has over 29 years of experience in the fields of occupational hygiene, indoor air and environmental air quality (IAQ/IEQ), chemical exposure, hazardous materials, workplace health and safety (WHS) and environmental consulting. He has conducted a diverse range occupational hygiene, IAQ, IEQ risk assessments for a wide range of government, commercial, residential and industrial projects.

Jason is a board member with the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) in Australia, and he is the President of the Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB) in Australia. He is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). Jason has acted as Lead Occupational Hygienist, project manager and provided onsite supervision on multiple large projects covering multi-site assets. He has particular experience in the areas of occupational exposure monitoring; occupational noise assessments; qualitative and quantitative health risk assessments for occupational/community exposures; and hazardous chemicals investigations.

This moisture detection training workshop will consider: the latest technology of instruments from Germany; multiple systems of checking concrete walls and floors; multiple ways of checking moisture in timber; the latest non-invasive microwave technology; the latest technology in infrared cameras; and why surface temperatures are so important.

Garry Carroll is the founder of the Australian Cleaning and Restoration Academy and the owner of Restore Solutions.

Sarah Ryan is a Field Sales Representative whose current Senior Sales Specialist role at 3M Australia (Personal Safety Division) focuses on providing technical end-user guidance and advice around selecting, using and maintaining respiratory protective equipment. This is backed by her Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety and five years in the industrial and safety equipment industry. She is passionate about the use, care and maintenance of personal protective equipment to ensure that workers’ health is not compromised by workplace exposures and practices.