In conjunction with the APVMA, the New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has advised us that they will be putting together a Pesticides Control Order (PCO) which will govern the use and requirements for the preservative CCA, which will then be adopted by other states within Australia.
Whilst the detail of the PCO is not yet available, the main consideration will be based around the training of all Plant-Operators passing a suitable training program.
Osmose will be offering the appropriate training to all of our customers once the PCO has been finalised, although we have been told plant compliance with AS2843 will be a requirement, the exact detail and other requirements of the DEC are not yet clear.
It is envisaged that the industry will be given between 6 and 12 months to comply, which we feel will be an adequate amount of time for us to complete training with all of our customers and others who may wish us to help them with full compliance. Osmose Australia will be offering all of our customers training on-site by our technical representatives at no cost to our customer base. The training will only be required by plant operators, not associated roles such as fork-lift drivers or plant supervisors, unless they will be actually operating the plant.