The Australian Refrigeration Council (ARC) have released their April 2018 CoolChange newsletter.
The April 2018 edition of CoolChange focuses on: an importer fined for illegally importing goods containing refrigerant, the success of the new 3-year licence, the ARC’s online summer advertising campaign, training quality under review, how to check if employees and contractors have the right licences, the results of recent compliance checks, tips on vacuum pump maintenance, the ARC’s ARBS stand, how NSW RAC businesses will benefit from a new energy efficiency initiative, how the ARC are shaping the future of industry training, RRA’s new app, the ARC’s new Smart Card, and the HFC phase down info sessions.
The article on the importer fined for illegally importing goods containing refrigerant provides details on a NSW importer who was fined $12,600 for importing vehicles with air conditioning units containing a synthetic greenhouse gas without an appropriate licence. The ARC also emphasised in the article that the news of the fine is a “timely reminder that importers and custom brokers should check import requirements of ozone depleting substances or synthetic greenhouse gases, including when they are contained in equipment, before importing or exporting goods.”
The article on the success of the new 3-year licence emphasises that the change of licence duration has been embraced by the industry as 90 percent of applicants chose the 3 year option over the standard 2 year duration.
The article on the ARC’s online summer advertising campaign emphasises the campaign’s success as more than 110,000 people visited the RTA business directory website.
The article on training quality under review provides detail on ARC’s contribution to a review held by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) on issues relating to inadequate training, specifically unduly shot courses and training product reform.
The article on how to check if employees and contractors have the right licences emphasises that the ARC Field Officers look to see if businesses are employing appropriate refrigerant handling licence holders and that they are working within the scope of their licence.While the results of recent compliance checks article celebrates Tasmania’s high compliance rate.
The tips on vacuum pump maintenance focuses on the importance on changing the oil and when to change it. While the article on the ARC’s ARBS stand provides details on both the upcoming ARBS exhibition and what ARC have to offer at their stand.
The article on how NSW RAC businesses will benefit from a new energy efficiency initiative provides details on the ARC working with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage in “delivering more than $40 million in incentives for consumers to upgrade their refrigeration and air conditioning to more energy efficient models.”
The article on how the ARC are shaping the future of industry training provides details on ARC’s involvement on the Electrotechnology IRC, which RACCA Australia and NSW President, Kevin O’Shea, is on.
The article on RRA’s new app provides details on how it will benefit technicians when they are replacing or uninstalling systems.The article on ARC’s new Smart Card focuses on the expected benefits it will provide once it’s launched. And the article on the HFC phase down info sessions provides an overview of the HFC phase down, the info sessions being held by the Federal Government, and when the next info sessions are being held.
ARC’s April 2018 CoolChange newsletter can be read in full here.
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