Monthly Archives: June 2011

Equipment used in Dusty Environments

Environmental Dust Generating Activites

Environmental Dust Generating Activites

Environmental Dust Generating Activites

DustWatch Manual Updated – ASTM D1739 Legislation Compared

DustWatch Manual Updated – ASTM D1739 Legislation Compared

The DustWatch manual has been updated to include a detailed section on the legislation applicable to the South African situation.

Please request an updated manual if needed.

Dust Monitoring Course – 11-13 July 2011

Fallout Dust Monitoring Course.  Theoretical and Practical Training.

The course will run on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. 11 – 13 July 2011

The course has three main sections.

  1. Fallout dust monitoring theory
  2. Fallout dust monitoring practical
  3. Miscellaneous occupational hygiene topics.  Gravimetric sampling, isokinetic sampling, ventilation, noise, illumination, ergonomics, fire and safety, and others.

The fallout dust monitoring section of the course aims to train the trainees so that they are able to do the following.

  1. Understand what fallout dust monitoring achieves and what is collected.  This will include discussion around the legislative requirements and will also address the possible influences of dust sensitive areas like communities, hospitals, farms, and recreational areas.
  2. Prepare buckets, transport buckets and change buckets in the Fallout Dust Monitoring units.
  3. Filter the bucket contents using a filter bench and using the related equipment used in the filtering process.  This includes advice on how to minimise the filtering time and what can be done when samples are taking very long to filter.
  4. Understand how to calculate the fallout dust monitoring results in mg/m2/day and how to interpret these results.
  5. Report writing and presentation options for the results will also be discussed.
  6. Some computer training may also be included in the course if required.
  7. Access to our software for processing of the fallout dust data will also be included after the course.  This can be used to simplify the data collection and report writing and will also provide a database of the fallout dust levels over the years.

 

The course will be presented by Christopher Loans who is a Professional Chemical Engineer with a Masters in Occupational Hygiene focussed on the Mining Industry.

Yours faithfully

021 785 6999

082 875 0209

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Day 1 and Day 2 proposed schedule.

Day 1

08:45        Registration
09:00        Welcome and Who is Who
09:15        Introduction to Environmental Monitoring – Fallout Dust
09:45        Discussion and Comments
10:00        What is precipitant Dust – Fallout Dust.
10:45        Discussion and Comments
11:00        Break
11:15        How to collect Fallout Dust
12:00        Discussion and comments
12:15        Particle Size and settling velocity.
13:00        Lunch
13:45        How to Calculate fallout dust results and Interpretation of the results.
14:30        Discussion and Comments
14:45        Trace Element Analysis and Fingerprinting
15:15        Break
15:30        Microscanning
16:00        General Discussion time and practical examples
17:00                End

Possible other topics for discussion:

·               PM 10 discussion
·               Relation of Fallout dust to PM10

Day 2

09:00        Welcome and Names
09:15        Practical training of bucket changes and filtering procedure.
11:00        Break
11:15        Report writing and presentation options for the results will also be discussed.
Computer training as required.  Any aspects of computer training can be discussed.  Computer
skills are important for performing tasks efficiently when using a computer.
13:00        Lunch
13:45        Access to our software for processing of the fallout dust data will also be included after the
course.  This can be used to simplify the data collection and report writing and will also provide a
database of the fallout dust levels over the years.
If time allows, other aspects can be discussed to suit the specific requirements of the people
being trained.
16:00        Discussion and Comments

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