Asbestos Sampling and Lab Analysis Breakfast

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Course Type: Complimentary Breakfast
Province: Ontario
Price: $0
Breakfast Dates and Registration

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This breakfast session is to assist those responsible for health and safety regarding appropriate asbestos testing methods and laboratory support. It presents options for materials testing and air sampling and offers tips for interpretation of results. 

The seminar discusses certain precautions when taking samples of bulk materials and the recommended procedure for the safe handling of potentially hazardous bulk samples.
It includes demonstrations of the more common testing and analytical methods and equipment, and concludes with a tour of the Pinchin Mississauga NVLAP lab code 101270-0 accredited laboratory.

Presenters:

  • Karen Slayer, Asbestos Laboratory Services Manager
  • Jay Inman, Technical Manager of the Hazardous Materials Group

Asbestos Lab Accreditation

Pinchin Environmental Ltd. is one of eight Canadian laboratories accredited by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP Lab code 101270-0 and lab code 200795-0) and the relevant requirements of ISO 17025 for the identification of asbestos in bulk samples.

Accreditation to ISO standards provides an assurance of accurate and legally defensible analysis for our own clients, and for other consultants, building owners, engineers and laboratories on a confidential fee-for-service basis.

Have a Question for our Breakfast or Course Leader ?

Pinchin delivers close to a hundred seminars per year and we recognize that some people are not comfortable asking potentially sensitive questions in an open forum. We will gladly deal with these one-on-one but if you want to email the question ahead of time, we'll make sure we answer it during the seminar. Send questions to General Inquiries.