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May 2014
energysafe issue 35
ESV/VBA
roadshow
presentations
By Enzo Alfonsetti, ESV’s Manager
Type A Gas Appliance Safety
ESV, in conjunction with the Victorian
Building Authority (VBA), conducted a
number of roadshow presentations during
February and early March 2014.
The ESV presentation focussed on
AS/NZS5601.1:2013 and AS/NZS5601.2:2013
while the VBA presentation focussed on the
organisational change from the PIC to the VBA,
feedback on compliance certificate audits,
common non-compliances encountered and
the most frequently asked questions from
gas practitioners.
The presentations were held across both
metropolitan and regional Victoria with good
attendances, particularly in the regional areas.
The presentations also provided gas practitioners
the opportunity to provide feedback and their
questions and concerns were noted for further
consideration.
Both ESV and the VBA intend to conduct
further roadshow presentations in the coming
years in order to keep stakeholders informed of
any changes that may affect them. Notification
of this year’s roadshow was via email for more
than 13,000 practitioners for whom ESV and the
VBA have email addresses. Notification for those
practitioners (approximately 7000) for whom email
addresses were not available was via direct post.
ESV was advised by some gasfitters during
some presentations that they had not received
notification of the events and that they had been
informed through “word of mouth”.
Practitioners with email addresses were
advised to notify the VBA of any update to
their email addresses to ensure that any
communication (including email alerts) from
the VBA and ESV are received in the future.
ESV would like to encourage more
participation at future roadshow events and
hence will consider additional means of notifying
gasfitters in the future, including notifying all major
plumbing stores across the state.
We are open to any suggestions as to how
we can spread the word in the future.
The ESV presentation on AS/NZS5601:2013
can be viewed by clicking here or going to the
ESV website at www.esv.vic.gov.au/GasProfessionals/AS-NZS5601.
Celebrating World
Plumbing Day at PICAC
ESV joined with industry to celebrate World
Plumbing Day (WPD) at two special events
held on Tuesday 11 March.
More than 400 people visited the Plumbing
Industry Climate Action Centre’s (PICAC) WPD
event, which focused on the theme of emerging
health risks affecting the plumbing industry.
ESV sponsored the event, donating
showbags for attendees and having a stand
in the exhibition hall.
Executive Manager Gas Installation and
Appliance Safety, Paul Bonsak, delivered a
presentation on the dangers of working with gas.
ESV representatives also had an information
stand at the WPD event at NMIT, handing out
information and items carrying important safety
messages like carbon monoxide awareness.
Centre stage: ESV’s Paul Bonsak (left) addresses attendees at World Plumbing Day, while Gas Inspectors
Alan Hamilton and Kevin Dwyer (above) manned ESV’s stand in the exhibition hall.