EnergySafe Magazine Spring 2017, issue 48 | Page 3

03 For all the latest energy safety news visit www.esv.vic.gov.au Spring 2017 energysafe issue 48 In this issue Features Our cover: Kerri McDonnell, recipient of the innaugral Energy Safe Victoria Instructor’s Excellence Award Photo: Mirna Bukic. From the Editor 05 Teacher awarded for excellence by students and peers ESV presents its Innaurgral Plumbing and Gasfitting Instructor’s Excellence Award. Latest news 04 ESVConnect goes live 06 Rest in peace: camping safely with gas 07 It’s Showtime! ESV at Royal Melbourne Show Electrical 09 Apprentice lucky to be alive 09 The Blue Book released 09 2014 Victorian Service and Installation rules amendment 10 Your electrical questions answered! Spring has sprung and we are in for a hot summer but not before we make mention of some of the big milestones of the last few months. First off the bat, huge congratulations to Kerri McDonnell from Chisholm TAFE who won the Energy Safe Victoria Plumbing and Gasfitting Instructor’s Excellence Award. Equally as important was the ESV Apprentice of the Year in the first year student category, Nellie Baker. Well done to you both. Kerri is our feature story for this edition with Nellie to receive similar treatment in our summer edition. On the technology front, ESV launched our new technology platform ESVConnect last month. We are now processing online registrations of cathodic protection systems. In time to come, ESVConnect will also support certificates of electrical safety and licensing. Well done to the project team who is making this platform a reality. Sadly, there has been another electric shock incident involving an apprentice. As an industry we have to remain vigilant on safety and ensure that apprentices – the future of the energy industry – get the supervision and support they need so incidents like this do not happen. This issue also looks at a potential change in the valves on LPG cylinders, required to eliminate design flaws and stop leaks which can lead to fires and explosions. Watch out for our Look Before You Cook campaign which kicks off this month! Have a happy Christmas and New Year and we will be back brighter than ever in 2018. Jonathan Granger [email protected] You can now Like ESV on Facebook and get important safety updates and ESV news delivered to your news feed. Click the print button to print single pages or spreads Download to print entire magazine To contact ESV or for further information go to www.esv.vic.gov.au Managing Editor Jonathan Granger Contributors Anitra Robertson Mirna Bukic John Stolk Tyler Mason Jason Treseder John Murphy Sarah Sanderson Richard Millership Loc Vuong Michael Miskulin Enzo Alfonsetti Paul Harris Design Aer Design Authorised and published by Energy Safe Victoria Level 5, 4 Riverside Quay, Southbank, VIC 3006 P 03 9203 9700 E [email protected] Printed by Gas Southern Colour 11 Hydrogen trial for South Australia 11 When simple things go badly wrong 12 LPG cylinder valve consulting meeting 13 Identified non-compliance breaches 14 Looks can be deceiving: common flue problems 14 Common flueing and the standards 14 Prosecutions and infringements Reproduction in whole or in part is not permissible without Copyright All material appearing in EnergySafe is copyright. No gifts please - your thanks is thanks enough! the written permission of Energy Safe Victoria, depending on the source of the article. Liability Howsoever arising as a consequence of use or reliance upon any advice, representations, statement, opinion or conclusion expressed herein is expressly denied by Energy Safe Victoria and all persons involved in the preparation of this publication. Over the festive season, you may be considering giving a gift to say thanks. We appreciate the gesture, but your ‘thanks’ is thanks enough. Giving us gifts can be a risk to our high standards of ethics and integrity.