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West Coast Training
Western Australia is often the forgotten state because of its sheer proximity to the eastern seaboard. That’s not to say their apprenticeship training methods are any ... -
2016 Worldskills Australia National
In eight short months, the next generation of plumbing industry apprentices, trainees and students will face the ultimate challenge as they compete against the nation’s best ... -
Drug Testing Cowboys
Drug testing “cowboys” are threatening to undermine the effectiveness of compulsory drug testing in the Australian construction industry, according to national drug testing company SafeWork Laboratories. ... -
Facing the Future of Building
Jeff Patchell attended the ABCB’s Building Australia’s Future 2015 conference and remains a strong advocate for attending such events. Call me old-fashioned but the power of ... -
Nuflow Announces International Expansion
The only Australian based company licensed to roll out the innovative Nuflow technology is set to ensure the future supply of clean drinking water in Asian ... -
Standards review plumbing standards
Review of operating and engagement model commenced Commitment to conclude review by February 2016 Stakeholders are asked to provide comment by 18 December 2015 Following the ... -
Arsenic-free water
When arsenic levels in the drinking water supply for the Far North Queensland town of Chillagoe were found to exceed recommended levels, it was clear a ... -
Engineering Change
The Cadetship in Plumbing Engineering knocks a year off the traditional apprenticeship, but what it lacks in duration, it makes up for in intensity. Jacob Harris ... -
The Wet Wipe Fight Continues
Plumbing Connection has published stories from far and wide in relation to wet wipes posing a major threat to sewerage systems… but now the problem has ... -
WELS meets eBay
The Australian Government has started the largest ever online compliance operation of its kind, teaming up with eBay to clean up the murky world of water ...
