The real-time fibre monitoring system gives instant results – why not get involved with the field trial? ACAD has been supporting the development of the ALERT system for a number…
Information leads to improvement
Every Wednesday morning we receive information from the Asbestos Licensing Unit showing all live notifications across the UK. Basic details of each job are also provided. It’s this information which…
ACAD to Celebrate 25 Years in Style
2018 is a significant milestone for our organisation and on Thursday 7 June we will be hosting a celebratory Golf Day & Gala Dinner to mark 25 years of supporting…
Regionals Round Up
The latest round of informative and interesting ACAD Regionals has now drawn to a close. Attendees are now fully up to speed with the NVQ challenge facing the sector driven…
Enhanced Verification of Overseas Qualifications
The UK’s international qualifications agency UK NARIC and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have announced additional measures relating to the assessment of overseas qualifications. From 01 December 2017, overseas construction…
Charity choice
This year’s chosen charity of the Year has been announced. ACAD and TICA members chose to support the British Heart Foundation, with generous guests at TICA’s 60th anniversary celebrations raising…
ACAD Manager Graham Warren Headlining the Contamination Expo
The Asbestos sector is all too familiar with the rolling annual generic refresher training and associated ‘tickets’ but the introduction of NVQ as the new minimum accepted competency level in…
ACAD Apprentice of the Year
Taylor Smith is ACAD’s Apprentice of the Year 2017! The 20 year old, who works for Gowrie Contracts, was selected by the ACAD training team, based on his attitude and…
Certificated regionals help CPD
ACAD Manager Graham Warren explains a new scheme whereby attending Regional Meetings can help your continual professional development (CPD)… “Whilst formal refresher training is required, or preferred, by many, there’s never…
Contamination Expo Series 2017
The Contamination Expo Series is Europe’s largest event designed to showcase the latest environmental innovations that further the protection of the environment and management of contaminated land, water, and air.…