SGS Australia Pty Ltd

Site

Environment, Health and Safety – Cairns Laboratory

Accreditation No.

2562

Site No.

3146

Date of Accreditation

14 May 1991

Address

2/58 Comport Street
Cairns, QLD 4870
Australia

au.sgs.com

Contact

Mr Jon Dicker P: +61 (07) 40355111

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Environment, Health and Safety – Cairns Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Agribusiness

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis of physical and nutritional characteristics Plant material; Soils Nitrogen - Total Combustion in-house method AN205
Soils Chloride Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN274
Phosphorus - Available (Colwell) Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN015
Moisture Gravimetric

in-house method AN002
Carbon - Total organic (TOC) Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN273
pH Electrometric

in-house method AN101
Nitrogen - Oxidised Discrete analyser (DA) in-house method AN258
Sulfur - Sulfate extractable ICP-AES

in-house method AN014 and AN320
Particle size distribution Wet sieving

in-house method AN005
Phosphorus - Total Discrete analyser (DA) in-house method AN279
Ammonia Discrete analyser (DA) in-house method AN280
Emerson class number Calculation AS 1289.3.8.1
Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) Discrete analyser (DA) in-house method AN281
Exchangeable cations ICP-AES in-house method AN122 and AN320
Conductivity Electrometric

in-house method AN106

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for elements Bore waters; Estuarine waters; Trade wastes Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Bismuth; Boron; Cadmium; Caesium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Gallium; Germanium; Iron; Lanthanum; Lead; Lutetium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Selenium; Silver; Strontium; Tellurium; Thallium; Thorium; Tin; Titanium; Tungsten; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-MS in-house method AN318
Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Leachates; Saline waters; Sediments; Sewage; Soils; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Bismuth; Boron; Cadmium; Caesium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Gold; Indium; Iron; Lead; Lithium; Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Phosphorus; Potassium; Scandium; Selenium; Silicon; Silver; Sodium; Strontium; Sulfur; Thallium; Tin; Titanium; Vanadium; Zinc; Zirconium ICP-AES

in-house method AN012, AN014, AN020, AN022, AN025, AN040 and AN320
Mercury Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) - Vapour generation

in-house method AN027 and AN312
Sediments; Sludges; Soils Antimony; Arsenic; Beryllium; Cadmium; Gallium; Germanium; Lanthanum; Selenium; Silver; Tellurium; Thorium; Tin; Tungsten; Uranium ICP-MS in-house method AN318
Analysis for microorganisms Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Potable waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Enterococci Defined substrate technology  in-house method AN750
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms; Coliforms - Faecal Defined substrate technology in-house method AN735
Plate count Pour plate in-house method AN701
Analysis for nutrients Bore waters; Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Soils; Steam-raising waters Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN281
Bore waters; Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite Autoanalyser (AA); Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN258, AN276 and AN277
Phosphorus - Reactive; Phosphorus - Total Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN278 and AN279
Nitrogen - Organic; Nitrogen - Total Calculation; Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method AN258 and AN281
Ammonia Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN280
Soils Phosphorus - Total Discrete analyser (DA) in-house method AN279
Ammonia Discrete analyser (DA) in-house method AN280
Nitrogen - Oxidised Discrete analyser (DA) in-house method AN258
Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite Flow injection analyser (FIA) in-house method AN258
Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Air - Ambient Ash; Combustible matter; Deposited matter; Particulate matter; Solids - Insoluble; Solids - Total Gravimetric

in-house method AN503
Particulate matter; Particulate matter - PM10; Particulate matter - PM2.5 Gravimetric in-house method AN501
Ground waters; Saline waters; Surface waters; Waste waters Carbon - Dissolved; Carbon - Organic; Carbon - Total; Carbon - Total inorganic (TIC); Carbon - Total organic (TOC); Dissolved inorganic carbon; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Organic carbon - Dissolved non-purgeable; Organic carbon - Non-purgeable Combustion in-house method AN190
Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Chloride Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN274
Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Sewage; Soils; Soils - Acid sulfate; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes pH; pH - Peroxide (pHOX) Electrometric

in-house method AN101 and AN104
Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Fluoride Ion selective electrode (ISE)

in-house method AN141 
Colour Visual comparison

in-house method AN108
Solids - Suspended; Solids - Suspended volatile; Solids - Total; Solids - Total dissolved (TDS); Solids - Volatile Gravimetric

in-house method AN113 and AN114
Chlorophyll a UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house AN738
Chemical oxygen demand (COD) Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN272
Turbidity Nephelometry

in-house method AN119
Dissolved oxygen (DO) Electrometric; Titration

in-house method AN176
Oil and grease Gravimetric

in-house method AN185
Hardness Calculation

in-house method AN124
Conductivity Electrometric

in-house method AN106
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) Electrometric; Titration

in-house method AN183
Alkalinity Titration

in-house method AN135
Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Steam-raising waters Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR, sodium absorption ratio) Calculation

in-house method AN330
Leachates Sample preparation - Non-volatile components Leachate procedures in-house method AN007
Sediments Net acid generation (NAG) Titration

in-house method AN216
Sediments; Soils Acidity - Titratable actual (TAA); Acidity - Titratable peroxide (TPA); Acidity - Total potential Titration

in-house method AN214, AN218 and AN219
Sediments; Soils; Soils - Acid sulfate Acid neutralising capacity (ANC) Titration

in-house method AN218
Chromium reducible sulfur suite (CRS) Titration

in-house method AN217
Soils Acid neutralising capacity (ANC); Excess acid neutralisation capacity (ANCE) Titration

in-house method AN212 and AN214
Fluoride Ion selective electrode (ISE) in-house method AN142
Exchangeable cations ICP-AES

in-house method AN122 and AN320
Soils; Soils - Acid sulfate Suspension peroxide oxidation combined acidity and sulfur (SPOCAS) Calculation

in-house method AN220
Moisture Gravimetric

in-house method AN002
Analysis for respirable crystalline silica (RCS) Air; Membrane filters Cristobalite; α-Quartz Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Method 7603 QUARTZ in coal mine dust, by IR re-deposition and in-house method AN505
Analysis of dust Dust Dust - Inhalable; Dust - Respirable Gravimetric in-house method AN611
Counting of asbestos, mineral fibres (including synthetic) and organic fibres Air; Air - Indoor; Air - Mines Volume measurement Sampling flow rate and duration measurement National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Fibres NOHSC:3003, National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Synthetic Mineral Fibres NOHSC:3006 and in-house method AN601
Membrane filters Respirable asbestos fibres; Synthetic mineral fibres (SMF) Phase contrast microscopy National Occupational Health and Safety Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Fibres NOHSC:3003, National Occupational Health and Safety Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Synthetic Mineral Fibres NOHSC:3006 and in-house method AN601
Identification of asbestos, mineral fibres (including synthetic) and organic fibres Bulk materials; Non-homogenous materials (soils, dust, ores) Amosite; Chrysotile; Crocidolite; Organic fibres; Synthetic mineral fibres (SMF) Polarised light microscopy (including dispersion staining) AS 4964 and in-house method AN602

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Food and Beverage

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for elements Waters for potable and domestic purposes Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Bismuth; Boron; Cadmium; Caesium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Gallium; Germanium; Iron; Lanthanum; Lead; Lutetium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Selenium; Silver; Strontium; Tellurium; Thallium; Thorium; Tin; Titanium; Tungsten; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-MS in-house method AN 318
Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Bismuth; Boron; Cadmium; Caesium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Gold; Indium; Iron; Lead; Lithium; Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Phosphorus; Potassium; Scandium; Selenium; Silicon; Silver; Sodium; Strontium; Sulfur; Thallium; Tin; Titanium; Vanadium; Zinc; Zirconium ICP-AES

in-house method AN012, AN014, AN020, AN022, AN025, AN040 and AN320
Mercury Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) - Vapour generation

in-house method AN027 and AN312
Analysis of physical and nutritional characteristics Waters for potable and domestic purposes Alkalinity Titration

in-house method AN135
Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method AN258, AN276 and AN277
Hardness Calculation

in-house method AN124
Chloride Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN274
Turbidity Nephelometry

in-house method AN119
Chlorophyll a UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method AN738
Oil and grease Gravimetric

in-house method AN185
Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR, sodium absorption ratio) Calculation

in-house method AN330
Carbon - Dissolved; Carbon - Organic; Carbon - Total; Carbon - Total inorganic (TIC); Carbon - Total organic (TOC); Dissolved inorganic carbon; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Organic carbon - Dissolved non-purgeable; Organic carbon - Non-purgeable Combustion in-house method AN190
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) Electrometric; Titration

in-house method AN183
pH; pH - Peroxide (pHOX) Electrometric

in-house method AN101 and AN104
Conductivity Electrometric

in-house method AN106
Dissolved oxygen (DO) Electrometric; Titration

in-house method AN176
Phosphorus - Reactive; Phosphorus - Total Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN278 and AN279
Ammonia Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN280
Chemical oxygen demand (COD) Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN272
Solids - Suspended; Solids - Suspended volatile; Solids - Total; Solids - Total dissolved (TDS); Solids - Volatile Gravimetric

in-house method AN113 and AN114
Colour Visual comparison

in-house method AN108
Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method AN281
Nitrogen - Organic; Nitrogen - Total Calculation; Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method AN258 and AN281
Fluoride Ion selective electrode (ISE)

in-house method AN141

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Materials

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Chemical analysis of polymers and related materials Paints and related coating materials Lead ICP-AES in-house method AN065

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