
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Pickford & Rhyder Consulting Pty Ltd
Site
Pickford & Rhyder Consulting Pty Ltd
Accreditation No.
2515
Site No.
2508
Date of Accreditation
21 Nov 1988
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Environment
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
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Analysis for respirable quartz | Air | Volume measurement | Sampling flow rate and duration measurement |
NH and MRC Method (October 1984) and In-house methods AQ/2 and RQ/2 |
Bulk samples | α-Quartz | Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) | NH and MRC Method (October 1984) and in-house method BQ/2 | |
Filters | α-Quartz | Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) |
NH and MRC Method (October 1984) and in-house methods AQ/2 and RQ/2 |
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Analysis of dust | Air | Volume measurement | Sampling flow rate and duration measurement |
AS 2985, AS 3640, in-house methods INH/1 and RES/1 |
Filters | Dust - Inhalable | Gravimetric |
AS 3640 and in-house method INH/1 |
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Dust - Respirable | Gravimetric |
AS 2985 and in-house method RES/1 |
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Counting of asbestos, mineral fibres (including synthetic) and organic fibres | Air | 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 MFM/1 |
Membrane filters | Respirable asbestos fibres | Phase contrast microscopy |
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Fibres NOHSC:3003 and in-house method MFM/1 |
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Synthetic mineral fibres (SMF) | Phase contrast microscopy |
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 SMF/1 |
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Identification of asbestos, mineral fibres (including synthetic) and organic fibres | Bulk samples; 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 ID/1 |
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Accreditation No.
2515
Site No.
2508
Print date
07 Jul 2022