Industry News · January 9, 2025 New Trade Policy Recommendation for Governments Story by Brett Hyland, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, NATA. By providing assurance over compliance testing, NATA has long been associated with trusted product supply. In recent years, NATA has been involved in efforts to digitally connect streams of… Read more
Industry News · January 9, 2025 New Year. New Standard. New Accreditation Program. In line with a new Standard – to be imminently released – NATA has joined with the Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand (TSANZ) to offer accreditation to respiratory function laboratories for a range of… Read more
Meetings & Presentations · January 6, 2025 25th Animal Health AAC meeting 2024NATA’s Animal Health Accreditation Advisory Committee (AH AAC) met on the 11th September 2024. The summary of this meeting is now available. 25th Animal Health AAC meeting 2024 Read more
Industry News · December 10, 2024 Changes to NATA’s BoardFollowing the NATA Board meeting held on December 4, David Turner has stepped down from the position of NATA Chair. Dr. Sanmarié Schlebusch has been elected Chair with Mr Turner elected Vice-chair. Dr Schlebusch joined the… Read more
Industry News · December 9, 2024 Key Insights on Asbestos Testing, Standards and Accreditation: What you need to knowIn a recent webinar hosted and presented by NATA’s Neil Shepherd, Sector Manager, Life Sciences and joined by industry experts Richard Wilkinson from Tetra Tech Coffey and Member of the NATA Accreditation Advisory Committee and Carl Strautins from Safe Environments,… Read more
Industry News · December 6, 2024 Recognising our Triumphant Technical Assessors on International Volunteer Day NATA assesses organisations for accreditation based on a globally recognised peer review process. This means NATA assessments are independently and objectively reviewed by subject matter experts. These subject matter experts – known as Technical Assessors- provide… Read more
Industry News · December 6, 2024 Accredited Workplace Drug Testing: Saving Careers and LivesSafety must always be the first concern in any working environment. This is particularly true for safety sensitive workplaces, such as mining, transport and heavy industry. Drug testing is one measure to help ensure this happens… Read more
Member News · December 6, 2024 The Possibilities of Digital TwinningNATA’s Brett Hyland was an expert participant at a recent event exploring the fascinating world of ‘digital twin’ technology. This is a fast-moving area, full of surprising developments. Digital twins are models of physical reality that… Read more
Member News · December 6, 2024 Barnson: 30 Years of Soils and Concrete Accreditation Barnson, a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy in regional NSW, has achieved a remarkable 30 years of accreditation for soils and concrete. The company’s accreditation journey started soon after it opened its doors in 1992. One of the… Read more
Industry News · December 6, 2024 Are all “techies” introverts? Are all techies, such as laboratory staff, introverts? According to NATA Senior Learning & Development Trainer, Alasdair Stark, the answer is a clear no because there are often as many extroverts as introverts. Stark spoke about… Read more
