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JTA field consultant wearing a white hard hat and orange high-visibility vest stands inside a warehouse, holding a gas detection device while a forklift loads a truck in the background.
Posted October 16, 2025 | Category:

The 2026 Workplace Exposure Limit (WEL) reforms reach across many workplaces; they’re reshaping occupational safety and health expectations across Australian industry.
From 1 December 2026, Australia’s new Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs) will replace the existing Workplace Exposure Standards (WES) issued by Safe Work Australia.

Two workers undergoing quantitative respirator fit testing in a manufacturing facility
Posted July 31, 2025 | Category:
JTA delivers RESP-FIT accredited respirator fit testing to help businesses meet AS/NZS 1715:2009 and OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 requirements. Learn how fit testing, air monitoring, and hygiene risk assessments work together to protect your team from airborne hazards like silica, welding fumes, and pathogens.
mobile audiometric testing vehicle
Posted June 20, 2025 | Category: Noise Blog, Safety Blog, Health Blog
From 29 July 2025, audiometric testing becomes mandatory in Queensland, aligning with laws already in place in NSW and VIC. This blog explains what employers need to do to comply, why testing matters, and how it fits into a broader noise management strategy. We also break down compliance deadlines across all Australian states and territories, and show how JTA’s services — from onsite testing to integrated noise assessments — help businesses reduce the risk of hearing loss and stay compliant under WHS laws.
Respirator Fit Testing
Posted August 19, 2024 | Category: Health Blog, Safety Blog
If workers require tight fitting respiratory protection as part of their PPE, Respiratory Fit Testing is required to ensure the respirator is working correctly.
Engineered Stone
Posted December 15, 2023 | Category:
In a landmark move to combat the rising cases of silicosis among workers, Australia is set to be the first country to outlaw engineered stone.
Industrial food manufacturing facility with stainless steel equipment and production line under safety inspection.
Posted October 10, 2025 | Category:

From December 2026, new workplace exposure limits (WELs) will apply to flour dust, introducing one of the most significant health and safety changes for food manufacturers in years.

From 1 December 2026, Australia’s Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs) will replace the old Workplace Exposure Standards (WES) under updates announced by Safe Work Australia.

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Posted July 04, 2025 | Category:
This article outlines: What’s changing and why Which businesses are affected How to manage chemical and physical hazards How JTA can help you comply and protect worker health
Jackson Trotman
Posted February 04, 2025 | Category: Noise Blog, Safety Blog, Health Blog

Demand for our expertise in NSW has grown significantly in the last few years. As a result, we have decided to expand the team and strengthen the skill base so we can help you with all your work health, safety and noise requirements more efficiently.

new regulation
Posted April 03, 2024 | Category:
On Friday 22nd March 2024 WHS Ministers met regarding the engineered stone ban. The Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH) has said that this national approach to the prevention of silica-related diseases across all at-risk industries, building on the Victorian high risk crystalline silica work regulation in place since 2021, is one of the most significant changes to national health and safety regulation in Australia in the past two decades.
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Posted June 27, 2023 | Category: Safety Blog, Health Blog
Health and safety in the workplace has often been associated with parallel improvements in productivity. Less often have the improvements been supported by scientific study.