About Simtars
One of only a handful of similar institutions in the world, Simtars is comprises four centres of excellence, which provide a unique resource to the mining community.
- Occupational Hygiene, Environment and Chemistry Centre
- Engineering, Testing and Certification Centre
- Mining Research and Development Centre
- Safety and Training Centre
Confidential service
All services that Simtars provides for your business remain completely confidential. Strict adherence to confidentiality clauses guarantees that all results, reports and conclusions we provide for you will remain private.
Occupational Hygiene, Environment and Chemistry Centre
The Occupational Hygiene, Environment and Chemistry Centre provides scientific services in occupational health and safety, environmental management, technology development and general laboratory analysis.
The centre has teams of experienced consultants specialising in occupational health, safety, environmental and analytical fields.
Simtars can manage your risk assessment, monitoring, analysis and reporting of occupational and environmental issues, and can offer practical solutions for complex problems.
For more information on any of the services provided by this branch, please contact:
Darren Brady - Manager
Phone: +61 7 3810 6344
Fax: +61 7 3810 6388
Engineering, Testing and Certification Centre
The Engineering, Testing and Certification Centre provides specific testing and certification services for electrical equipment used in hazardous locations. This centre also tests, investigates, calibrates and certifies mechanical and electronic equipment and materials.
Simtars' engineers are familiar with the many Australian and international standards that businesses are required to meet when designing, manufacturing or distributing equipment and materials. This experience guarantees that your projects and enquiries will be dealt with in a cost-effective and efficient manner.
To ensure the best result for your organisation, Simtars works to a structured quality assured system. By giving you direct access to the individual manager responsible for your project, your valuable time is protected.
Simtars has achieved recognition as an approved testing organisation under the international IEC Ex Scheme and has also been accredited by the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS ANZ) as a certifying body for explosion protected equipment. When the IEC Ex Scheme is fully implemented, all reports and certificates issued by Simtars to the IEC hazardous location standards will be recognised throughout the world. This will enhance your company's ability to export your products world wide.
For more information on any of the services provided by this branch, please contact:
James Birch - Manager
Phone: +61 7 3810 6381
Fax: +61 7 3810 6366
Mining Research and Development Centre
Simtars' Mining Research and Development Centre supports the mining community with specialised mining research and consulting services.
The centre plays a critical role in furthering industry knowledge and information while helping your business to develop and apply new techniques to your operations. It comprises a multidisciplinary team of mining, electrical and computer engineers, scientists, other safety professionals and technical staff.
Simtars researches many complex issues such as frictional ignition, spontaneous combustion, programmable electronic systems and ventilation structure integrity. The centre conducts a wide range of research and investigation activities to support the technological advancement of your mining industry business. It also has capabilities to research a variety of issues affecting health and safety in the mining industry.
For more information on any of the services provided by this branch, please contact:
Ray Davis - Acting Manager
Phone: +61 7 3810 6327
Fax: +61 7 3810 6339
Safety Training Centre
The Safety Training Centre can help you improve the health and safety of your business by delivering a range of specific training courses on your site or in our extensive training facilities at our Redbank or Mackay bases.
The centre can tailor or develop specific training courses for your business. Alternatively, you may prefer the flexibility of managing your workforce using Simtars' open industry courses to stagger your staff training.
As a Registered Training Organisation, Simtars adheres to a quality assurance (ISO 9001) system. These credentials display our commitment to delivering training services that benefit you.
Find out more about Simtars' current training courses.
For more information on any of the services provided by this branch, please contact:
Bipin Parmar - Acting Manager
Phone: +61 7 3810 6307
Fax: +61 7 3810 6309
Last Updated 16 September 2009
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