Our building in Pretoria is older than 2008. Do we need an asbestos inventory?

If asbestos-containing materials are or may be present, yes. The Asbestos Abatement Regulations, 2020 require them to be identified and recorded in an asbestos inventory by an asbestos inspection authority. Qualitas is a DEL AIA for asbestos.

How often must the spray booth extraction be tested?

Under regulation 12(b) of the Regulations for Hazardous Chemical Agents, 2021, local exhaust ventilation must be examined and tested at intervals not exceeding 24 months. Qualitas does these tests as part of its AIA scope.

Do government departments need the same assessments as private employers?

Yes. The Occupational Health and Safety Act applies to the state as an employer, so departments, hospitals and schools have the same duties to assess noise, chemicals, asbestos and the other hazards.

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE IN PRETORIA AND CENTURION

Pretoria's workplaces range from the automotive plants and suppliers of Rosslyn to the engineering shops of Silverton and Pretoria West, and from hospitals and research laboratories to the government buildings of the capital.

Qualitas carries out occupational hygiene surveys across Tshwane: noise surveys, hazardous chemical agent monitoring, local exhaust ventilation tests, asbestos inventories and the other assessments the law requires.

REACH OUT

Worker cutting steel with an angle grinder as sparks fly

WHERE WE WORK AROUND PRETORIA

Pretoria CBD and Arcadia

Rosslyn and Ga-Rankuwa

Silverton and Pretoria East

Pretoria West

Centurion and Hennopspark

Midrand

Automotive manufacturing and component suppliers around Rosslyn and Ga-Rankuwa: paint shops, body shops and press lines with isocyanates, solvents, noise and LEV systems to test.

Engineering and fabrication in Silverton, Pretoria West and Hennopspark: welding fume, grinding dust and noise.

Hospitals, clinics and research and university laboratories: hazardous biological agents, formaldehyde and other laboratory chemicals, fume cupboards and indoor air quality.

Government and office buildings, many built before asbestos was banned in 2008, where an asbestos inventory is a legal duty under the Asbestos Abatement Regulations, 2020.

Warehousing and distribution along the N1 and N4 corridors and in Centurion.

THE HAZARDS WE MEASURE HERE

Isocyanates and solvents in spray booths, welding fume and metal dust, noise above the 85 dB(A) noise-rated limit, asbestos in older roofs, ceilings and pipe lagging, and laboratory chemicals under fume cupboards that need an LEV test at least every 24 months.

Interior of a large industrial warehouse with overhead cranes

INDUSTRIES WE SERVE

Foundry workers in protective gear pouring molten metal

WHY QUALITAS

Qualitas Occupational Consulting is a Department of Employment and Labour Approved Inspection Authority (AIA) and a SANAS-accredited (ISO/IEC 17020) inspection body for asbestos, lead, noise and hazardous chemical agents, and applies the same quality system to all its assessments.

Every assessment is led by Christo de Wet, an occupational hygienist registered with the Southern African Institute for Occupational Hygiene (SAIOH), with 15 years of experience.

We work nationwide, and Qualitas has also carried out assessments in Botswana and Kazakhstan. Travel is quoted upfront.

You receive a professional, audit-ready report that stands up to inspection by the Department of Employment and Labour.