Apex Welding Safety Blog

For the third year running, Apex Welding Safety has been given Weld Australia's Welding Excellence Award for Health & Safety in Welding!

AWS is again honoured to be recognised by Weld Austral...

While the SPATA program has been helping thousands of welding businesses train their staff for the last 3 years, recent changes in the welding industry have meant the SPATA training modules have been ...

Protect your Welders from Welding Fume

There is officially a lower Workplace Exposure Standard for welding fume in Australia: this 1mg/m3 limit is not optional, it is the law enforced by Health a...

For the second consecutive year, Apex Welding Safety has received Weld Australia’s Welding Excellence Award for Health & Safety in Welding!

AWS greatly appreciates this recognition from suc...

The Safe Work Australia Workplace Exposure Standard (WES) for welding fume was lowered from 5mg/m3 to 1mg/m3 in January 2024. This legal upper limit applies to welders, other workers in proximity to t...

Based on a 2024* survey of over 1,350 welders across Australia, this review looks at the current state of the welding industry regarding welding fume exposure and welding fume product controls.

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The latest AWS scientific study, “Protecting Welders From Ozone”, has been published to reinforce the importance of reducing ozone exposure to as low as reasonably practicable in welding environme...

Ozone (O3) is an extremely toxic gas generated when UV radiation from a welding arc reacts with oxygen in the air. Undetectable to the human eye, ozone can cause serious health issues to unprotected w...

This year, AWS celebrates 30 years as a leading advocate for welders’ safety in Australia and New Zealand!

This company anniversary coincides with the launch of an all-new website to showca...

Apex Welding Safety was recently the recipient of Weld Australia’s 2023 Welding Excellence Award for Health & Safety in Welding! This recognition from Weld Australia is greatly appreciated by th...