Meth testing and Decontamination
Welcome Rick Molloy from MTK Group
Begin with letting people know about yourself and how it is that you came to become involved in the industry.
What have been some of the steps you have taken to become one of Australia’s leading companies in Meth Test Kits and Training?
What is the different type of testing methods and what are their strengths and weaknesses?
What have you developed to separate yourself from the other meth testing companies on the market, and what can see you as the main benefits?
What are the signs you teach for people entering a property to look out for, as far as contaminated sites?
Can anyone just buy a test kit and perform property testing?
Why is training important?
What do the results mean?
Are their standards in Australia, and do they differ from State to State?
Is their legislation around the testing and decontamination of meth affected properties?
What could be some of the limitations faced by a remediation contractor when decontaminating a positive tested property?
Currently, what requirements are mandatory for a contractor to bid on a remediation project?
Are their differences for commercial and residential properties?
Are their differences between a confirmed cook property to a smoking property?
What about vehicles, are they subject to the same regulations and parameters around decontamination?
As part of your research and development, your working with the University of Qld, what research are you currently working on?
How will this research benefit trained operators and is this likely to make a change to any current legislation?
Who is your ideal contractor? What knowledge would they have or need to grasp if either becoming a tester or remediator?
What type of training programs are currently offered by MTK Group?
Once they have this training, what would be their next steps to gaining actual first hand skills on a contaminated or suspected contaminated site?
Realistically, can anyone become a tester?
Become a remediation technician?
And what would some of the costs and outgoing you will need to consider? Including additional insurances
Looking at your products for sale, lets look at your testing equipment.
1. Field Testing – Different types and the advantages and dis-advantages
2. pH and VOC’s testing – Why is this important
3. Laboratory testing and how to read the report
4. Decontamination equipment
5. Decontamination chemicals
There are many decontaminating chemicals now on the market, can you provide understanding around the reason why you have gone the way of your chemical and some of the benefits your finding with the results you have after the completion of your remediated properties.
After remediation, what are the steps required for clearance?
Issues arising in the industry when there is a second opinion by a competitor trying to discredit your work?
What are the realistic time frames for the complete meth decontamination, including testing pre and post for a property?
What could be some of the unforeseen issues arising for the decontamination of a property? i.e. Wallpaper, exposed timber, chipboard products (cabinetry), popcorn ceilings, pre 1990’s homes (asbestos), hold to cold to hot surfaces etc.
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Professional Carpet Cleaners and Restorers Podcast
Discussing Methamphetamine testing and decontamination
MTK Group Director Rick Molloy
