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Managing Wood Dust in the Workplace

Effective wood dust management goes beyond PPE and housekeeping. Best practice combines practical controls with independent exposure monitoring to verify their effectiveness. Verum Group provides expert dust monitoring and actionable insights to help businesses protect workers and comply with WorkSafe NZ guidance.

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Wood Dust Safety: What Employers Need to Know

Businesses must actively manage inhalable wood dust to protect workers. WorkSafe NZ requires identifying dust-generating tasks, assessing risks, implementing effective controls, and monitoring exposure. Independent monitoring ensures compliance and safer workplaces.

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Catch Hidden Risks: Vibration Monitoring for NZ Workplaces

Vibration from heavy machinery and hand-held tools can cause serious long-term health issues, often going unnoticed until damage accumulates. Verum Group’s vibration monitoring programmes measure exposure, assess risks, and provide tailored control recommendations. Protect your workers, maintain compliance, and prevent injury with ongoing monitoring and expert guidance across New Zealand workplaces.

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Before You Break Ground This Season, Check for Asbestos

Asbestos can still appear unexpectedly in New  Zealand, from older buildings to imported or recycled materials. Invisible fibres pose serious long-term health risks, making professional testing essential. Verum Group provides nationwide asbestos testing, risk assessments, and ongoing monitoring to keep workers safe, ensure compliance, and give peace of mind.

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From Spring Dust to Summer Fumes: Your RPE Checklist

Summer in New  Zealand brings dust, fumes, and allergens that can impact workplace respiratory safety. Providing masks isn’t enough, fit testing is essential to ensure real protection. A strong RPE programme includes hazard assessments, fit testing, staff training, and compliance support. Industries like construction, manufacturing, and workshops should prioritise RPE, but any workplace with airborne hazards can benefit. Review your programme this summer to protect your team, stay compliant, and keep everyone breathing easy.

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Understanding Air Quality Management Plans in New Zealand: Clean Air, Clear Compliance

Verum Group provides tailored Air Quality Management Plans (AQMPs) across New Zealand, helping sites manage dust, odour, and emissions while meeting regulatory requirements. Our plans identify risks, define controls, set monitoring protocols, and support continuous improvement, protecting people, the environment, and your compliance obligations.

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Understanding Mask and Respirator Fit Testing in New Zealand: Protecting Workers and Meeting Safety Standards

Respirator fit testing ensures every mask provides real protection. Verum Group delivers professional respirator fit testing services across New Zealand, helping businesses in construction, mining, healthcare, and industry meet WorkSafe NZ requirements. Our accredited team offers on-site and lab-based qualitative and quantitative testing, ensuring safety, compliance, and worker confidence.

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Understanding Water Testing in New Zealand: Protecting People, Industry, and the Environment

Clean, safe water is vital for people, industry, and the environment. Verum Group provides independent, accredited water testing and sampling services across New Zealand, helping clients ensure compliance, protect health, and make informed environmental decisions. From drinking water and wastewater to stormwater and groundwater, our expert team delivers accurate, actionable results to support sustainable water management and regulatory confidence.

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The Power of a Tailored RPE Management Programme: Protect Your Team

Airborne hazards are an everyday risk in many New Zealand workplaces, from construction sites to laboratories. Verum Group’s tailored Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) Management Programmes ensure your team is properly protected through expert assessment, fit testing, training, and ongoing support. Our holistic approach goes beyond supplying masks—we help you build a compliant, sustainable safety system that keeps your people healthy and your business protected.

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Sound Advice: Why Every Business Needs a Noise Monitoring Programme

Excessive workplace noise can lead to long-term hearing loss, stress, and reduced productivity. Verum Group’s tailored Noise Monitoring Programmes help New Zealand businesses identify risks, stay compliant, and maintain safer environments. Our experts provide accurate on-site assessments, detailed reports, and practical recommendations, so you can take action to protect your people and meet health and safety standards with confidence.

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Protect Your Health and Your Property

Mould often grows unnoticed behind walls, ceilings, or under flooring, posing serious risks to both your health and your building. Verum Group’s new professional mould sampling service helps you detect issues early, providing reliable testing and clear, actionable reports.Whether you’re a homeowner, property manager, or business owner, our expert team ensures you have the information you need to protect your indoor environment and take the right next steps.

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Contaminated Soil Testing NZ: Turning Data into Smarter Land Decisions

Contaminated soil testing in New Zealand uncovers hidden risks in land, from heavy metals to asbestos, helping property owners, developers, and councils make safe, informed decisions. Verum Group provides lab-backed analysis and practical guidance, including dust control and asbestos management, to keep projects compliant and on track.

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Dust Control NZ: What Property Managers and Contractors Need to Know

Dust control is essential for safe, compliant construction and renovation in New Zealand. Combining lab-backed insights, airborne monitoring, and asbestos testing, property managers and contractors can protect workers, minimise environmental risks, and develop effective dust management plans that reduce exposure and regulatory issues.

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Understanding XRF: The Key to Accurate Material Testing and Workplace Safety

Know what’s in your materials, protect your workplace. Verum Group delivers expert XRF testing across New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific, helping businesses identify hazardous elements, ensure compliance, and maintain safe, efficient operations. Our portable and lab-based solutions provide accurate, rapid insights for smarter decision-making.

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Emission Testing: Taking Control of Your Environmental Impact

Take control of your environmental impact. Verum Group provides precise emission testing for NZ businesses, helping you identify pollutants, protect health, ensure compliance, and improve operational efficiency. Our science-based approach turns regulatory requirements into actionable insights for a cleaner, safer operation.

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Understanding Water Sampling: Safeguarding NZ’s Most Valuable Resource

Clean water is essential to life in Aotearoa. At Verum Group, we provide expert water sampling and analysis to help protect New Zealand’s waterways, support development, and ensure regulatory compliance. From groundwater to stormwater, our team delivers accurate, science-backed results you can trust for consent applications, environmental monitoring, and peace of mind.

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Is Your Land Contaminated? Here’s What You Need to Know

Contaminated land is common across New Zealand, often hidden beneath the surface from past industrial or agricultural use. Verum Group specialises in soil testing, site investigations, and remediation planning to help landowners and developers manage risks, comply with regulations, and keep projects on track. Early assessment is key to safe, successful development.

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