Asbestos Knowledge Empire

In this episode Neil and Ian explain the Asbestos in Materials Scheme (AIMS). AIMS assesses the performance of laboratories carrying out the identification of asbestos in bulk materials. UK laboratories are required to be accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO 17025 to undertake this particular analysis as part of assessing whether materials contain asbestos under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. Transcript Neil:    Hi! Welcome to the Asbestos Knowledge Empire, my name is Neil Munro. Ian:      I’m Ian Stone. Today, we are going to be talking about AIMS. What is AIMS? What does it mean? Well, for us it’s Asbestos In Material Scheme which sounds boring as hell. Our laboratory hates it. The lab analysts absolutely hate it but it is a necessity.   Neil:    Yes, it is a scheme operated by the HSE testing and monitoring department who oversee these kind of management and registration of members, and it is basically Asbestos samples that are sent out to UK accredited labs to ba