Refrigerant record keeping – good for the environment, good for business

ARC field officers have identified insufficient refrigerant record keeping as one of the main areas for non-compliance during permit holder visits.

At a permit holder visit, Refrigerant Trading Authorisation (RTA) holders are required to provide evidence of up-to-date records (a minimum of two quarters) showing the amounts of refrigerant purchased, sold and recovered for destruction (bulk amounts only i.e. cylinders) during each quarter.

What does this mean?

• Purchased – When you bought cylinders from a wholesaler.
• Sold – Only bulk amounts are required (i.e. cylinders), not amounts you add to systems during repair/maintenance.
• Recovered – How many recovery cylinders you returned to the wholesaler for destruction.

Ensuring you are keeping accurate and up-to-date records of refrigerant in your workplace not only reduces the risk of refrigerant emissions, it also provides records for your business to identify any discrepancies in refrigerant use in the workplace.

To help technicians and businesses with their refrigerant record keeping, the ARC provides free templates for all RTA reporting requirements (click to view) on its website.

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