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Prevention & risk managementGHS, labelling and safety data sheets
Duration : Tailored
Objective
What this course aims to achieve
Read and use GHS, labelling and safety data sheet information to support chemical-risk prevention.
Read and use GHS, labelling and safety data sheet information to improve communication and prevention.
Key challenges
- Understand sometimes complex technical information.
- Turn product information into operational instructions.
Learning objectives
- Identify label elements under the applicable system.
- Interpret pictograms, statements and precautions.
- Find useful information in an SDS.
Detailed programme
- GHS principles, scope, hazard classes and categories.
- Pictograms, signal word, hazard statements, precautionary statements and supplier information.
- SDS structure and section reading.
- Consistency between label, SDS, use and storage.
- Document control, communication and updating.
Target audience
- QHSE, procurement, warehousing, laboratory, production, maintenance and users.
Prerequisites
- No prerequisite; anonymised labels or SDSs may be used in exercises.
Learning methods
Guided reading, information-finding exercises and application cases.
Learning assessment
Questionnaire and label/SDS interpretation exercise.
Scope of application
The GHS is a United Nations harmonised framework; applicable obligations depend on national implementation, jurisdiction and the product concerned.
Audience & prerequisites
Duration and delivery arrangements defined after needs analysis.
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