What are Dangerous Goods and hazardous chemicals and who decides this?
What is the Globally Harmonized System, its labelling and classifications?
This webinar will focus on Storage and Handling of Dangerous Goods &
Hazardous Chemicals
Note Storage & Handling is separate from transport rules and comes under Safework.
This workshop will answer the above questions and equip attendees on
how to store and handle hazardous chemicals to minimise risk largely through the use of
Australian Standards and various risk management practices and thought processes.
It is ideal for supervisors and managers of industrial sites and waste management facilities
to get up to speed on Dangerous Goods storage.
Workshop: A 3 x 1.1 lunch hour webinar designed to help participants understand how to go about storage and handling at
acceptable risk levels under the Workplace Health and Safety laws covering:
Session 1: Overview of Dangerous Goods & GHS classifications and ADG Code
- What are Dangerous Goods, Hazardous Substances and Hazardous Chemicals?
- Overview of Dangerous Goods and Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
- Classification Hazardous Chemicals under DG and GHS
- Covering DG classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9 and thresholds
- Pictograms and DG diamonds & GHS pictograms
- Discussing basic hazardous properties of each class
- Packaging Groups for dangerous goods, impact and use
- Use of the Australian Dangerous Goods Code 7.6th edition
Session 2: GHS Labelling of packages, DG placarding of Depots, notifications and risk controls
- DG and GHS labelling of packages:
- 9 parts to labelling under GHS
- Hazard and Precautionary statements
- Duplicative DG and GHS labelling of packages
- Labelling of pipelines and signage
- Changes from GHS version 7 from version 2
- Manifest & Notifications to Safework NSW and Fire + Rescue
- Risk controls of hazardous chemicals under Work Health and Safety laws
Session 3: Use of Australian Standards for separation, bunding, incompatibility & minor storage
- Introduction to the use of Australian Standards for DG storage depot design
- Codes of Practice for Storage and Handling of Hazardous Chemicals
- Overview of AS 1596 Class 2.1 (LPG), AS 4332 Class 2.2 & Class 2.3 toxic gases
- AS 1940 Flammable liquids overview of separation distances
- General bunding for bulk and packaged DG liquids including flammables
- Flammable liquid Packaged stores internal and external storages
- Minor storage, separaton, ignition sources
- AS 3833 Segregation, isolation distances for mixed class stores
- Class 8 Corrosives, separation, training and bunding
- Training requirements for staff and management
- Case study questions and answers
Facilitator: Andrew Doig CEO, ASBG. Andrew has been runing Dangerous Goods workshops for over
20 years and undertakes many DG audits.
Once registered you will receive access to our Webinar provider, a login and password.
Date: Live version: Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 25, 26, & 27 August 2021 (or at any time after using recorded sessions)
Time: 11:50 am to 1 pm + question time (10 mins max) Live sessions
Venue: Webinar: At your computer with > 5Mbs download speed. Login details via Crowdcast.io to be provided on registration.
Cost: $120 (ASBG members) or $145 (Non Members), Notes, and certificate of attendance is included
Register here with Credit Card Payment Register and receive invoice
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