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FOCUS ON WASTEMANAGEMENT
Globally Harmonised System (GHS) - Labelling of hazardous substances
The Chemical and Allied Industries’ As-
sociation has extended an invitation to a
one-day training course focusing on Glob-
ally Harmonised System (GHS) – Labelling
of hazardous substances.
Training will be held on the following dates:
• Durban - 20 July 2015 (Durban Country
Club)
• Johannesburg - 7 September 2016 (Jo-
hannesburg Country Club)
The only prerequisite for the course is
Senior Certificate (Grade 12). No other
specific pre-requisites are required for this
training, but the trainee needs to be familiar
with handling and storage of chemicals and
related safety, health and environmental
requirements.
The Globally Harmonised System of
Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
(GHS) is a system that requires all compa-
nies to follow the same rules and principles
when classifying and labelling hazardous
chemicals. When a chemical is classified as
hazardous, there are specific requirements
to follow when transporting, storing and
handling the chemical.
The GHS label provides basic safety,
health and environmental information of
the hazardous chemical including recom-
mendations on protective measures and
emergency actions. It serves as a hazard
communication tool and assists with trans-
ferring essential hazard information from
the supplier of a hazardous chemical to the
user of the chemical.
The objective of the GHS is to create
consistency when providing information on
safety, health and environmental matters
for hazardous chemicals. In order to estab-
lish uniformity, specific requirements have
been laid down as to how information on
the hazardous chemical label shall be given.
The target audience for this course
includes SHEQ managers and risk profes-
sionals; technical and logistics personnel;
supervisors and other personnel who
handle and classify chemicals; and person-
nel who need to implement GHS.
Aims include:
1. Recognise and group various items found
in the learner’s context, according to the
impact of their material(s) on health and
the environment.
2. Read documented information on materi-
als and understand its purpose and use.
3. Understand the physical properties of the
materials and relate them to the way the
materials occur or are used.
4. Describe the potential impact of the ma-
terials on health and the environment,
related to their properties.
5. Use materials in the learner’s context.
6. Transport, store and care for materials in
the learner’s context.
To demonstrate achievement of learning
objectives of the GHS training, delegates
are required to meet the following criteria
and/or provide the following evidence dur-
ing the preparatory, group work, written
assessment and workbook exercises:
• Be able to recognise and group items
found in the learner’s context according
to the impact of their material/s (eg,
hazardous substances or mixtures), on
health, safety and the environment.
• Be able to read the documented informa-
tion (product label) on the hazardous
substance or mixture and understand
its purpose and use.
• Understand how to group items correctly,
and how their component materials (haz-
ardous substance or mixture) should be
named correctly using the information on
the product label.
• Understand the format/layout and pur-
pose of the documented information
(product label) for hazardous substances
or mixtures encountered in the learner’s
context (workplace).
This training Module is in the process of
being accredited with CHIETA.
For more information contact:
Brianna Goosen