{"id":11975,"date":"2016-02-01T12:40:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T01:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aebn.com.au\/?post_type=tribe_events&amp;p=11975"},"modified":"2016-02-01T12:40:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T01:40:28","slug":"globally-harmonized-system-for-classifying-and-labelling-of-chemicals-ghs-briefing-april-7-2016-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/event\/globally-harmonized-system-for-classifying-and-labelling-of-chemicals-ghs-briefing-april-7-2016-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Globally Harmonized System for Classifying and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) BRIEFING &#8211; April 7, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Scroll down for program and details<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Presented by the <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Australian Environment Business Network (AEBN)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aebn.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/AEBN_A_col-150x60.gif\" alt=\"Australian Environment Business Network (AEBN)\" width=\"150\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>7 APRIL 2015<\/strong><strong> <br \/>8.45am for 9.00am to 3.00pm<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MELBOURNE\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>From 1 January 2017, the Globally Harmonized System for Classifying and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) will be mandatory in NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, ACT, NT and Commonwealth jurisdictions.\u00a0 It is already acceptable in VIC and WA, and a large number of\u00a0Australian companies are adopting it now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A 5 year transitional period, that will expire on <strong>31 December 2016 <\/strong>has been provided by Worksafe Australia for companies to implement the new system.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anyone who deals with chemicals will need to be aware of this new system to understand its relevance and your obligations, and we encourage you to attend this informative Briefing.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>What does this mean to your business?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>After 31 December 2016<\/strong><\/span>, all workplace hazardous chemicals MUST be classified and labelled according to the GHS under the Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This means a number of products that are at present classified as &#8216;not hazardous&#8217; under the old NOHSC Approved Criteria (AC) can now be classified as &#8216;hazardous&#8217; according to the GHS criteria under the WHS Regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations legislate the use of the GHS system for the classification and labelling of chemicals.\u00a0 The GHS is an internationally recognised system of classification and labelling of chemicals that has been developed by the United Nations (UN) committee to communicate information about hazardous substances and chemicals on safety data sheets and labels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Who should attend? <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Anyone who manufactures, imports and\u00a0 markets hazardous chemicals<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who works with hazardous chemicals including stores personnel<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who transports hazardous chemicals<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who deals with chemicals will need to be aware of this new system to understand its relevance and your obligations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000;\">Learning Outcomes <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand the legislation requirements of chemical management in the workplace<\/li>\n<li>Identify GHS Hazard Class and Categories for Hazardous Chemicals<\/li>\n<li>Idenify and interpret key safety information and terms with Safety Data Sheets (SDS)<\/li>\n<li>Identify and interpret key safety information and terms within GHS product labels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Presenter <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Adrian Thomas <br \/>Hazardous Chemicals Specialist<br \/>Australian Environment Business\u00a0Network (AEBN)<\/p>\n<p>Adrian has specialised in hazardous chemicals for over\u00a015 years including\u00a0Hazardous Chemicals Regulatory affairs, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), information for labels for both workplace products and consumer products within Australia and New Zealand &#8211; for chemicals in the surface coats (painting, inks, adhesives), cosmetics, plastics and agricultural sectors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Networking Opportunity <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The\u00a0Briefing will provide the opportunity to network with presenters and delegates during AEBN&#8217;s networking morning tea\u00a0break.\u00a0 A comprehensive set of course notes will be provided to each delegate.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 1 January 2017, the Globally Harmonized System for Classifying and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) will be MANDATORY in NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, ACT, NT and Commonwealth jurisdictions.  It is already acceptable in VIC and WA, and a large number of Australian companies are adopting it now.  Anyone who deals with CHEMICALS will need to be aware of this new system to understand its relevance and your obligations.  This informative Briefing is designed to bring you up to speed with your obligations under this new MANDATORY system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-11975","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11975"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=11975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}