{"id":13591,"date":"2017-04-03T16:32:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T06:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aebn.com.au\/?post_type=tribe_events&amp;p=13591"},"modified":"2017-04-03T16:32:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T06:32:22","slug":"new-globally-harmonized-system-for-classifying-and-labelling-of-chemicals-ghs-laws-in-victoria-briefing-june-28-2017","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/event\/new-globally-harmonized-system-for-classifying-and-labelling-of-chemicals-ghs-laws-in-victoria-briefing-june-28-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementing the NEW Globally Harmonized System for Classifying and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) laws:  New laws for Victoria and WA &#8211; BRIEFING &#8211; JUNE 23, 2017"},"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;\"><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;\"><strong>23 JUNE 2017<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<br \/>8.45am for 9.00am to 3.00pm<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">MELBOURNE<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>ATTENTION: \u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>All\u00a0Manufacturers, suppliers and users of chemicals &#8211; <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>This Briefing\u00a0will\u00a0provide details of the changes that apply for\u00a0Victoria,\u00a0including all states and territories across Australia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victoria<\/strong>:\u00a0 From 1 July 2017, the <em>Globally Harmonized System for the Classifying and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)<\/em> will come into effect\u00a0in Victoria.\u00a0 All manufacturers, suppliers and users of chemicals in Victoria\u00a0including other states, should be aware of this new law to\u00a0ensure\u00a0you and the employees of your organisation are up to date with the changes and compliant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Western Australia<\/strong>:\u00a0 On 3 March 2017, the Western Australian Government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slp.wa.gov.au\/gazette\/gazette.nsf\/searchgazette\/4D65CE832A64BCC9482580D70012815B\/$file\/Gg050.pdf\">gazetted<\/a> the Dangerous Goods Safety Regulations Amendment Regulations 2017.\u00a0 The legislation amends\u00a0certain regulations to provide reference to Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) for chemical classification and labelling.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Environment Business Network (AEBN) has designed this comprehensive Briefing to bring you up to speed with the changes including your obligations from across Australia to ensure you, your employees and organisation are compliant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Who should attend? <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Anyone who manufactures, imports and\u00a0markets 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.\n<\/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>Identify 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.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Presenter <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Adrian Thomas<\/strong><br \/>Hazardous Chemicals Specialist<br \/>Australian Environment Business Network (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.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Networking Opportunity <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Briefing will provide the opportunity to network with presenters and delegates during AEBN&#8217;s networking morning tea break (Morning Tea and Lunch).<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATTENTION:   ALL MANUFACTURERS, SUPPLIERS AND USERS OF CHEMICALS  &#8211;  On 1 July 2017, the Globally Harmonized System for the Classifying and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) will come into effect in Victoria.   All manufacturers, suppliers and users of chemicals in Victoria and other states, should be aware of this new law to ensure you, your employees and organisation are up to date and compliant.  The Australian Environment Business Network (AEBN) has designed this comprehensive Briefing to bring you up to speed with the changes for Victoria and all other states and territories across Australia.<\/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-13591","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/13591","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\/13591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13591"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=13591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}