Hazardous Chemical Information Awareness
12 min! Run Time
Employees
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of Completion
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Hazardous Chemical Information Awareness
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GHS is the classification and labeling system for hazardous chemicals that this course explains, covering its purpose and how it standardizes chemical hazard communication.
Any employee who may be exposed to hazardous chemicals on the job benefits, since the course teaches how to recognize a chemical information program before exposure occurs.
You'll learn how to read and use chemical labels alongside safety data sheets to prepare for hazards or react appropriately if an exposure happens.
Rather than focusing on one document, this course covers the full hazardous chemical information program, from GHS classification to labels and safety data sheets together.
You'll be able to state the purpose of a hazardous chemical information program and identify what should be included in one at your workplace.
Workers are exposed to hazardous chemical products every day, and this poses serious problems for exposed workers and their employers. Hazard identification and classification training is designed to provide workers with the information they need to recognize and avoid hazardous chemicals. This awareness course will introduce learners to everything from the content of a hazardous chemical information program to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) to how to use Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) and chemical labels to prepare for hazards or react to exposures. Ideal learners are all employees who may be exposed to hazardous chemicals.
Course Objectives:
State the purpose of a hazardous chemical information program;State the purpose of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS);Recognize what should be included in a written hazardous chemical information program;Identify how hazard warning labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) are used
Duration: 12 min.