Elements and Performance Criteria
- Apply information relating to identifying hazardous chemicals
- Identify and follow WHS laws and guidance notes in relation to the safe use, handling, processing, storage, transportation, and disposal of hazardous chemicals used in the workplace
- Identify and follow safety data sheets (SDSs) and other guidance to determine the potential health effects of worker exposure to hazardous chemicals
- Identify and follow SDSs and other guidance to determine methods to control worker exposure to hazardous chemicals
- Identify presence and use of hazardous chemicals in the workplace
- Contribute to the control of hazardous chemicals in the workplace
- Use WHS laws and guidance notes in relation to hazardous chemicals to identify controls to remove or reduce worker exposure
- Assess effectiveness of current control measures according to WHS laws, guidance notes, and organisational policies and procedures
- Participate in selecting additional control measures for implementation, as required
- Assist in implementing procedures for safe use, handling, processing, storage, transportation, and disposal of hazardous chemicals
- Contribute to ensuring control measures are maintained according to organisational procedures
- Support worker consultation methods for hazardous chemicals