Chemical Management: Guidance Material Index
Sections on this page:
- General Guidance
- Material Safety Data Sheets
- Chemical Inventories
- Chemical Risk Assessment
- Storage and Handling
- Poisons Control Plan
- Government and External Party Publications
General Guidance
- Procedure: Chemical risk management procedure
- Chemical Management Guidelines [1.7MB, .pdf]
Material Safety Data Sheets
MSDS in ChemWatch - ChemFFX
- ChemFFX MSDS Database Quick Help: Finding Material Safety Data Sheets [.pdf]
- ChemFFX MSDS Database Quick Help: Printing Hazardous Chemical Labels [.pdf]
- ChemFFX MSDS Database Quick Help: Accessing Chemical Emergency Response Instructions [.pdf]
- ChemFFX MSDS Database Quick Help: Restoring Default Settings [.pdf]
- ChemFFX user manual available within system - refer to ChemWatch - ChemFFX [University network login required]. Please note when using this document that the University is only using the Materials module in ChemFFX.
- Troubleshooting for ChemWatch Web Applications
Requirements for hard copy MSDS
- MSDS Checklist [.doc]
Chemical Inventories
Inventories in ChemWatch - ChemGold III
- ChemGold III user manual available within system - refer to ChemWatch - ChemGold III
- ChemGold III Inventory Fields Explanatory Notes [.pdf]
- Troubleshooting for ChemWatch Web Applications
Inventories maintained manually
- Chemical Inventory Template [.xls]
- Example of an Office Chemical Inventory [.xls]
- Example of a WorkShop Chemical Inventory [.xls]
- This example relates to a trade or mechanical type workshop. Other workshop types at the University include farms, sheds, grounds, theatres and commercial kitchens, which will have different chemical stocks.
- Example of a Laboratory Chemical Inventory [.xls]
Note: if you base your own inventory on one of these examples, you must customise the contents and the document control in the footer to reflect your own workplace's situation.
Chemical Risk Assessment
Templates
- Chemical Risk Assessment Worksheet [.doc]
- Laboratory Notebook template [.doc] (contains sample process risk assessment)
- OHS Pre-purchase Risk Assessment Checklist [.pdf]
- See also: Risk Management.
Generic CRA for lab/workshop [.doc]
- Class 2.1 Dangerous Goods
- Class 2.2 Dangerous Goods
- Class 2.3 Dangerous Goods
- Class 3 subrisk 6.1 Dangerous Goods
- Class 3 subrisk 8 Dangerous Goods
- Class 3 no subrisk Dangerous Goods
- Class 4.1 Dangerous Goods
- Class 4.2 Dangerous Goods
- Class 4.3 Dangerous Goods
- Class 5.1 Dangerous Goods
- Class 5.2 Dangerous Goods
- Class 6.1 Dangerous Goods
- Class 8 Dangerous Goods
Individual CRA for Lab/Workshop [.doc]
Generic CRA for Office [.doc]
Storage and Handling
- Chemical Storage and Handling - Quick Reference [.pdf for A3 print]
- See also: WorkSafe Victoria's Recognising Dangerous Goods Segregation Chart - in Government & External Party Publications
Poisons Control Plan
- Example completed Poisons Control Plan Part 1 [.doc]
- Example completed Poisons Control Plan Part 2 [.doc]
- Other documentation and information for Poisons Control Plans - see [Poisons] Industrial and Educational Permits in Government & External Party Publications
Government and External Party Publications and Websites (A-Z by title)
- Approved Criteria for Classifying Hazardous Substances (NOHSC:1008[2004]) [.pdf], Safe Work Australia
- Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods(Cth), National Transport Commission (Commonwealth)
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Commonwealth)
- The Chemical Weapons Convention: A Guide for Australian Industry Producing, Using or Trading Chemicals [.pdf], Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Commonwealth)
- Code of Practice for Supply Diversion into Illicit Drug Manufacture (Cth), Australian Crime Commission and Plastics and Chemicals Industries Assocation (PACIA)
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Department of Health and Aging (Commonwealth)
- Guide to the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 [.pdf], Department of Health Victoria
- Hazardous Substances Information System (HSIS), Safe Work Australia
- High Consequence Dangerous Goods for Storage, Transport and Primary Producer Licenses and Permits Advice [.pdf], WorkSafe Victoria
- National Authority for the Chemical Weapons Convention, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Commonwealth)
- National Industrial Chemicals Notification Scheme (NICNAS), Department of Health and Aging (Commonwealth)
- National Model Regulations for the Control of Scheduled Carcinogenic Substances (NOHSC:1011[1995]) [.pdf], Safe Work Australia
- Poisons Code (Vic), Department of Health Victoria
- [Poisons] Industrial and Educational Permits, Department of Health Victoria, including:
- Application for an Industrial and Educational Permit
- Application to Nominate a Responsible Person
- Fees
- Poisons Control Plan
- Recognising Dangerous Goods Segregation Chart [for A4 & A3], WorkSafe Victoria.
- Standard for the uniform scheduling of drugs and poisons(Cth), Therapeutic Goods Administration (Commonwealth)
- Therapeutic Goods Administration, Department of Health and Aging (Commonwealth)