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Hazardous Chemicals and GHS Awareness
If your people use, store or decant anything with a Safety Data Sheet, they need to be able to read one. GHS labels, the chemicals register, storage and spills, in an hour.
What You Will Learn
- Explain how hazardous chemicals are classified and labelled in Australia under GHS 7
- Interpret pictograms, signal words, and hazard and precautionary statements on chemical labels
- Locate and use the key sections of a Safety Data Sheet and check that it is current
- Describe basic storage and segregation principles and the purpose of the hazardous chemicals register
- Outline exposure standards, health monitoring and the first steps in responding to a chemical spill
Course Content
Final Assessment: 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available
Who This Course Is For
Workers who use, handle, store or work near hazardous chemicals, in workshops, laboratories, warehouses, cleaning, manufacturing, agriculture and trades, plus supervisors and purchasing staff.
Sources and Legal References
This course is aligned to 23 official sources. Legal and regulatory references checked between 13 August 2026 and 31 October 2026.
Sources and Further Reading
This course draws on the following official sources. Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)As at 13/08/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld)As at 13/08/2026
- LegislationOccupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic)As at 13/08/2026
- LegislationOccupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (Vic)As at 13/08/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA)As at 13/08/2026
- Regulator guidanceSafe Work Australia, ChemicalsAs at 31/08/2026
- LegislationDangerous Goods Act 1985 (Vic)As at 02/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 (WA)As at 02/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 (WA)As at 02/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety (Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Operations) Regulations 2022 (WA)As at 02/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2011 No 10 (NSW)As at 03/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulation 2025 (NSW)As at 03/10/2026
- Code of PracticeCode of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace (NSW), SafeWork NSW, December 2022As at 03/10/2026
- Code of PracticeCode of Practice: Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals (NSW), SafeWork NSW, December 2022As at 03/10/2026
- Code of PracticeCode of Practice: Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals (NSW), SafeWork NSW, December 2022As at 03/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2011 (ACT)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (ACT)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 (NT)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations 2011 (NT)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA)As at 13/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulations 2012 (SA)As at 13/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulations 2022 (Tas)As at 31/10/2026
Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness course. It does not issue a unit of competency and is not a substitute for licensed or accredited training, such as accredited chemical handling, dangerous goods transport or ChemCert-style courses required for specific chemicals or roles in your state or territory.
$59.00
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$59.00 per seat, inc GST
Total inc GST$295.00
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What You Get
Certificate of Completion
This is to certify that
Sample Learner
has successfully completed
Hazardous Chemicals and GHS Awareness
All learning modules and the final assessment
Scan the QR code, or enter certificate ID WP-SAMPLE-0001 at workproof.com.au/verify
Kam Askari
Director, Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd
This is a certificate of completion of a non-accredited professional development course. It is not a nationally recognised qualification, a VET statement of attainment, a competency card, a licence, or evidence of competency. It is issued by Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, which is not a Registered Training Organisation.
Sample layout. Certificate ID WP-SAMPLE-0001 verifies as Hazardous Manual Tasks and Manual Handling Safety.
- Certificate verified by its ID
- 100% online, self-paced
- Six months of access
Bought for yourself: six months of access from the day you pay. Team seat: six months from the day the worker activates their code.
