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Crystalline Silica Dust Awareness

Crystalline Silica Dust Awareness

Cutting, grinding or drilling concrete, brick, tile or stone puts silica dust in the air, and the rules around it have changed. What the dust does, the exposure standard, the engineered stone prohibition and the controls that work. State requirements vary and the course says where.

Also relevant for: Asbestos and Demolition, Construction and Trades, Electrical, Manufacturing and Industrial, Mining and FIFO, Plumbing and Gas

About 45 minutes100% online, self-pacedSix months of access

What You Will Learn

  • Explain what respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is and identify the common tasks and materials that generate it
  • Describe silicosis and the other diseases caused by breathing in silica dust
  • State the workplace exposure standard for RCS and what it means for a workplace
  • Outline the prohibition on engineered stone work and the risk control plan and notification requirements for silica processing
  • Select effective controls using the hierarchy of controls, and explain the role of air monitoring and health monitoring

Course Content

Final Assessment: 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available

Who This Course Is For

Construction, stonemasonry, tunnelling, quarrying, manufacturing and demolition workers, supervisors and small business operators who work with concrete, stone, bricks, tiles or engineered stone.

Written by Kam Askari, Managing Director of Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Lead Auditor. MBA, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, MAICD. Checked against the sources listed below.

Sources and Legal References

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 required to carry out high-risk work with crystalline silica in your state or territory. Always follow your workplace's safe work method statements and your regulator's specific requirements.
$49.00
inc GST

Seven day refund if you have not started

For employers and teams

Buy Seats for Your Team

$49.00 per seat, inc GST

Total inc GST$245.00

What You Get

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Sample Learner

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Crystalline Silica Dust Awareness

All learning modules and the final assessment

16 September 2026Date of issue
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Kam Askari

Director, Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd

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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.

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