SDS Authoring, GHS Classification and Chemical Regulatory Compliance
Classifying correctly, writing the sheet, and meeting the regimes that apply to you
Covers classification of substances and mixtures under GHS, authoring a safety data sheet that is both compliant and usable, and the obligations under the major chemical regulatory regimes including REACH, TSCA and the Indian MSIHC Rules.
This course sits alongside our Chemical Safety Evaluation & Testing consulting work, so what is taught is what we do.
Who should attend
Course content
Every module is taught with worked examples and exercises drawn from real plant, and adapted to your own process where the course runs in house.
GHS classification
- Physical, health and environmental hazard classes and categories
- Classifying a mixture from component data and bridging principles
- Cut off values, concentration limits and additivity
- Label elements, pictograms, signal words and statements
Authoring the safety data sheet
- The sixteen sections and what belongs in each
- Writing sections that a user can act on rather than restating the regulation
- Exposure controls and toxicological information
- Version control, revision triggers and distribution obligations
Regulatory regimes
- REACH registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction obligations
- TSCA inventory and reporting requirements
- Indian MSIHC Rules and the Chemical Accidents Rules
- Import, export and transport notification duties
Maintaining compliance
- Monitoring regulatory change and substance list updates
- Supplier data quality and what to do with a poor sheet
- Internal audit of the chemical inventory and its documentation
What you receive
- A GHS classification worksheet for substances and mixtures
- A safety data sheet authoring template
- A regulatory obligation register by jurisdiction
- Assessment result and attendance record
What changes afterwards
- Classifications are defensible and consistent across the product range
- Data sheets are usable by the people who receive them
- Regulatory obligations are tracked rather than discovered at an inspection
- Poor supplier data gets challenged instead of propagated
Standards and references
We teach SDS Authoring, GHS Classification and Chemical Regulatory Compliance against UN GHS purple book, current revision and the codes listed with it, at the edition current when you run it.
Run SDS Authoring, GHS Classification and Chemical Regulatory Compliance for your team
We will come back with dates, the pre-reading it needs and a cost per head. Tell us who is attending, what they already do day to day and whether you want it at your site or delivered online.
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