Chemical Management: Guidance Material Index
This page indexes all chemical management guidance material published by the EHS Unit.
It does not generally include government or external party publications, although a number of these are linked throughout the Chemical Management section of the site. To obtain these links, consult the relevant topic in Key Topics or Requirements for Specific Chemicals. Make you always get the most recent copy of any government document directly from the source.
Sections on this page:
- General Guidance
- Material Safety Data Sheets
- Chemical Inventories
- Chemical Risk Assessment
- Storage and Handling
- Poisons Control Plan
General Guidance
- Procedure: EHS Manual 11.1.New. Chemical Management
- Chemical Management Guidelines [.pdf]
Material Safety Data Sheets
MSDS in ChemWatch
- Refer to ChemWatch
- ChemWatch Instructions Final 5 July 2006 [.pdf]
- How to add new MSDS to ChemWatch [.pdf] [University network IP addresses only]
MSDS Not in ChemWatch
- MSDS Checklist [.doc]
Chemical Inventories
Inventories in ChemWatch
- Refer to ChemWatch
- Blank ChemWatch Inventory Template (v.2 17 July 2006) [.xls]
- ChemWatch Inventory Template Explanatory Notes [.doc]
- ChemWatch Inventory Template Example [.xls]
- ChemGold II workbook - refer to help on using ChemWatch
Inventories Not in ChemWatch
Chemical Risk Assessment
Templates
- Chemical Risk Assessment Worksheet [.doc]
- Laboratory Notebook template [.doc] (contains sample process risk assessment)
- EHS 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 [for A4 & A3]. Note: this chart has not yet been updated to reflect changes to the law regarding transportation of Dangerous Goods at 1 Jan 2009.
Poisons Control Plan
- Example completed Poisons Control Plan Part 1 [.doc]
- Example completed Poisons Control Plan Part 2 [.doc]