Hazardous Substances Regulations Update
Hazardous Substances Regulations – Seminar
If you or your team handle hazardous substances, then make sure you are up to date with the new regulations coming into effect on 1st December 2017.
The new Hazardous Substances Regulations are part of a wider set of reforms that will bring focus to the safe management of hazardous substances in the workplace.
We will help you and your team stay ahead of the changes. Anyone who manufacturers, handles or stores hazardous substances in the workplace should attend.
Key changes that will be addressed during your seminar include:
- Introduction of the new Hazardous Substances Regulations 2017
- New responsibilities for WorkSafe and the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)
- The duty to provide information, instruction, training and supervision to ensure workers understand the risks posed by hazardous substances
- Clear requirements around the provision of signage, labelling and safety data sheets (SDS)
- A requirement to have an inventory of all hazardous substances
Call 0800 222 388 to register for our next seminar or to make a company booking.
| Hazardous Substances Regulations Seminar Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 2 Hours |
| Price (exl. GST) |
Open course – $165 Company Course – $1480 (15 Attendees max) |
| Location | Available at your site, or one of our nationwide training centres. |
| Unit Standard | N/A. |
| Who Should Attend? | Anyone who manufacturers, handles or stores hazardous substances in the workplace should attend as well as company directors, managers, supervisors, self employed, health & safety representatives, and workers. |
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| Course | Location | Date/Time | |
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| Hazardous Substances Regulations – Seminar | Christchurch |
22/01/2018 7:30 am - 9:30 am |
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| Hazardous Substances Regulations – Seminar | Christchurch |
22/01/2018 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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| Hazardous Substances Regulations – Seminar | Auckland, Highbrook |
02/02/2018 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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| Hazardous Substances Regulations – Seminar | Hamilton |
02/03/2018 8:00 am - 10:00 am |
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| Hazardous Substances Regulations – Seminar | Auckland, Highbrook |
12/03/2018 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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| Hazardous Substances Regulations – Seminar | Christchurch |
14/03/2018 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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| Hazardous Substances Regulations – Seminar | Christchurch |
10/04/2018 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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| Hazardous Substances Regulations – Seminar | Hamilton |
20/04/2018 8:00 am - 10:00 am |
Health & Safety at Work Act Presentation – Gordon MacDonald. Credit WorkSafe New Zealand
A PCBU is a ‘person conducting a business or undertaking’. While a PCBU may be an individual person or an organisation, in most cases the PCBU will be an organisation (for example, a business entity such as a company).An individual, such as a sole trader, can also be a PCBU.
Officer
A person who holds a very senior leadership position and has the ability to significantly influence the management of a business or undertaking. A business or undertaking can have more than one officer.
Worker
An individual who carries out work in any capacity for a PCBU
- The business itself. A new legal concept will be a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU). A PCBU will usually be a business entity, such as a company, rather than an individual. The business will have the primary duty under the new law to ensure the health and safety of workers and others affected by the work it carries out. This includes other businesses that share a work site or contract to you or that are part of the supply chain. A property landlord, property manager and contractors/handyman engaged by a property landlord or property manager are also considered to be PCBUs.
- Officers. This includes directors and other people who make governance decisions that significantly affect a business. Officers have a duty of due diligence to ensure their business complies with its health and safety obligations.
- Workers must take reasonable care to ensure the health and safety of themselves and others, and to comply with the business’s reasonable instructions and policies.
- Other people who come to the workplace, such as visitors or customers, also have some health and safety duties. It’s all about taking responsibility for what you can control.
- Reckless conduct that exposes any person to risk of death or serious injury/illness and is reckless as to that risk – fines up to $3 million for the PCBU entity (or $600,000 for individuals) or 5 years in prison.
- Failure to comply with a duty with exposure to risk of death or serious injury/illness – fines up to $1.5 million for the PCBU entity (or $300,000 for individuals).
- Failure to comply with a duty without exposure to death or serious injury/illness – fines up to $500,000 for the PCBU entity (or $100,000 for individuals).
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