10 GHS Training Courses
We’ve put together the top GHS training courses that you and your workers can take to ensure safe handling and labeling of hazardous substances o avoid spills and reduce risks of workplace incidents and illnesses associated with chemical exposures. The topics covered include the GHS standards, hazard communication, container labeling, and more. Keep scrolling to learn more.
1. Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
EdApp’s course on Globally Harmonized System (GHS) has everything you need to learn about this systematized classification program, from its history and background to application and implementation, as well as how hazard classification and communication works. It also explores the different hazard classes under the GHS standards, alongside a step-by-step process to identify and classify them. The primary objective of this course is to patch up the confusing aspects of the classification and labeling of chemicals, ensuring consistent and simplified communication between involved workers, contractors, and manufacturers.
This EdApp microlearning course is ready-made but can still be edited to fit your branding needs. It is also free for all, so there’s no need to pay a monthly subscription.
Cost: Free
Scope: Introduction to GHS, application and implementation, hazard classification, hazard communication
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2. Hazard Communication
EdApp’s Hazard Communication course focuses on educating your workforce about the different hazards surrounding a chemical. Here, they will learn more about the physical, health, and environmental hazards associated with these harmful substances, when and how they occur, and the steps your team can take to eliminate or at least reduce these risks. As they progress through these lessons, they will also gain a thorough understanding of the components of GHS-compliant chemical labels and safety data sheets. This way, they can easily identify the hazards of the chemical products they will be working with as well as the best practices to avoid accidental exposure or any related incidents.
This course only contains 11 short but highly concentrated slides that your team can complete in just 5-10 minutes. If you have remote employees all over the world, you can also use EdApp's AI translation tool to translate it into different languages, like Spanish, Japanese, or Arabic.
Cost: Free
Scope: Different types of chemical hazards, how and when they occur, steps to eliminate or reduce them, elements of GHS-compliant chemical labels and safety data sheets
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3. GHS and OSHA Hazardous Communication Online Training Course
The GHS and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazardous Communication course by Online OSHA Training will provide your team a basic overview of the new Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and the Hazardous Communication (HazCom) Standard. This course is traditionally used to onboard new teams before they deal with chemical products, although you can also use it to inform your existing employees about the revised GHS standards. Apart from the fundamentals of GHS and HazCom, it will also provide your workforce a step-by-step guide on how to read and use Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) and chemical labels so they can immediately apply safety measures to lessen the risk of exposure.
This course has SDS training videos. It's also 100% online, so your team can access anytime and anywhere to their best convenience.
Cost: $20 USD
Scope: Overview of the new Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and the HazCom (Hazardous Communication) Standard, how to use Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) and chemical labels
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4. Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Training Online
This OSG course can be used to ensure systematized communication about chemical hazards when dealing with companies from all over the world, regardless of the language they speak. This online course goes into details of the standardized sections and order of Safety Data Sheets, and how your team can utilize them to understand the hazard information on a chemical product, such as explosive chemicals. This way, they’ll know the right precautionary measures to follow and prevent accidental exposures and incidents. It also tackles the different hazard classification, standards for chemical labeling, pictograms and signal words, precautionary statements, and so much more. This course isn’t exactly free, but still, it’s more practical than organizing a week-long in-class training.
Cost: $25 USD
Scope: GHS purpose and benefits, Safety Data Sheets (SDS) sections and order, hazard classification, standards for chemical labeling
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5. Online HAZCOM/GHS Training
If you’re looking for a more engaging way to train your workers on the GHS standards, then you may want to consider the HAZCOM/GHS Training by Kelley Integrity. This course is 100% 3D-animated, which can be accessed anytime and anywhere using any internet-connected device. The content of this course encompasses the importance of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), communication standards and requirements, as well as the structure of Safety Data Sheets (SDS). It also brings light to different hazards related to harmful chemical substances and how your team can identify them using SDS. Upon completion, a printable digital certificate will be generated automatically and sent to your email inbox.
Cost: $39 USD
Scope: Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and OSHA' Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) importance and requirements, basic structure of the Safety Data Sheet, different chemical hazards
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6. HazCom: What You Need To Know with GHS
J.J. Keller & Associates has two primary objectives for developing this training course: to help your workers comply with HazCom training requirements and guide them to the revised GHS provisions. This program features a 20-minute engaging video covering the background and importance of HazCom and GHS standards, classification of chemical hazards, and sections of Safety Data Sheets (SDS). It also goes over the new GHS-style label elements and pictogram symbols, alongside recommended guidelines should your workforce encounter a dangerous container that has been distributed illegally without a label.
Unfortunately, this video is only available in DVD format, which means you'll need a compatible media player to watch it.
Cost: $395.00 USD
Scope: Introduction to HazCom and GHS, classification of chemical hazards, the structure of safety data sheets and the GHS-specified 16-section format, GHS-style label elements
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7. Container Labeling
Container labeling is considered a vital element of GHS, used as a universal method of communicating the physical and health hazards of the chemicals present in a workplace. This task, however, is more complicated than it sounds. In this OSHAcademy GHS training course, expect to learn more about the container labeling requirements under the new GHS standards, including the information that must be included depending on the type of chemical container you have on hand. What's more, it also reviews the old GHS labeling system to ensure that your employees can recognize and act on old labels if they ever come across them. The content of this course is prepared in training modules and videos, along with some quick exercises for higher learning retention.
Cost: Free
Scope: GHS old and new container labeling requirements, sample HCS primary container label, alternative labeling methods
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8. GHS Container Labels Training
Safety Videos has also developed a container labeling training program, although this course is in video format and is available as a DVD or on a USB stick. Here, you'll get to explore the six major pieces of information used on the GHS label - the chemical identifier, signal word, hazard statement, precaution statement, supplier identified, and pictogram labels. Furthermore, it will guide your team on the correct way of reading and interpreting the standard pictograms used in the GHS program, which they can use when assessing how a chemical product should be handled, stored, and transported.
While this course isn’t free, it comes with additional resources including a trainer's guide, assessment and quizzes, an attendance sheet, and a printable Certificate of Completion.
Cost: $229.00 USD
Scope: History of GHS program, information and pictograms used on the GHS labels
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9. Chemical Storage and Handling
Another valuable course to include in your GHS training is the Chemical Storage and Handling course by EdApp LMS. Here, you'll learn how to safely store and transport hazardous chemicals, as well as what to do in an emergency. It also discusses the pivotal sections of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS), such as hazard identification, storage, handling of dangerous goods, as well as exposure control. By understanding these elements, your team will easily identify and differentiate hazardous materials and determine the right precautionary measures they need to apply to reduce risks of accidents and exposures.
This EdApp course is reinforced with gamified quizzes, bringing fun and color to an otherwise monotonous training course. To further motivate them, you may also combine them with real prizes like coffee vouchers or discount coupons, anything that your budget allows.
Cost: Free
Scope: Working safely with chemicals, understanding the Safety Data Sheet (SDS), safe storage and transportation
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10. Toxic Chemicals
Toxic chemicals pose a range of health and environmental risks, so it's critical for GHS-compliant companies to ensure that their workers know the severity of risks associated with each chemical they handle. In this course by EdApp, your team will learn more about the toxicology terminologies, various types of toxins, and how they differ from each other. This information comes in handy when identifying the hazard classes and categories of your chemical containers and products, and classifying or labeling them under the GHS standards. They will also learn how the trace of toxic chemicals can enter their body alongside some tips on how they can prevent them to avoid incidents like acute toxicity.
This compliance training has been made accessible via mobile devices so your workers can take and complete them on the go, whenever and wherever they are.
Cost: Free
Scope: Types of toxins, toxicology terminologies, routes of exposure, workplace exposure standards
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GHS (Globally Harmonized System) is a worldwide safety program by the United Nations developed to create a harmonized and standardized system of classifying and labeling chemical products. Before the implementation of this program, different countries followed varying chemical classification systems, which used to be confusing and harmful for the workers who needed to deal with these hazardous substances. As a result, the UN has come up with these centralized standards that most companies and countries today are encouraged to follow. Whether you've already adopted this system or perhaps just getting underway, it's critical that you and your employees are trained and updated on the latest GHS standards to ensure its successful implementation.