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- 09 May 2016, 13:18
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Was there an official memo about GHS ?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13301
Re: Was there an official memo about GHS ?
I've been telling people about GHS every year for the past 3 or 4 years, every time chemical register sheets have to be filled in for the year - out goes the email. Yeah.
- 09 May 2016, 13:16
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Was there an official memo about GHS ?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13301
Re: Was there an official memo about GHS ?
GHS was brought up at our last WHS meeting. They seemed to think it was a brand new thing, and I don't think anyone is all that worried!
- 04 May 2016, 14:44
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: SciList
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2516
Re: SciList
It's some sort of chemical/equipment inventorysystem
- 04 May 2016, 08:10
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: SciList
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2516
Re: SciList
I don't use it. I have mine on excel. We had a presentation at a PD day a few years ago about it. It seemed to be a lot of work to set it up, for not a lot of benefit. I don't think it would work in our workplace.
- 07 Apr 2016, 12:04
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: Transporting Textbooks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2276
Re: Transporting Textbooks
Ah but that would be sensible
- 06 Apr 2016, 13:06
- Forum: Recipes and Pracs
- Topic: Acids on carbonates
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4147
Re: Acids on carbonates
No idea!
- 06 Apr 2016, 11:07
- Forum: Recipes and Pracs
- Topic: Acids on carbonates
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4147
Acids on carbonates
OK so they are doing the acids on carbonates prac where they use sea shells, marble, egg shell and snail shells. Well we seem to either be in a snail drought, or my snails are turbo charged. I planted out a bunch of lettuces, laid a half a box of snail bait, next morning all my lettuces gone, not a ...
- 30 Mar 2016, 09:36
- Forum: Biology, Physics...
- Topic: beam balances.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5481
Re: beam balances.
That's pretty much what I thought
- 29 Mar 2016, 13:55
- Forum: Biology, Physics...
- Topic: beam balances.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5481
beam balances.
Does anyone still use beam balances? We have about 15, and we just got another 6 or so because " they don't won't zero or work and need to be chucked" . I got all of them to zero and work. #-o They only get used for prac tests, and I don't think the students will ever use one again in thei...
- 23 Mar 2016, 12:14
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: CSIS training for new and long-term staff
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8624
Re: CSIS training for new and long-term staff
Exactly!ELIZABETH wrote:All well and good, but CSIS is 18 years old!!
- 16 Mar 2016, 09:57
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: Chemffx credo labelling help!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2555
Re: Chemffx credo labelling help!
I've entered one chemical that shows an R phrase under the material name in the list, but nothing comes up on any of the labels. Out of curiosity I entered a solution I know to be dangerous, which showed 6 R phrases, but nothing on any of the labels. I can't see that I've done anything differently w...
- 15 Mar 2016, 14:11
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: Chemffx credo labelling help!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2555
Chemffx credo labelling help!
Hi I am trying to generate labesls in credo, although there are r phrases and jazard diamonds where the substance is listed in the catalogue, the ones I have tried to generate today do not have these included, or any warnings, when I preview the label. I can't work out what I am doing wrong. Thought...
- 14 Mar 2016, 20:39
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: Airconditioning labs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4993
Re: Airconditioning labs
Our labs aren't airconditioned but at least they have ceiling fans. The prep room doesn't
- 08 Mar 2016, 09:59
- Forum: Biology, Physics...
- Topic: rat dissection
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15035
Re: rat dissection
I was told to get them from research at westmead hospital, as they are bred for that purpose. But I just tell me staff no. I am not tying up rats to boards! (or going in my time, car, fuel etc to pick them up) :thumbup: I used to get them from the local university, but the supply became haphazard, ...
- 08 Mar 2016, 08:51
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: risk assess tips or tricks
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5969
Re: risk assess tips or tricks
Just had a newish teacher walk in, she had done an RA for the prac she wanted next lesson, which Didn't have chemicals in this case. But she had no idea what she was doing. "I guess I better read the test book" :whistling2: she then realised she actually wanted another prac , but had copie...
- 04 Mar 2016, 15:38
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: risk assess tips or tricks
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5969
Re: risk assess tips or tricks
That's what I keep telling her. It takes no longer to send a risk assess, in fact it takes much less time as I'VE written most of them already! Nothing gets lost, everyone can see who has ordered what when, and who ordered it first!
- 04 Mar 2016, 14:04
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: risk assess tips or tricks
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5969
Re: risk assess tips or tricks
Do people use risk assess for everything? I have that teacher, who unfortunately is the HOD, who won't do them unless she thinks they are totally necessary.Ie she will walk in and grab stuff, or send me an email, that may or may not get lost in the dozens of emails that fly around here daily. I want...
- 17 Feb 2016, 11:26
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: Is borax really a teacher only chemical?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6813
Re: Is borax really a teacher only chemical?
I will bring this to the attention of the teacher involved - she IS of a child bearing age. But doesn't the fact that she didn't pick up on this herself show that the Risk Assessment wasn't even read???? I've just pointed it out to her, and she's not impressed. She's been doing this prac for years ...
- 17 Feb 2016, 09:39
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: labeling old chemicals in store
- Replies: 65
- Views: 22408
Re: labeling old chemicals in store
Has anyone else ever thought that we ALL struggle to do the right thing - we ALL help each other in knowing what we shoudl and shouldn't do, and yet it is our EMPLOYER who should be telling US what is the legal requirements. In any other industry or workplace we would be TOLD what we had to do - es...
- 17 Feb 2016, 09:25
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: labeling old chemicals in store
- Replies: 65
- Views: 22408
Re: labeling old chemicals in store
What about my old "mate" the groundsman. (I use the term loosely) who I struggle to get to fill in any form of chemical register, let alone one a reasonable person would believe is valid. I shudder to think what he has down there that he hasn't declared and how old it is.