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Hi There,
Can someone please tell me what is happening in relation to chemwatch changing to chem for schools. Has this happened and if so how do we change to it?

if you are in Independent school you need to send your request to our Customer Service Team to be
transitioned to the GoldFFX system. It is up to you do you want change it or stay with ChemGold3.

Thanks Jazz,
I think I will change over to the Gold ffx.

Just came across this site - its an e-learning training tool for Chem FFX - may be of some help

http://jr.<URL removed, see forum rules>/8uehfjnkzdf8r/

Debbie

oops - didn't like that - try googling jrchemwatch.net

Debbie

rang Chemwatch help desk the other day to find out what was happening -- was told that I didn't have a choice of staying with Chemgold 3 or changing over to Gold ffx

Hi June,
Are you an Independent school or public? Jazz was saying that if you were private you had to register your school, so therefore we had a choice.

Hi Superbug

yeh I'm Catholic Independent -- perhaps that's the reason why. It just would have been nice to know what was going on instead of finding out when I went to log on and couldn't get in.

This email is passed to me by lab tech working in catholic school. It looks like they are the only one with access for now, everyone else including indipendant school wsitd for the DET to give a green light
"Unfortunately ChemFFX is also a part of the "old" suite of applications that are going to be phased out so it is best not to use this either. Our BackPack, ChemFFX and ChemGold 3 applications will be phased out and replaced very soon with BackPack/Gold FFX to which Sezer has given you the link below.

Regards

Tamer Bozkurt
Chemwatch IT

Our local Catholic Schools Office emailed me about the changes to GoldFFX (changes were handled by the CEC).
All my manifest files were migrated to the new application during the holidays and I've been using it this week....can't say I love it but I guess I'll get used to it.
I don't know what state or independent schools are doing.
Cheers

I am at an independent school and still have access to ChemFFX. Just logged in now and is still the same. I have heard nothing to the contrary but that is not neccessarily a surprise either.

I just checked and I now have no access to ChemGold, just the newer GoldFFX

I'm back at work today and I can't get onto anything still. I e-mailed chemwatch last term and nothing from them either and I really need to print off sheets and new labels . Does anyone have a number to Chemwatch that I can contact them

I have a help desk number
03 9573500

I hope that helps

sorry or on there website it is 03 9573100

According to Alan Smith from DET:
there are some issues with risk assessment of some chemicals ( using ChemWatch database) and they waiting this to be resolved. CSIS package is in the pipeline to be upgraded ( AGAIN). He said there will not be many changes as CSIS book is good as is .He is not sure when it will be finished.

I could be wrong about what I am about say.So please correct me if so.
DET schools don't do anything until there has been a directive from the department. ?????
Mother

Thank you for those numbers, will get onto it now

Mother:
A Directive from the Department was in "The Bizz" Think that is what it is called. Comes out once a week. Regarding GHS System etc. Can not remember that date but it was last year.

Hi everyone,

Haven't logged on here in a while, and just going through old posts to catch up.

This may interest those from NSW DEC schools:

Last month I contacted Chemwatch re organising some more T&D for our region. Anna's reply was that they don't run training for CG3 any more, as they are in the process of transferring all clients to GoldFFX.

However, they don't have 'a time line' for NSW Government schools yet, and suggested we wait until after ther upgrade occurs.

Cheers,