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Legislation, National Standards, Codes of Practice and University requirements pertaining to the storage and use of hazardous substances including chemicals.
OnlineTraining to use the chemical databases. This on line training program is called Backpack and is designed to train and enable staff and students to use the Backpack link to search for a material and read and print a Safety Data Sheet.
User name : elearning
Password : El3arning
This same online training program called Backpack provides 70% of the training required for staff and post graduates to use the full Chemical Management System. The remainder of the training is quite specific and is not available to all users and it is available through the User Guide under the Help Menu or available from the online chat room.
The CMS full version has an on line chat room connection and all users can book a telecom training session with chemwatch where they can train you on your specific inventory remotely. This is mainly for the CMS. The backpack training will be on line using the link above in the very near future.( Currently being trialled). Note the CMS has a detailed Manual under the Help icon. (Recommended to print in colour if printed).
BackPack (for Staff and Students) - Search, Read and Print a Safety Data Sheet (SDS). Please ensure that you have selected materials on the left side menu, Full under the database heading.
User name: unitas
Password: study
GoldFFX This is the new chemical database. CMS and GoldFFX will be synchronised overnight and then eventually CMS will be closed and there will only be Backpack to read and print and ChemFFX for full functionality. Existing passwords should work. 08/4/2013 RT. You can use this database.
Browser: Google Chrome preferred, Firefox, Safari, IE9, IE8 possibly. Anything less than IE8 not worth using.
Please ensure that you have selected materials on the left side menu, Full, not own, under the database heading and Advanced, not Simple, for full functionality.
If you log in with the user name and password below you will be able see all the folders and all the manifests BUT you cannot access any of them including your own. It is likely that these will be removed once users are familiar with the new Gold FFX. If you wish to read and write in your own Organisational unit folder and manifest then use the GoldFFX link above and use unitas and then your own and password. Do Not use the user names and password below for your organisation manifest.
User Name: unitas
Password: 5JksnX
Browser: Google Chrome preferred, Firefox, Safari, IE9, IE8 possibly. Anything less than IE8 not worth using.
Old site below but still functioning and can be used.
The CMS is an online chemical information management system that provides safety information for the creation of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and on the storage, handling and labelling of chemicals. This link is for detailed managmeent of the inventory and is therefor slower than Backpack and not everyone requires this functionality. The Chemical Management System (CMS) is a chemical information management software package which provides important safety information for the creation of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and in relation to the storage, handling and labelling of chemicals. It is accessible through the University network. No log on or password is required to read and print a MSDS. It is designed for use on a PC with the latest version of IE 9. IE8 is good but IE 7 is the worst as it responds very slowly to all chemwatch web applications.
On a Mac, the best browser is Firefox but Safari is acceptable. On some Mac that use Firefox, there may be issues with displaying vendor msds where it asks the user to download the privatechk.exe.file, which it should not. This can easily be fixed by following the instructions from this link:
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox-without-downloading-them?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Opening+PDF+files+within+Firefox.
The addon can be download and installed from this link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pdfjs/ (not already present).
A user does not need to clear the browser cache (also known as the temporary internet files) and cookies that often, only when there is an issue and this is done mainly to negate the possibility of this being the cause of the problem. Please note, do not clear the browsing history as this will remove all of your recently visited URLs which may not be desirable.
One can check the browser type, client's screen resolution and cookies acceptability from the link: http://jr.chemwatch.net/mybrowser/
Check the net connection speed to the chemwatch server from http://jr.chemwatch.net/speedtes/ For the latter one needs to have Flash installed on browser. Flash can be downloaded for free from the link: http://www.adobe.com/ select Adobe Flash Player
CMS can also assist in the retrieval of Worksafe Australia (WSA) format MSDSs, printing of labels and establishment of an inventory module for dangerous goods and hazardous substance storage.
If an MSDS is not in the CMS database, Schools/Sections should notify the CMS through the email, fax or on line chat room to have an MSDS index loaded onto a computer in their School/Section. It is essential that Schools/Section ensure that manufacturers supply an MSDS when items are purchased and a copy of this MSDS is filed in the School/Section.
Schools/Sections are able to custom-design their own labels and the CMS will extract the information for the label directly from the MSDS. The printing component is designed so that labels for Dangerous Goods, Hazardous Substances, Poisons, Decanted Hazardous Substances, Laboratory Chemicals, Waste Materials and others can be made.
The CMS is designed for DIY training. Use the manual provided under Help menu and tghere is an on line char toom icon. For other issues such as creating an inventory or passwords contact Rodney Teague via UTas Health.Safety@utas.edu.au. It is possible for the Budget Centres to set up a working level for postgrad students separate to staff access for discrete areas or read access only to manifests. Please use the contact email address above for any specific inquiry and assistance.
Dangerous Goods (DG) Transportation Companies – Tasmanian.
The following contacts are provided to assist Schools/Section with locating a local company for the transportation of Dangerous Goods out of Tasmania. There are many interstate companies who transport DG into Tasmania. Please remember DG transportation is usually airport to airport. Other services such as items packed in dry ice can be door to door. No Dangerous Goods should be sent by mail, if in doubt contact Australia Post.
The Dangerous Goods Legislation and the Transportation of items by Air requires that persons are qualified to package Dangerous Goods or qualified to package goods for air transport ( items in dry ice). There is a great deal of responsibility on that qualified person. Some Schools and Sections may have specific requirements for the packaging and sending Dangerous Goods, especially to areas for Antarctic Research. For most other activities it may not be practical for Schools/Sections to train their own DG qualified personnel . Even though the University may fund the course, the qualification and licence number only applies to the person who has been trained. Adequate funding must be provided to purchase the correct packaging, labels etc. Reusing old items, non-compliant labels etc must not to be used. Sufficient space must be provided for the person to store packaging material and to pack the DG items. If the items are wrapped/packaged prior to giving them to the DG qualified person they must be unwrapped and inspected and then wrapped. The DG qualified person is the only person who can determine the type packaging is required and how long it takes to do the task. Schools/Sections have no support under the DG/CASA Air transport legislation to direct a person on these tasks. Operational Units must take adequate precautions to ensure that if the DG qualified person is not available, no other person can access the DG documentation and licence number to send the DG package and must ensure that none attempts to do so. There can be no training of other staff to undertake DG work when the DG qualified person is not available. Unless the persons is doing the task regularly, the DG qualified person may require adequate time to review the requirements prior to doing the task. The unusual DG task will require advice from the relevant persons/Regulatory DG Transport Authority/Training company. It would be appropriate to provide adequate time to do this review.
Authorised by the Director, Human Resources
8 April, 2013
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