For workers who create dust from stone, concrete, brick or tiles: why respirable silica is so harmful, and the controls that stop it reaching the lungs.
Respirable crystalline silica is released when materials such as concrete, brick, tiles, sandstone, granite and some composite products are cut, drilled, ground, polished or crushed. The particles are too fine to see. Breathing them in can cause silicosis, lung cancer, kidney disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and silicosis cannot be cured.
This talk covers where silica comes from at work, the workplace exposure standard, the prohibition on engineered stone, and the controls that work: eliminating the dust, wet methods and on-tool extraction first, and properly fitted respiratory protection on top.
After the session, participants will be able to:
It explains the general duties and controls, and points to the extra requirements some WHS and OHS laws now place on high risk silica work. The facilitator guide shows where to add your own state's requirements and your site's silica control plan.
Yes. The slides, handout and guide are editable, and the facilitator guide marks the places to add your own procedures, contacts and photos of your workplace.
No. It is there if your business wants a record that each worker understood the key points. The attendance record on its own shows who attended and when.
Yes. Presentations, guides, workbooks and templates are supplied in editable formats so you can adapt them to your workplace. The copyright notice must stay.
Yes. The hazards and the controls in each toolbox talk apply in any workplace. The duties slide and the facilitator guide's "check before you deliver" table refer to Australian WHS and OHS laws, licences and standards, so a business elsewhere should swap those for its own country's rules. Everything is editable.
Yes. The package includes an editable certificate template, an attendance record (Word, plus an Excel register) and an optional 10-question multiple-choice assessment with an answer key, so you can record who attended and, if you choose, that each worker understood the key points. It is a certificate of completion issued by your business, not a nationally recognised qualification.
Yes. The packages are designed for face-to-face sessions and work over a video meeting platform. The facilitator guide notes where an activity needs adjusting for online delivery.
Yes, as many times as you like, for your own organisation's workers.
Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected. See the Refund Policy for how we handle a package that is faulty, not as described, or not what you ordered.
You keep the version you bought for as long as you use it, and corrections to that version are made available to you. A new edition, for example following a significant change in the law, may be sold separately.
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