Crystalline Silica Awareness (NSW/QLD)

Crystalline Silica Awareness (3-Hour Online Session)

Compliant with Safe Work NSW and Work Safe QLD training requirements. Essential for anyone working with or around crystalline silica. Students will receive a Certificate of Completion upon successful completion of the course.

📍 Virtual Instructor - online via Zoom

👥 Spaces are limited

About the Session

Crystalline silica is a hazardous substance found in common materials such as engineered stone, concrete, bricks, tiles, and fibre cement. When these materials are cut, ground, drilled, or polished, fine silica dust becomes airborne, and if inhaled, can lead to serious and irreversible lung diseases, including silicosis.

Under Work Health and Safety Regulation, employers must ensure workers are trained in the risks and control measures associated with exposure to crystalline silica. This 3-hour online course helps you meet that duty.

Course Overview

This practical and engaging Zoom session covers the key health risks, legislative duties, and control measures required to manage crystalline silica safely in the workplace.

Topics include:

• What is crystalline silica and where is it found?

• Health effects, including silicosis and lung cancer

• How silica dust is generated in common tasks

• Risk factors and high-risk industries

• NSW WHS Regulation and Code of Practice requirements

• Control measures and the hierarchy of control

• Use of respiratory protective equipment (RPE)

• Health monitoring obligations

• Workplace responsibilities for PCBUs, officers, and workers

Who Should Attend

• Tradespeople, construction and manufacturing workers

• Stone benchtop fabricators and installers

• Supervisors, HSRs, and team leaders

• PCBUs, managers, and WHS advisors

• Anyone working with engineered stone, concrete, tiles, bricks, or fibre cement products

Limited Spaces

This course has a limited number of participants.