🧪 Chemical Inventory & SDS Lifecycle Management

A practical course for people who create, maintain or audit workplace chemical inventories and Safety Data Sheet libraries. Seven modules cover governance, data capture, SDS acquisition and revision control, completeness checks, control banding, exposure screening and operational records. The final exam pass mark is 80%.

What you'll learn

• Define inventory scope, ownership and approval rules
• Capture product, CAS, location, quantity, use and hazard data
• Control the full SDS lifecycle and revision history
• Audit all 16 SDS sections and resolve data gaps
• Apply qualitative hazard and exposure banding
• Escalate OEL, CMR and respiratory risks appropriately
• Maintain labels, worker summaries and review evidence

Learning objectives

• Build a single source of truth for every chemical product on site
• Distinguish a product identifier from an ingredient CAS number
• Verify that an SDS matches the exact product and current formulation
• Recognize incomplete, obsolete or internally inconsistent SDS information
• Use control banding as a screening method without treating it as exposure measurement
• Connect inventory findings to controls, health surveillance and change management
• Demonstrate an auditable periodic review and retirement process