Safety
Managing Risks of Crystalline Silica (QLD)
This course has been specifically developed to meet the WHS silica criteria published by WorkSafe Queensland.
Estimated time2 Hours
FormatOnline, self-paced
On completionCPD certificate
Course Overview
Queensland requires crystalline silica training for workers who do high-risk processing of crystalline silica substances, or who may be exposed to silica dust because of it. This course was built for that duty: ten lessons covering everything the training must address.
Built to the published training criteria
WorkSafe Queensland publishes the criteria that silica training must cover under section 529CD. This course is designed to address all matters in those published criteria, and NECA’s compliance team has signed off a mapping of the course content against each criterion. The criteria, and the training record form employers use, are on the WorkSafe Queensland website.
The ten lessons
- Health risks of RCS exposure, including silicosis and its signs
- Identifying crystalline silica in materials, including the four regulated forms
- Interpreting Safety Data Sheets
- Workplace exposure standards for RCS
- Regulatory requirements for controlled processing
- Controlling the risk of silica exposure, from water suppression to enclosed cabins
- Respiratory protective equipment, including fit testing and the clean-shaven rule
- Implementing silica risk control plans and SWMS
- Air monitoring, including the 14-day exceedance reporting duty
- Health monitoring and what happens with the results
Who needs this training in Queensland
If the work cuts, grinds, drills or crushes concrete, masonry, stone or older engineered stone still in place, in ways that make dust, this training covers the workers doing it and anyone at risk of breathing the dust it makes.
Related training: Working outside Queensland? Our Silica Awareness course covers crystalline silica risks for workers across Australia, and Western Australian crews have their own Managing Risks of Crystalline Silica (WA) course.
Employers must keep a record of the training, and WorkSafe Queensland publishes a record form for exactly that. Your certificate from this course is the evidence that goes in the file.
What You’ll Learn
Identify crystalline silica substances, including the four regulated forms named in section 529A
Recognise the health risks of respirable crystalline silica exposure, including silicosis
Describe when processing a crystalline silica substance is high risk and what controlled processing requires
Select and fit respiratory protective equipment that meets AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716
Apply silica risk control plans, SWMS, air monitoring and health monitoring duties under the QLD WHS Regulation
What’s Included
Self-paced online module
Knowledge assessment
Certificate on completion
Approx. 2 Hours
Records CPD hours
Records your CPD hours
On completion you’ll receive a certificate recording your CPD hours, ready to add to your professional development record.
Training a team?
Buy 2 or more seats and your company group is set up automatically.
- One link for your whole team - share it (or the QR code) and each person is enrolled as they join.
- Everyone registers as themselves - each certificate is issued in the learner’s own name.
- You see everyone’s progress - your purchase makes you the group manager.
- Need more seats later - buy the same course again and they’re added to your existing group.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who needs crystalline silica training in Queensland?
Queensland’s duty under section 529CD of the WHS Regulation 2011 (QLD) covers workers a business reasonably believes may be involved in high-risk processing of a crystalline silica substance, or at risk of exposure to respirable crystalline silica because of that processing. Workers outside that duty can still be trained in silica awareness under the general training duty.
Is this training regulator approved in Queensland?
Queensland’s WHS Regulation treats training that meets the published criteria as regulator approved: WorkSafe Queensland states such training “is taken to be regulator approved training” for section 529CD. This course is designed to address all matters in those published criteria, and NECA’s compliance team has signed off a mapping of the course content against each criterion.
Can Queensland silica training be done online?
Yes – the published criteria set out what the training must cover, not how it must be delivered, and this course is online and self-paced. Check with WorkSafe Queensland if your workplace has additional requirements.
What silica training records does my employer need to keep in Queensland?
The business must keep a record of the training while the worker carries out high-risk processing and for five years after the worker stops working for the business. WorkSafe Queensland publishes a training record form for this; the certificate from this course is the evidence that supports that record.
Does this course count toward my CPD or licence renewal?
This course records self-paced professional development, with a certificate of completion documenting your learning. It is not represented as an approved licence-renewal or skills-maintenance course. Renewal requirements are set by your state or territory regulator; see our state-by-state electrician licensing guide and confirm what applies to your licence before relying on any course for renewal.
