NATIONAL PROFILE on Chemicals Management - UNITAR

Chapter 11Raising awareness and promote understandingof management of chemical substances amongworkers and the public11 1 Workers11 1.1 Responsibilities of employers regarding education,etc. of workersRegarding raising awareness and promoting their knowledge on chemical substances, thefollowing obligations of employers are stipulated in the Industrial Safety and Health Law andrelated regulations.11 1.1.1 Appointment of operations chiefsWhen employers have their workers engage in the production and handling work of certainharmful chemical substances, they are obliged to appoint operations chiefs among those whohave completed skill training course at designated institutions and to assign this chief toperform the supervision of other workers. The skill training course includes knowledge ofhealth impairments caused by chemical substances and their preventive measures. Bothcontents and hours of training courses are laid down. Furthermore, employers are alsoobliged to provide to work chiefs the opportunities to receive education or trainings in orderto improve their capacity in their respective duties.11 1.1.2 Implementation of safety and health education, etc.When employers have their workers to engage in production or handling of certain harmfulchemical substances, employers are recommended to make efforts to provide safety andhealth education including impairments of the chemicals which they may handle for theirworkers.11 1.1.3 Implementation of education at workWhen employing workers or changing the contents of their work, employers are obliged toprovide the workers with safety and heath education. The contents of the education areitems necessary for the workers to perform their work, such as i) hazard and toxicity ofmachines and raw materials, etc. and ways to handle them properly, ii) the functions of safetyapparatus, harmful property controlling apparatus or protective equipment and the methodto handling, and iii) causes and prevention of accidents of disease at work.65