Work Instructions

To ensure a safe working and learning environment, the Faculty of Science has developed the following work instructions as part of a Safety Management System for information purposes and usage.

We are updating the documents, please reach out with any questions to Leanne Lucas at Leanne.Lucas@smu.ca

• Work Instruction 4: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Training of Science personnel
  The Faculty of Science department chairpersons and/or program co-ordinators are responsible to ensure that all students, teaching or research assistants, lab instructors, technicians, and full-time/part-time faculty members receive the appropriate WHMIS training. This document provides guidelines concerning the provision of WHMIS training to those within the Faculty of Science.‌
• Work Instruction 8: Ordering, Receiving, and Inventory of Chemicals and Biologicals in the Faculty of Science
  This document explains how all chemicals are to be ordered, received, documented, and stored within the Faculty of Science.‌
• Work Instruction 10: Control of Exposures in Teaching Laboratories
  This document provides checklists and monitoring advice to ensure that teaching labs using chemicals or chemical solutions do not expose students to unacceptable chemical levels.‌
• Work Instruction 11: Control of Exposures in Research Activities
  This document provides checklists and monitoring advice to ensure and document that research does not expose researchers and others involved to unacceptable levels of hazardous chemicals or vapours.‌
• Work Instruction 13 : Handling and Disposal of Chemical Wastes
  This document provides protocols for the safe handling of chemical waste in both teaching and research laboratories.‌