Membership of the Chemical Hazards Communication Society should bring the following benefits:

• Opportunity to exchange personal views on chemical hazards communication free of any constraint of business, trade or other association, or governmental policy
• Opportunity to learn through discussion with others involved in chemical hazards communication through regular meetings and seminars. Including interpretation of regulations and information on sources of advice and assistance
• Opportunity to put forward your training requirements in an organised way
• Demonstrates to employer (or potential employer) your personal commitment to improvement of your knowledge in this area
• Increased awareness of the chemical hazards communication profession by employers, whether government institution, business, or trade or other association
• Access to the Members area of this website giving you:
  • On-line CHCS Newsletters
  • CHCS Seminar Reports
  • Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser (DGSA) Pages
  • Glossary Of Acronyms Used In Chemical Hazard Communication
  • Definitions of Hazard
  • Scope of Directive 67/548/EEC (DSD) and its Annexes

Please download the membership application form here. All fields marked as mandatory on the form must be completed. The form must be signed by you and the original must be mailed to the address shown on the form.

The CHCS membership year runs from 1st September to 31st August. Anyone joining the Society for the first time after 1st June is granted membership through to 31st August of the following year, ie for a period of up to 15 months. That concession does not apply to former members rejoining CHCS.

If you wish to join (not rejoin) the Society in order to participate in a CHCS Seminar or to attend CHCS training, and that CHCS activity is due to take place within the three month period between 1st June and 31st August, the following applies:

• In order to secure your place, from 1st May onwards you may submit simultaneous applications for CHCS membership and for the CHCS activity. Your membership will start on the first (or only) day of the Seminar/training, and your invoice will reflect that date. Please note that no reservation of places will be made until the signed original membership application is received at the CHCS Office.
  
  
• Important – if the required activity occurs in May, a current subscription will apply to new members  attending; and that subscription will expire at the end of August in the same year.

The membership subscription, for those joining CHCS for the first time after 1st June 2010 and before 1st June 2011, is £49.00 (pounds sterling) PLUS £8.58 VAT (Total £57.58). The membership will expire at the end of the CHCS year on 31 August 2011.

Renewing members will be invoiced for £49.00 plus VAT in September 2010.

For more information on the VAT implications for members located outside the UK, please see this page.

DO NOT SEND ANY PAYMENT - CHCS WILL INVOICE YOU ON RECEIPT OF YOUR APPLICATION.

There are a limited number of bursaries (free membership) for applicants from developing countries. Please apply to CHCS Office.

Secretary
Chemical Hazards Communication Society
PO Box 222
Lymington, SO42 7GY
United Kingdom

For further information:

UK telephone: 0844 636 2427 (0844 636 CHCS)

Intl tel: +44 844 636 2427

UK fax: 0844 636 2428

Intl fax: +44 844 636 2428

Email: chcs@chcs.org.uk

NOTE: CHCS CAN TAKE MAJOR CREDIT & DEBIT CARD PAYMENTS - BUT ONLY IN SETTLEMENT OF ISSUED INVOICES. DETAILS OF HOW TO DO THIS WILL COME WITH THE INVOICE.