The Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations place duties on employers to manage and control the use or production of substances in the workplace to protect employees and others from harmful effects.
It gives learners the knowledge and skills to recognise the risks associated with hazardous substances and how to control them.
This course covers:
1. Understand the law relating to hazardous substances in the workplace
Outline employers and employees duties relating to hazardous substances at work
Outline the consequences for non compliance with statutory duties
List the ways in which an employer can communicate hazardous substances safety information
2. Understand how risk assessments contribute to the safe use of hazardous substances in the workplace
Define the terms hazard and risk with respect to hazardous substances
List the different forms that hazardous substances can take
Outline the health and safety effects that may arise following exposure or release of hazardous substances
Outline the routes that hazardous substances can enter the body
Describe how risk assessments reduce accidents and ill health at work
Outline the five step process of risk assessment
3. Understand the precautions and procedures necessary to ensure the risks associated with hazardous substances are properly controlled
Outline the control hierarchy in respect of safe use, handling, transporting, storage and disposal of substances hazardous to health
Outline the types of information that should be referred to for the safe identification and use of hazardous substances
Describe the general procedures that should be in place for dealing with an incident involving hazardous substances
Free Handbook: The Health and Safety Handbook (Level 2), Sprenger, Christian M.R. Highfield.co.uk Ltd
Duration: 1 Day
Cost: £30 per person
Certificate: Certificate of Attendance
Course Dates: Available to private clients, please email for further details.