COSHH Awareness course informs you of the dangers of chemical substances and aims to make sure that you or your company follow the relevant rules and regulations. You will also learn how to conduct a COSHH risk assessment in your workplace to ensure that you and others do not come into contact with them.
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Description
COSHH Awareness course informs you of the dangers of chemical substances and aims to make sure that you or your company follow the relevant rules and regulations. You will also learn how to conduct a COSHH risk assessment in your workplace to ensure that you and others do not come into contact with them.
Learning outcomes
- The different forms of biological and chemical agents
- Classifying substances
- Specific agents and their health hazards
- Routes of entry
- What is COSHH?
- Limits of workplace exposure
- Control measures
- Health risk surveys
- Environmental issues
- Practical risk assessments
Suitability
The course is suitable for a broad range of individuals from various industries, such as those who use, store, handle, transport or manufacture hazardous substances.
Chemicals and other hazardous substances can be a real health risk in untrained hands. To prevent injury and ill-health, you must understand the risks.
Under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH), the law requires you to control hazardous substances; this course will help you understand your responsibilities.