- This 4 hour course is for all those who work, or wish to work, in a workplace that works with hazardous substances, such as in healthcare, in the manufacturing sector, cleaners, transport, utilities and even office environments.
- Hazardous substances are everywhere, and COSHH assessments have to be undertaken in all businesses.
- Candidates will learn about the legal requirements relating to hazardous substances, how risk assessments contribute to the safe use of hazardous substances, as well as the precautions and procedures required to ensure that the risks associated with hazardous substances are properly controlled.
Course Contents
- Legal requirements relating to hazardous substances in the workplace
- Employer duties
- Employee duties
- Consequences of non-compliance
- Communicating safety information
- The different forms that hazardous substances can take
- Effects that may arise after exposure to hazardous substances
- The different routes that hazardous substances can enter the body
- How risk assessments reduce accidents and ill health at work
- The five step process of risk assessment
- The control hierarchy in relation to the safe use, handling, transporting, storage and disposal of substances hazardous to health
- Information to refer to when identifying and using hazardous substances
- Procedures for dealing with an incident involving hazardous substances
For more information, please go to our website: http://pochattraining.co.uk/principles-of-coshh/
We also run these courses via virtual classroom. Please go here to see their dates.
Please contact us on info@pochattraining.co.uk for more info regarding each course.
