Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Training Course
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Hazardous substances can affect anyone within the workplace, not just those who handle them regularly.
This COSHH training course is designed to give workers knowledge of the health risks surrounding work with hazardous substances, including how to undertake a COSHH assessment by identifying the risks and the control measures needed, and ensure that they understand how to work safely with hazardous substances.
- Ensures compliance with UK Health and Safety legislation
- Developed by Health & Safety Professionals
- Matches the CIEH Level 2 Syllabus
- Accredited by CPD and Approved by RoSPA
- Fully online course and assessment with no time limits
- Full audio voiceover
- Approximate duration: 2-3 hours
- On completion, certificate is posted the next working day
Who Should Take This Course?
This COSHH training course provides suitable training for all levels of employees who work, or may come into contact with, hazardous substances in the workplace. All employees must have the necessary knowledge to be competent and do the job properly. This includes, but is not limited to, people who work in professions such as:
- Catering and baking
- Cleaning
- Beauty and hairdressing
- Engineering
- Vehicle repair and painting
- Welding
- Offshore oil and gas
- Printing
- Woodworking
- Agriculture
Certification
All of our courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to universally accepted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
This course is also approved by RoSPA, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, as providing quality and content-approved training.
On successful completion of the course you will be sent a quality assured certificate through the post the next working day. This can be used to provide evidence for compliance and audit.
This certificate does not have an expiry date. However, based on industry best practice guidelines, the recommended renewal period for this training is 1 year. We will print this recommended renewal date on your certificate.
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Course Content
| Module | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to COSHH | What is a substance hazardous to health, common hazardous substances, where do hazardous substances exist, ill-health from hazardous substances, statistics, benefits of COSHH, and risk assessment. |
| 2 | COSHH Legal Regulations | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended), the CLP Regulation, approved code of practice and guidance notes, law enforcement, employer responsibilities, and employee responsibilities. |
| 3 | Ill-health and Hazardous Substances | Common health hazards, occupations most at risk, routes of entry, dermatitis, asthma, effects of hazardous substances to health, and RIDDOR. |
| 4 | Identifying Hazardous Substances | Chemical labelling, safety data sheets, emergency procedures, dangerous substances, flammable substances, flammable liquids, dusts, and gases, asthma-causing substances, asbestos, and lead. |
| 5 | COSHH Risk Assessment and Control Measures | What is a risk assessment, substance substitution, principles of good control practice, hierarchy of control measures, personal protective equipment, and safe systems of work. |
| 6 | Monitoring the Assessment and Health Surveillance | Record your findings and implement them, review and update, monitoring the assessment, health surveillance, and Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs). |
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Aims of the Course
By the end of this course learners will:
- Know how to identify hazardous substances in the workplace.
- Understand the ill-health effects that hazardous substances can cause.
- Understand COSHH legal regulations, including the responsibilities of employers and employees.
- Know what to consider for a COSHH risk assessment.
- Understand the importance of health surveillance for employees who work with hazardous substances.
Assessment
The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 15 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically so you will instantly know whether you have passed. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.
