COSHH Course
Course Overview
The course can be held as a ‘stand-alone’ course or as part of a double certification course. A tested and company certificated activity-based course with a syllabus covering the legal aspects and including COSHH principles, hazards and hazard creation, routes of entry, health conditions from exposure of a range of substances, understanding material safety data sheets and other information sources, signage, assessment requirements, control hierarchy, monitoring and health surveillance. Delegates will be required to write a COSHH assessment.
Course Duration
3 - 4 hours.
Suitability
Those that need to assess the risks from use of COSHH related substances and or may be exposed to such substances or supervise related activities.
Course Contents
| Course explanation and aims | Other information sources |
| COSHH Principles | What is required from assessment (group work or pairs) |
| Hazards and hazard creation (group work or pairs) | Control hierarchy |
| Routes of entry | Signage (pairs) |
| Health conditions arising from exposure | Monitoring and health surveillance |
| MSDS (group work or pairs) | Writing an assessment (individual activity or pairs) |
| Theoretical multiple-choice test |
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