CoSHH Assessment Workshop

This course explores the CoSHH regulations, explaining terminology and providing good practical tips on carrying out and improving CoSHH assessments.

Course Attendees

This course is aimed at safety managers, production managers, safety representatives or any person with responsibilities for processes that utilise, or generate as by-products, hazardous substances.

Course Background

Every year thousands of workers are made ill by hazardous substances, contracting lung diseases such as asthma and cancer or skin disease such as dermatitis. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (CoSHH) require that an employer shall not carry out work liable to expose workers to hazardous substances unless a suitable and sufficient assessment has been made of the risk.

This course explores the CoSHH regulations, explaining terminology and providing good practical tips on carrying out and improving CoSHH assessments.

Course Duration

SSG offer this course over one day as a classroom or virtual course.

Course Programme

  • Why manage chemicals?
  • An overview of relevant legislation
  • CoSHH assessment process
  • Terminology
  • Classification and labelling
  • Safety data sheets
  • Exposure and Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs)
  • Controls – principles of prevention, hierarchies and maintenance
  • Monitoring
  • Special considerations
  • Practical CoSHH assessment

Training Certification and Assessment

Delegates will be assessed on their input during the practical exercise and their feedback. On successful completion of training, delegates will receive SSG course attendance certificates which are valid for three years.

Book this course

Open booking

from£230 +VAT

Discounted bundle price per delegate shown above, regular price £250 per delegate

  • Discount rate available for three or more delegates

  • Quick and easy online booking

  • Manage your delegates and certificates online

Private booking

from£925 +VAT

Price per course depends on location, required publications and delegate numbers

  • Location and dates convenient to you

  • Cost effective

  • Bespoke options available

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