CoSHH Assessment Workshop

Every year, thousands of workers are made ill by hazardous substances, contracting lung disease such as asthma, cancer and skin diseases such as dermatits. The Control 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 one-day course explores the CoSHH regulations, explaining terminology and providing good practical tips on carrying out and improving CoSHH assessments. This course is suitable for safety managers, production managers, safety representatives or any person with responsibilities for processed that utilise or generate, as byproducts, hazardous substances.

• Why manage chemicals?
• An overview of relevant legislation
• The 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

Open courses - Courses are delivered throughout the year at our regional training centres. The cost per delegate is £205.00 plus VAT. The bundle fee per delegate is £185.00 plus VAT.

Please click here for more information on our Training Bundle fees.

Private courses - If you have 6 or more delegates a private course at a venue of your choice may be a more suitable and cost effective option. Contact our administration team on 01752 201616 for more information.

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