COSHH Training
Our online COSHH training course is designed by health and safety experts to comply with the requirements of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002. Training is also in line with the Health and Safety Executive’s guidance, Working with substances hazardous to health (INDG136).
The course is for all employees who work with hazardous substances. By the end of the course, participants will have a thorough understanding of an employer’s and employee’s health and safety responsibilities under COSHH. They will be able to identify the risks associated with hazardous substances and know practical ways to reduce risks.
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COSHH Training
COSHH training enables participants to identify the risks associated with hazardous substances and understand how to reduce risks.
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What are the benefits of our mental health awareness training course?
- Essential online COSHH course on the risks associated with hazardous substances.
- Complies with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002.
- Suitable for all employees and contractors in all sizes of organisation.
- IOSH Approved, CPD Certified and SCORM Compliant training.
- Online course can be completed at the employee’s own pace.
- Interactive training to keep participants engaged throughout.
- Multiple choice quizzes so participants can check their understanding as they go.
- Summaries at the end of each section to enhance understanding.
Who should take this course?
COSHH training online is suitable for any employee or contractor who may be exposed to hazardous materials. It is ideal for new employees as part of their induction process, and as a refresher course for experienced employees to maintain awareness of the measures needed to control risks in the workplace.
COSHH training is required across a wide range of industries, including:
– Agriculture: includes pesticides and fertilisers.
– Baking: includes flour dust and flavour concentrates.
– Beauty: includes solvents and acrylic fumes.
– Carpentry: includes wood dust and adhesives.
– Cleaning: includes cleaning product ingredients
– Catering: includes cooking fumes and food ingredients.
– Engineering: includes dust, gases and fumes.
– Fumigation: includes pest control products and activities.
– Hairdressing: includes chemicals from hair sprays and dyes.
– Printing: includes solvents, inks, and adhesives
– Welding: includes fume and gases.
COSHH FAQs
What happens if COSHH is not followed?
COSHH regulations are in place to prevent people from becoming ill as a result of exposure to hazardous substances. Breaching COSHH endangers lives and can therefore resort in an unlimited fine or a prison sentence for an employer or employee.
What is not covered under COSHH?
COSHH regulations do not cover asbestos, lead or radioactive substances because there is separate legislation for each of these hazardous substances.
How long should COSHH records be kept for?
The length of time records must be kept under COSHH depends on the nature of the records:
- Where the record is representative of the personal exposures of identifiable employees, records must be kept for at least 40 years.
- In any other case, records must be kept for at least 5 years.
These requirements are to ensure that sufficient data is available for long-term health monitoring and to provide evidence of compliance with safety standards.
Who is responsible for COSHH in the workplace?
An employer is responsible for ensuring compliance with COSHH regulations in the workplace, but an employee must comply with the safety measures their employer has put in place.
Employers must conduct thorough risk assessments to identify hazardous substances, implement measures to control exposure, provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), ensure proper storage and handling procedures are in place, and carry out regular monitoring and health surveillance.
Employers must ensure that employees receive adequate training and information about the risks associated with hazardous substances and the safe practices required to mitigate these risks.
Course duration
Online COSHH training takes approximately 25- 30 minutes to complete.
Course accreditations
Our accreditations mean you can be confident that we deliver high-quality, effective eLearning that forms part of a professional development programme.
We pride ourselves on our extensive certification and accreditation. We’re CPD Certified and this course is SCORM compliant which means it can be integrated as part of your existing LMS or used as part of our SHINE learning management system.
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Assessment
At the end of the COSHH course there are 10 multiple choice questions to answer, and the pass mark is 80%.
Certificate
If you complete the COSHH online training on SHINE, you will receive a certificate on successful completion of the course which is downloadable as a PDF file.
Course aims
By the end of COSHH awareness training participants will:
- Be able to identify the main groups of hazardous substances in the workplace
- Recognise how hazardous substances can enter the body
- Know how hazardous substances can affect the body
- Identify common labelling and warning signs for hazardous substances
- Know what safety measures can be implemented to control hazardous substances
- Understand an employer’s and employee’s health and safety responsibilities
Course Overview
1. Introduction
An introduction to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) and when the regulations apply.
The duties of employers, employees and self-employed people under COSHH.
2. What is a hazardous substance?
The definition of a hazardous substance, examples of hazardous substances and where different hazardous substances are found.
3. Requirements of suppliers
How suppliers are required to conform to the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulations (CLP) and what this means for organisations.
4. Contact with hazardous substances
The different ways hazardous substances can enter the body.
The acute and chronic effects of hazardous substances on the body and how repeated exposure to hazardous substances can lead to sensitisation.
5. How much of a substance is harmful?
How WEL exposure limits help to protect the health of workers.
How short-term exposure limits and workplace exposure limits are defined in the Health and Safety Executive’s EH40 document.
6. Identification and inventory
The duty of employers to risk assess substances and processes and to make a list of hazardous substances in the workplace.
How employers can gather information about the types of hazardous substances used in the workplace by referring to the Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
7. Risk assessment
What employers must consider in a risk assessment, remembering that a substance that is hazardous to health in one workplace may not be hazardous in all workplaces.
The situations in which employers must include biological exposure in a risk assessment.
The importance of ensuring a ‘competent person’ carries out a risk assessment and what competency means.
Why it is important to document and regularly review a risk assessment.
8. Health surveillance
When an employer is required to carry out health surveillance, what is involved in health surveillance and an employer’s responsibilities.
9. Training and awareness
An employer’s responsibilities for raising awareness of hazardous substances in the workplace and providing appropriate training.
What employees need to know including what their employer is doing to control the risks of hazardous substances, how to use PPE, how to comply with regulations and what their health and safety responsibilities are.
10. Following safe work procedures
An employee’s responsibilities to follow safe working procedures and methods, and to be proactive in suggesting improvements and reporting concerns.
An employee’s responsibility to report any problems such as health symptoms, damage to PPE or any near misses and accidents.
11. Controlling hazardous substances
How to control the risks of hazardous substances by doing one or more of the following: eliminate, substitute, redesign the work, redesign the workplace, engineering controls, limit the exposure, personal protective equipment.
The importance of checking that control measures are continuously effective, how to carry out reviews of control measures, and an employer’s and employee’s responsibilities.
12. Personal protection equipment
When PPE should be used and why other control measures must be put in place alongside PPE.
Types of PPE with examples of when they might be used and what an employer’s and employee’s responsibilities are.
How to use and maintain different types of PPE including:
- Respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
- Eye and face protection
- Chemical and biohazard protective gloves
- Skin care
- Coveralls and foot protection.
13. Understanding waste
Examples of air, land and water hazardous waste, including byproducts. An introduction to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.
How to identify and classify waste based on source, composition and potential risks using the List of Waste (LoW) and EWC codes (European Waste Catalogue) and when to seek specialist advice.
The benefits of monitoring waste levels and what to consider when disposing of waste, including permits and using specialist waste disposal services.
Course screenshots
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How is it delivered?
COSHH training is delivered online or through a computer network to each trainee at their desktop, laptop or mobile device.
We can also provide the course to be integrated into a SCORM compliant LMS.
Training can be completed at the employee’s own pace by “bookmarking” and recording progress and returning to the training later.
SHINE – compliance record keeping
The Praxis42 Digital Platform SHINE is our advanced eLearning management system and helps organisations deliver effective online learning for their employees.
A cost-effective tool for compliance record-keeping, SHINE allows you to view and manage employee training records easily. Individual training certificates can be printed as proof of compliance for audits or visits from enforcing agencies.
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