Hazardous substances and COSHH

What the course covers

1. Understanding hazardous substances

   What counts as a hazardous substance, the ways substances get into the body and harm it, and what COSHH and related laws require.

   • What counts as a hazardous substance
   • How substances harm the body
   • The law: COSHH and related regulations

2. Labels, safety data sheets and exposure limits

   How to get the information you need: hazard labels and pictograms, the 16 sections of a safety data sheet, and what workplace exposure limits mean.

   • Reading hazard labels
   • Using safety data sheets
   • Workplace exposure limits

3. Assessing and controlling exposure

   How to carry out a COSHH assessment, how to choose controls using the hierarchy and the principles of good control practice, and how local exhaust ventilation works.

   • Doing a COSHH assessment
   • Choosing controls
   • Local exhaust ventilation

4. Protection, health checks and emergencies

   Choosing and using respirators, gloves and eye protection, monitoring exposure and health, and handling storage, spills, waste and emergencies.

   • Respirators, gloves and eye protection
   • Monitoring and health surveillance
   • Storage, spills, waste and emergencies

Assessment and certificate

• A short quiz after each unit, with the reason for every answer.
• A final assessment of 20 questions; the pass mark is 70%.
• Pass it on a paid plan for a certificate of completion with a QR code anyone can check.

This is online awareness training, not an accredited qualification. It doesn't on its own show someone is competent for a task.