COSHH for Carers

COSHH for Carers

vAll employees need to have the necessary knowledge to be competent and to do their job correctly. This includes, but is not limited to, people who work in the following areas:

• Agriculture

• Beauty and hairdressing

• Catering and baking

• Cleaning

• Engineering

• Healthcare and social care

• Offshore oil and gas

• Printing

• Vehicle repair and painting

• Welding

• Woodworking

Syllabus Certification

On successful completion of the course, all delegates will receive a
Certificate of Attendance which we recommend is renewed every year
Attendance

The maximum number of delegates permitted on each course is 12, and
they must attend the entire course duration to be eligible to gain the
Certificate of Attendance.

• Protection and accidental

• exposure

• Hierarchy of control

• Personal Protective Equipment

• Handling of chemicals

• COSHH Control measures

• Accidental Exposure

• Reporting and Management

• Clean-up Procedures

• Medical and dental waste

• products

• Workplace Exposure Limits (WEL)

• Enforcement of COSHH

• Permit to Work

• Emergency Procedures

• COSHH Health surveillance

• Storage of chemicals

• COSHH clean-up procedures

• ADR kit and transporting

• chemicals

• What is not covered under COSHH

• Asbestos and its dangers

• Lead and it’s dangers

• Radioactive substances

• Introduction

• What does COSHH mean?

• What is a hazardous substance

• COSHH risk assessing

• Stages of a COSHH risk

• assessment

• Reviewing COSHH assessments

• COSHH Regulation

• CHIP and GHS regulations

• Labelling of substances – CHIP

• and CLP symbols

• Employee and Employer Duties

• Control of Major Accidents

• Hazards Regulations 2015

• Types of Hazardous Substance

Mixing of chemicals

• Liquids

• Gases and Vapours

• Lead products

• Explosive material

• Solvents

• How can you be affected?

• Routes of entry to the body

• Medical conditions

• COSHH in the office