COSHH Training

Our Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Training is a half day course providing your staff with an understanding of key requirements under the COSHH Regulations.  As an employer, the course supports your compliance in providing health and safety information and training for your employees in Greater Manchester.

Employers must give you information about the risks in your workplace and how you are protected, also instruct and train you on how to deal with the risks. The COSHH Awareness Training course is suitable for any members of staff using chemicals in the workplace. Typical job roles include cleaning staff, caretakers, kitchen workers, maintenance workers and industry.

The focus of the COSHH Awareness Training course is prevention of ill health and provides learners with knowledge on how chemicals may cause harm and the control measures that support safe working. A COSHH Assessment exercise is part of the training; and your COSHH Assessment forms can be used on the training if required. The course is delivered in an interactive way with group work and discussion. Specific chemicals and ways of working within your industry are used in delivery.

COSHH Awareness Training Course content includes:

• COSHH Regulations

• What substances are covered under COSHH

• Routes of Entry

• Acute and Chronic effects

• Introduction to COSHH risk assessment procedures

• Reducing Risks

• COSHH Hierarchy of Control including use of PPE/RPE

• Near miss and Accident reporting

• Health Surveillance

Course duration is 4 hours and a Training Provider Certificate is awarded for each learner [valid for 3 years]