Hazardous Chemical Substances

Chemicals are a part of everyone’s life. There are five to seven million different chemicals known in the world. At least 400 million tonnes of chemicals are produced worldwide each year including agricultural chemicals, food additives, pharmaceuticals, fuels for power production, chemical consumer products, etc.

The purpose of this course is to provide you with the knowledge and skill needed to understand general requirements for the management and control of hazardous chemical substances of hazardous chemical substances in the workplace.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this subject, you will be able to:

• Gain an overview of Hazardous Chemical Substances (HCS)
• Interpret the management and control of HCS in the workplace by:
• Recognizing the cost of incident 
• Comprehending hazardous activities
• Identifying HCS hazards
• Discussing risk assessment
• Comprehending control measures for HCS
• Discussing the maintenance of control measures
• Interpreting training requirements for employees
• Discussing the storage of HCS
• Discussing the transfer of HCS
• Discussing signage and labelling of HCS
• Discussing the transportation of HCS
• Discussing the disposal of HCS
• Recognising the duties of “Providers”)