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COSHH Training
This Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) online training covers all aspects of chemical and hazardous substance safety in the workplace. Our COSHH Training is CPD Accredited & IOSH approved and provides printable certificates upon completion of the course. Essential training across a range of industries.
This online COSHH training programme covers all the information necessary to keep your staff safe from substances that could be potentially harmful to their health.
The concise and easy-to-follow course format allows you to learn about the risks associated with hazardous substances, as well as understand control measures and emergency procedures. This course identifies which substances can be hazardous and how they can be harmful; it also looks at the everyday storage and use of chemicals and hazardous substances, as well as covering COSHH risk assessments and what they are used for.
It is estimated that hazardous substances account for around 650,000 deaths every year, making it the biggest contributor to occupational deaths worldwide. By providing effective COSHH training, employers can help to ensure that everyone in the workplace is competent to carry out their work safely.
All levels of staff and management should be able to recognise the potential hazards posed by their work, be able to take action to reduce or eliminate the risks and understand the role of personal protection in ensuring good occupational health.
Equip your staff with the knowledge needed to safely store hazardous chemicals and how to respond if they are exposed to hazardous chemicals; as well as giving them a solid understanding of the hazard symbols and the '6 simple steps'.
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Alternative languages available. Check our translation page if you require an alternative language.
Key features
- Complete the course in just over 20 minutes online
- CPD Accredited & IOSH approved
- Show commitment to complying with Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 (CoSHH) Legislation
- Suitable for all employees - staff and managers
- Identify hazardous substances as well as their warning labels, and learn appropriate protection measures
- Free trials, bulk discounts and demo also available
- Course translations readily available!
Covered in this course
The COSHH Training course is broken down into 3 sections.
1) Hazardous Substances, coming into contact with them and the effects of exposure
Substances that are hazardous to our health have been around for as long as mankind itself, and although not all of them appear to be hazardous, many substances can cause risks to your health and safety if you don't handle them properly. So aside from the obvious things like a bottle of bleach or acid, you need to be careful of all the substances that COSHH covers. In this section, we cover a variety of hazardous substances, how to handle them and the effects of exposure.
2) Hazard Symbols
There’s a system, known as the Globally Harmonized System, or GHS, that’s been adopted worldwide for each country to base their own legislation on.
This system requires manufacturers of all chemicals in every country to provide certain information about the health risks the substances pose - and it uses symbols to explain the dangers - so no matter what language we speak, we all have the same understanding of the hazards! After completing this section you'll have a solid understanding of all of the COSHH Hazard Symbols.
3) 6 Simple Steps
There are many things that you can do to protect yourself when it comes to hazardous substances.
This section takes a look at the various ways that your organisation can reduce and control the risks to your health and safety; and what you need to do if there’s an accident or emergency - this can be done by following our 6 Simple Steps.
COSHH Certificate
Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This COSHH Training course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questionnaires guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your CoSHH Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and all relevant approvals.
Real user reviews
1265Based on 1,265 real user reviews.
Good overview
It would be good if you have to go back and re-do the section and questions relating to anything that on the first test you did not get 100%.So that you have to achieve 100% and any missing parts of knowledge is reviewed.
comprehensive courses ,Excelent
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comprehensive courses
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Was very helpful
Extremely helpful and made me look at things a lot more clearly and now I feel more aware about chemical substances and hazards
Good exercise and informative
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clear information, well presented
I liked the presenter, who gave clear information and it was easy to follow along with the animations. I appreciated the short blocks of information which allowed me to take on board the important points of information.
Concise and clear.
This online training breaks down extensive COSHH information into easy to remember points. It is very structured and concise, yet covers all important areas in some detail. An excellent resource.
It was easy to use
It was very detailed and the illustrations were good.
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Legislation relating to COSHH
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work. Take a look at relevant legislation below.
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 places duties on employers to protect employees (and anyone else who comes into the workplace) from the hazards of substances used in that work environment. It requires that potential risk must be assessed; any potential exposure controlled; procedures must be put in place to deal with accidents, incidents and emergencies; and finally, that information, instruction and training must be supplied for persons who may be exposed to substances hazardous to health.
Find out more about the legislation on our blog covering What is CoSHH?