Assessment Criteria – The learner can:

• Outline employers and employees duties relating to hazardous substances at work
• Outline the consequences for non-compliance with statutory duties
• List the ways in which an employer can communicate hazardous substances safety                         information
• Define the terms hazard and risk with respect to hazardous substances
• List the different forms that hazardous substances can take
• Outline the health and safety effects that may arise following exposure or release of                      hazardous substances
• Outline the routes that hazardous substances can enter the body
• Describe how risk assessments reduce accidents and ill health at work
• Outline the five step process of risk assessment
• Outline the control hierarchy in respect of safe use, handling, transporting, storage and                  disposal of substances hazardous to health
• Outline the types of information that should be referred to for the safe identification and use        of hazardous substances
• Describe the general procedures that should be in place for dealing with an incident                      involving hazardous substances

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the law relating to hazardous substances in the workplace
• Understand how risk assessments contribute to the safe use of hazardous substances in the          workplace 
• Understand the precautions and procedures necessary to ensure the risks associated with            hazardous substances are properly controlled

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1 day followed by a multiple choice course assessment at the end of the training to gain certification.

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