COSHH awareness.
COSHH Awareness covers what makes a substance hazardous and how it can harm you, how to read hazard pictograms, signal words and safety data sheets, and the hierarchy of control, with personal protective equipment as the last resort. It also covers safe storage, dealing with spills and the first steps after exposure, and ends with a first shift in a cleaning cupboard.
- Length
- About 18 minutes
- Topics
- 5 narrated topics
- Assessment
- 10 questions, 8 to pass
- Certificate
- On passing
What the course covers
5 topics, each with a real-world task.
5 scenario tasks, one after each topic. Topics unlock in order and progress saves automatically, so it can be done in short bursts.
- Hazardous substances and the lawWhat counts as hazardous, how it harms you, and COSHH 2002Task: Spot the COSHH hazard
- Labels and safety data sheetsHazard pictograms, signal words and the data sheetTask: Where do you look?
- Controlling exposureThe hierarchy of control, with PPE as the last resortTask: What should come first?
- Storage, spills and exposureSafe storage, dealing with spills, and first aid basicsTask: A splash in the eye
- Putting it togetherA cleaning cupboard on your first shiftTask: Make it stronger?
Who it's for
Anyone who works with chemicals, cleaning products, dusts or fumes.
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 require employers to assess the risks from hazardous substances, prevent or adequately control exposure, and give workers the information, instruction and training they need. It runs fully online, with a 10-question check and a certificate on passing.
This is an awareness course. It does not replace your employer's COSHH assessments, or the safety data sheets, instructions and training for the substances you work with. In an emergency, call 999. For urgent medical advice, call 111.
Narrated video lessons with captions, on any phone, tablet or computer. Fully online.
10 questions, marked by the system. Learners need 8 correct (80%) to pass.
Issued on passing, valid for a year, and kept on record for four years.
Assign it, set a due date and see every learner's progress and result.
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Licences
Get COSHH Awareness for your team.
Tell me how many people need it. Licences last a year, and you can add more courses to the same team.