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• Hazards and Controls Associated with Hazardous Substances - Health and Safety 9
  

  Hazards and Controls Associated with Hazardous Substances - Health and Safety 9

  This course will help you to identify the forms of, classification of and routes of entry for substances hazardous; outline the sources of information to be considered when undertaking an assessment of the health risks from substances commonly encountered in the workplace and identify the controls that should be used to reduce the risk of ill-health from exposure to hazardous substances. 
  

  
  

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  This Course is Aimed at
  Anyone who needs to understand the principles of health and safety as part of their job. The typical people who would benefit from this course include: Team Leaders and Supervisors, HR Professionals, Facilities Managers, those working with young people in a training environment.
  Overview
  This course is a stand-alone elearning module and forms part of a 10 module set that make up the Health and Safety at Work Suite. It will help you to identify the forms of, classification of and routes of entry for substances hazardous; outline the sources of information to be considered when undertaking an assessment of the health risks from substances commonly encountered in the workplace and identify the controls that should be used to reduce the risk of ill-health from exposure to hazardous substances. The modules are: Health and Safety 1 - Foundations of Health and Safety Health and Safety 2 - Responsibility for Health and Safety Health and Safety 3 - Health and Safety Risk Assessment and Control Health and Safety 4 - Hazards and Controls Associated with the Work Equipment Health and Safety 5 - Transport Safety Health and Safety 6 - Hazards and Controls Associated with Working with Electricity Health and Safety 7 - Fire Safety Health and Safety 8 - Hazards and Controls Associated with Manual Handling and Repetitive Movement  Health and Safety 9 - Hazards and Controls Associated with Hazardous Substances    Health and Safety 10 - Hazards and Controls Associated with the Working Environment
  Programme Content and Key Areas
  The forms and classification of hazardous substances: The forms of hazardous substance: dusts, fumes, gases, mists, vapours and liquids Types of hazardous substances: chemical, biological, dusts Routes of entry of hazardous substances into the body (ingestion, absorption, injection, inhalation) The main classification of hazardous substances: irritant, corrosive, harmful, toxic, highly flammable and carcinogenic, oxidising, explosive and their appropriate recognised symbols Sources of information: Sources of information Product labels Manufacturers’ safety data sheets Hazardous substance controls: Replacing the hazardous by a less/non hazardous Limiting exposure e.g. job rotation, limited time Total or partial enclosure Engineering control e.g. local exhaust ventilation General ventilation Safe storage Safe systems of work Good personal hygiene Personal protective equipment e.g. respirators, gloves, overalls Information, instruction, training and supervision
  Learning Outcomes
  On completion of this module, participants should be able to demonstrate understanding of the content through the application of knowledge to familiar and unfamiliar situations. In particular they should be able to: Identify the forms of, classification of and routes of entry for hazardous substances Outline the sources of information to be considered when undertaking an assessment of the health risks from substances commonly encountered in the workplace Identify the controls that should be used to reduce the risk of ill-health from exposure to hazardous substances Technical Requirements Category Specification KreateIT version 4.9 Minimum screen resolution 1024x768 Supported operating systems Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7,OSx10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) Supported Windows Browsers on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 IE 7, 8, 9 Chrome 17.0 Firefox 11 Safari 5.1.2 Supported Browsers on Mac OS x 10.6.8. (Snow Leopard) only Firefox 11 Safari 5.1.2 Adobe Flash Version 8 and upwards Other software requirements Adobe Acrobat Reader Browser set up requirements Browsers need to be set up to support JavaScriptand have plug-ins enabled
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