By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Understand legal obligations in relation to hazardous chemicals and actions needed to meet these,
• Understand hazardous chemical dangers, correct labeling & Safety Data Sheets (SDS),
• Gather and evaluate information about properties and hazards of chemicals,
• Perform chemical risk assessments in a competent manner,
• Determine and priorities best practice control measures to reduce risk,
• Identify appropriate information for training employees,
• Determine when health surveillance is required,
• Plan for chemical-related emergencies,
• Source additional information about chemicals and their safe management.

line managers, supervisors, EHS, quality and EHS professionals and auditors and general staff.

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical exercise
• Videos and Generaldiscussions   

• General (background) and chemical-related health and safety legislation including CLP & REACH,
• Classification of hazardous chemicals,
• Chemical accident case studies,
• Type and impact of health & environmental effects and safe working levels (SWLs),
• Hazard identification & chemical risk assessment,
• Sourcing information (use of SDS and other data sources),
• Principles of risk reduction,
• Exposure scenarios, basics of chemical monitoring & health surveillance,
• Pro-active risk assessment, review and management of change,
• Safe chemical handling and storage,
• Emergency and spill response planning,
• Information, instruction and training needs for employees,
• Drafting a chemical management program
• Case studies, discussions and interactive, problem-based individual and group training exercises are used to reinforce delegates’ learning.

CDGA Consultant Certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total tuition hours of the workshop.