HABC - Level 2 Award in COSHH Risk Assessment HC535 / C01

The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) requires employers to control exposure to hazardous substances to prevent ill-health. The Level 2 Certificate in COSHH Risk Assessment provides formal recognition of an individual’s ability to undertake a COSHH risk assessment in line with the Health and Safety Executive’s Approved Code of Practice.

Course contents

• employers and employees duties relating to hazardous substances at work
• 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