Procedures for dealing with hazardous chemicals are designed to effectively prevent environmental contamination and human health hazards through the use of good housekeeping and training. For an effective chemical handling, managers and supervisors must take an active role in procedure development and must be convinced of the importance of controlling hazards associated with chemical handling and storing and must be held accountable for employee chemical safety training.
This course is designed to provide delegates with a detailed and up-to-date overview of storage, handling and safe use of chemicals and hazardous materials. It covers chemical hazards; the classification of hazardous chemicals; the hazards of harmful chemicals; the specialized storage requirements of hazardous chemicals and bulk chemical storage facilities.
Further, the course will also discuss the precautions during the handling of chemicals; relevant legislations; the importance of labeling; warning notices and security; the characteristic of a wide range of hazardous chemicals; the risk of the potential hazardous chemicals being released; and the effect of the exposure to hazardous chemicals to health.
During this interactive course, participants will be able to employ health care procedures; identify the sources of ignition including static electricity; fire and explosion precautions and firefighting methods; maintain good housekeeping, documentation and auditing procedures; illustrate basic design and layout for good storage and handling procedures; transferring and handling procedures; accidents and spillage as well as site safety assessment; loss prevention procedures; method of incident reporting and recording; and planning for and handling emergencies.