Introduction:
The 2day course has been designed to enable all participants leave the training
with a set of new knowledge, tools, and skills and direct experience of how to
implement safe handling of chemical especially chemical under hazardous
category and how to work safely with chemicals. Most of the work expose
workers to the ill health and having potential environmental impact. The better
we understand the potential risk, the more effectively it can be managed to
prevent pollution, personal harm and ill-health arising from hazardous
substances
Program Objective:
- Understand the national laws and requirements of handling, packaging
and labelling of chemicals, and its applications - Explains chemical hazards, storage & transfer do’s and don’ts.
- Outline of chemical hazards of storage, handling, transfer and dispose
and adequate measures to prevent accidents / spillages - In the event of a spillage, safe methods for clean up of spillages to protect
workers and the environment - understanding of the purpose and contents of chemical safety data sheet
(CSDS)