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This online COSHH course is designed for anyone responsible for ensuring a safe working environment where hazardous substances are present. The training offers great value, quick certification, and an emailed certificate upon successful completion.
COSHH stands for the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002.
The Echo3 COSHH course is designed to help learners understand these regulations and their responsibilities under the law. It provides the knowledge needed to create a compliant workplace where risks from hazardous substances are properly managed.
Hazardous substances are any materials used or produced at work that could harm the health of employees, contractors, or the public. These substances pose a wide range of hazards and are commonly grouped into nine categories, each represented by a hazard pictogram.
Most workplaces use or produce hazardous substances, whether in cleaning, manufacturing, healthcare, or construction, it is essential to know how to manage the risks safely and legally.
The Echo3 COSHH course takes just 60 minutes to complete and covers how to recognise hazardous substances, understand warning labels, apply control measures, and maintain a safe working environment.
A COSHH certificate is emailed to learners upon successful completion.
At Echo3 we design our courses around how people actually learn. The content is concise, free from unnecessary repetition, and supported by motion graphics to help explain key concepts. This enables workers to train efficiently, stay engaged, and ultimately stay safe at work.
The objectives of the Echo3 COSHH course are to equip learners with the essential knowledge to:
If there are any materials or substances that could harm the health of employees then the COSHH regulations apply.
These substances are know as Hazardous Substances when stored and Dangerous Goods when in transport.
There are more and are more common than you may think. In fact, the majority of businesses use substances, that could cause harm to employees, contractors and members of the public.
Hazardous substances can take many forms and include:
Ill health from hazardous substances is preventable by staff adopting the best-practice detailed this course. Some specific hazardous substances such as Asbestos, Mercury, Benzene and Nitrogen have their own courses.
Who is the Echo3 COSHH Course For?
The Echo3 COSHH course is designed for anyone managing or supervising staff in environments where hazardous substances are present.
Managers and supervisors play a key role in ensuring compliance with safety regulations and protecting employees from exposure to harmful substances. COSHH training is essential to help them meet these responsibilities.
This COSHH course is suitable for all industries. However, if you work in construction, we offer a dedicated COSHH for Construction course, which also covers sector-specific risks such as concrete, asbestos, and lead.
All staff working with hazardous substances should receive appropriate training. For workplaces that involve particularly dangerous substances, employers must provide specific training. Echo3 offers specialised courses on substances such as Asbestos, Hydrogen Sulphide (H₂S), Benzene, and Nitrogen.
Examples of roles where COSHH likely applies include:
In COSHH regulations a hazardous substance is ‘any substance that may cause harm to your health‘. This is a broad definition, however, common examples include;
Asbestos, lead and radioactive substances are all hazardous substances under COSHH. Because the hazards are so high they have their own specific regulations outlining what employers must do.
The 9 ‘hazards warning symbols’ or ‘hazard pictograms’ from the Global Harmonised System (GHS) are details below. These symbols are used on packaging across Europe to identify the hazard of a particular substance. Multiple hazard warning symbols are used when a substance has multiple hazardous properties.
In short, COSHH regulations require that employers reduce the risk to staff from hazardous substances to as low as reasonably practicable.
In practice this means first undertaking a COSHH assessment. Walking round your business and noting which harmful substances are or could at time be present. Then consider what activities expose your staff to these substances and finally then what can be done to reduce the risk that someone might be harmed. All the steps you take should be documented.
One helpful step when substances cannot be eliminated from the workplace is to provide Hazardous Substances training to staff so they are aware of the risks and can therefore better avoid them.
Every year, thousands of workers suffer illness due to exposure to hazardous substances—developing conditions such as asthma, cancer, and dermatitis. You may already be aware of hazardous substances used in your workplace, or those created during work processes, such as welding fumes or quarry dust.
While the hazard posed by a substance remains constant, the risk it presents can vary depending on how it’s used or managed. For example, storing a flammable substance away from an ignition source significantly reduces the risk of explosion.
Under COSHH regulations, employers are required to regularly assess and adequately control these risks to protect workers’ health.
This online COSHH course supports that goal by equipping learners with the knowledge needed to identify hazardous substances, understand the dangers they pose, and apply safe working practices to minimise risk.
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