Storage & Handling of Toxic Chemicals & Hazardous Materials

Upon successful completion of this course, the delegate will be able to:

• Apply the learnt knowledge on storage and handling of chemical and toxic materials
• Carryout transportation of hazardous substances
• Handle and assess the risk prior working with hazardous substances
• Explain procedures of dealing with spills and contamination of persons of property
• Appreciate the needs for emergency response plans
• Recognize the production of a hazardous substance procedure material
• Performance safe disposal of hazardous waste & by products
• Use personal protective equipment for working with hazardous substances
• Implement purchasing controls for ordering hazardous materials and identify storage facilities and security considerations.

CONTENT

• The role of the supervisor and manager in preventing chemical incidents
• Types of hazardous substances
• Understanding of key properties and principles of classification
• How international regulations identify hazardous substances
• Hazardous data sheets
• Information required to complete or interest hazard data sheets
• Packaging haq2zardous substances
• Transportation of hazardous substances
• Key international regulations
• The role of the purchasing department is ensuring safe handling
• transport of hazardous substances
• documentation needs
• safety equipment
• operational controls/limits
• storage of hazardous substances
• bulk storage
• chemical warehouses
• design & operational features
• PPE assessment selection and use
• Risk assessment as applied to transport & storage of hazardous substances
• Safe handling, control and measurement of exposure to hazardous substances
• Spillage containment, emergency response and decontamination/remediation
• The problems associated with the disposal of chemical waste
• Special requirement relating to hazardous work
• Key procedures
• Hazardous work documentation

FOR WHOM: Stores, Purchasing and Logistics Personnel in the Public and Private Sectors.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

Date:

1ST BATCH                        18th – 21st June, 2019                                                          

2ND BATCH                       26th – 29th November, 2019