Highfield Level 2 Award in the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (RQF) 603-1620-2

Highfield Level 2 Award in the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (RQF) 8 Amplification Duties - employer duties, employee duties, safe use, handling, transporting, storage and disposal Forms - solid (powder), liquid (bleach), gas etc. Effects following exposure - risks to people not the environment Routes that substances can enter the body - inhalation, ingestion, absorption, injection Risk control hierarchy – • Elimination – removing the hazard • Substitution – replace the material or process with a less hazardous one for example granules rather than powder • Engineering controls - for example changing the process so less of the hazardous substance is produced, fully enclose the process to separate the hazard from operators • Administrative controls - for example reducing the time workers are exposed to hazards, prohibiting mobile phone use • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – when previous measures have been tried and found ineffective, PPE should be fitted and workers trained in use COSHH symbols - Dangerous to the environment, toxic, gas under pressure, corrosive, explosive, flammable, oxidising, caution, longer term health hazards Types of information - Labelling, material safety data sheets Incident - Emergency procedures, spillages, accident, near misses