The Level 2 Award in Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH ) Risk Assessment aims to provide supervisors and employees with an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the COSHH risk assessment process and the skills required to undertake a suitable and sufficient risk assessment. This includes workplaces in areas such as manufacturing, cleaning, healthcare, transport, utilities, and office environments.
How long will it take?
Delivery would typically be through a 1-day training course or 2 half-day training sessions (9 hours).
Learning Outcome
These include the law relating to hazardous substances in the workplace, how risk assessments contribute to the safe use of hazardous substances in the workplace and the precautions and procedures necessary to ensure that risks associated with hazardous substances are properly controlled.
Certificate validity
The Level 2 Award in COSHH is valid for a period of three years.
Where can this course taken?
Through any AOSH UK approved training centre (ATC)
Assessment method
This qualification is assessed by Multi Choice Questions (MCQ). To Awarded this qualification the Learner must achieve a percentage pass in the MCQ.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Health and Safety Regulations are made under the Health and Safety at Work Act, usually to regulate specific hazards, such as lead, asbestos, pressure equipment, hazardous substances, noise, etc.
A Workplace risk assessment is a logical analysis of the hazards present in your work and the safeguards adopted to control the risk, to make sure that no harm can arise.
Generally, risk assessments must be written down if you employ five or more people.
1. Any accident resulting in more than three days off work.
2. Any dangerous incident, whether it involves injury or not (collapse of scaffold, contact with overhead lines, failure of lifting gear, etc).
By law, any person, business or undertaking that employs five or more people must have a written Health and Safety Policy.
1. A statement of aims, to the effect that your business will meet established health and safety standards.
2. A description of how the business is organised, and who has responsibility for different aspects of health and safety.
3. A description of the procedures and arrangements to ensure that work is conducted safely and without risk to health.
