CHEMICAL SPILLS,SAFETY PRECAUTIONS & RESPONSE ACTION

INTRODUCTION:

This Chemical Spills, Safety Precautions & ResponseAction training course facilitates delegates recognizing the risks associatedwith a release, provide you with the basic procedures for preventing a releaseand enables you to know about incident and emergency plans, and understand thecorrect actions for responding to accidental releases or spills of hazardousmaterials.

When used properly chemicals are an integral and beneficialpart of modern life, but when operational faults arise, or equipment failuresoccur, we may be faced with a chemical spill. Many of the chemicals weencounter can cause serious harm and environmental damage. In some cases,exposure to them can be fatal. Chemical spill awareness is therefore essentialin the work place and this Chemical Spills, Safety Precautions & ResponseAction training course reinforces that the best way to avoid chemical spills isto prevent them occurring and also teaches you response techniques if the lossof containment does occur.

• This training course will highlight
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• Understanding hazards of chemicals
• Basic information on acting safely when chemical releases and potential releases require appropriate action
• How to control a spill using a spill kit
• Selecting personal protective clothing and other response equipment.
• Incident Response Plans

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

By the end of This Chemical Spills, Safety Precautions& Response Action training course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basic terms associated with chemical releases and explain the terms “containment” and “confinement”
• Recognize where spills are likely to occur and develop work practices that can prevent spills from occurring
• Define the goals of spill control
• Identify procedures and actions to take when discovering or responding to a spill of hazardous materials or waste
• responsibilities Describe the roles and of personnel in incidents and emergency situations

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

 Spills, SafetyPrecautions & Response Action training course is for Management,Supervisors and Employees who use chemicals, produce chemicals, come intocontact with chemicals, or sell chemicals as part of their daily working lifeand who all need to be aware of the correct safe procedure to react to achemical spill effectively and will all benefit from this training course.

This Chemical Spills, Safety Precautions & ResponseAction training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but willgreatly benefit:

• Plant/Operations Personnel & Managers, Shift Supervisors & Shift Team Leaders
• Laboratory Personnel
• Emergency Incident Wardens
• Those who may be required to respond to workplace incidents of a possible or actual release of a chemical