Online CPD course

PPE in Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Laboratories

100% OnlineSelf-paced LearningCPD / Certificate

Course Overview

The PPE in Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Laboratories Course helps learners understand PPE selection, COSHH principles, chemical hazards, respiratory protection, protective clothing and safe PPE use in laboratory and pharmaceutical environments. The course is 100% online, CPD Certified and worth 3 CPD points.

The PPE in Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Laboratories CPD course provides essential awareness of the selection, use and management of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in workplaces where employees may be exposed to chemicals, hazardous substances, pharmaceutical materials or laboratory-related risks. Employees working in chemical manufacturing, pharmaceutical environments, laboratories, research facilities and related industries may encounter substances that can present risks through inhalation, skin or eye contact, accidental splashes, contamination or other forms of exposure. Appropriate control measures, supported by correctly selected PPE, can play an important role in protecting workers.

Why this Training Matters for your Organisation

Providing staff with appropriate understanding and limitations of PPE and how it fits within a wider workplace risk-control strategy. It introduces the importance of risk assessment and COSHH principles, appropriate PPE selection, correct use, inspection, maintenance, storage, cleaning, decontamination and safe disposal where applicable.

Who Should Attend

This course is suitable for:

Staff who work with or around chemicals and hazardous substances
Laboratory and pharmaceutical employees
New employees requiring PPE awareness
Staff responsible for selecting, wearing or maintaining PPE
Supervisors, managers and team leaders
Health and safety personnel
Anyone looking to improve their knowledge of workplace PPE and chemical safety

Learning Outcomes

Explain why PPE sits at the bottom of the hierarchy of control under COSHH, and justify relying on it only for residual risk.
Interpret a safety data sheet and a workplace exposure limit, and explain why PPE does not appear as a reliable factor in an exposure calculation.
Select chemical protective gloves on permeation and breakthrough time, degradation and duration of contact, rather than on thickness, habit or availability.
Distinguish between splash goggles, safety spectacles and face shields, and between splash, liquid-tight and gas-tight body protection, and specify the right one for a named task.
Specify respiratory protection of the correct type and filter class for a given atmosphere, and identify where only air-fed or self-contained breathing apparatus is adequate.
Apply the face fit testing, examination, maintenance and record-keeping duties that attach to respiratory protective equipment and to PPE issue generally.
Evaluate PPE arrangements for potent pharmaceutical actives, cytotoxic drugs and biological agents at defined containment levels, including laboratory clothing discipline.
Identify the duties owed to limb (b) workers, contractors and visitors after the 2022 amendment, and the records that accompany them.

Assessment

Students complete a 20-question multiple-choice evaluation at the conclusion of the course. A pass mark of 80% is needed, and marks are automatically provided with quick feedback. There is no maximum on how many times the assessment can be repeated to accomplish a pass, with no extra charge.

Additional Information

Team and Company Bookings

Considering training numerous employees? Organisations can use a company account to register employees.

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