Courses

Diesel, solvents, paints, acids, cement, cleaning products and gases are part of everyday life in workshops, building sites, warehouses, laboratories and oil and gas facilities. In this course you will learn where hazardous substances are found, how they enter the body and what effects they can have in the short and long term. You will read a label according to the United Nations Globally Harmonized System (GHS), interpret the nine pictograms, the signal word and the statements, and quickly find the essential information in the safety data sheet (SDS): hazards, first aid, handling and storage, PPE and disposal. Finally, you will practise safe handling, storage and the response to a small spill. Aligned with the GHS and ILO Convention No. 170 on chemicals. The course is delivered in Portuguese.

What you will learn

• Recognise where hazardous substances are present at work, the forms they take and their routes of entry into the body.
• Interpret the elements of a GHS label: pictograms, signal word, hazard statements and precautionary statements.
• Find in the safety data sheet the information on hazards, first aid, handling and storage, PPE and disposal.
• Handle and store chemicals safely and respond to a small spill.

Modules

1. Hazardous substances all around us30 min
2. Reading the label and the safety data sheet30 min
3. Using, storing and responding to small spills30 min

Who it is for

Workers who handle chemicals, fuels and reagents