COSHH Awareness — Control of Substances Hazardous to Health | أكاديمية تقنيات المستقبل

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Hazardous substances are present in almost every workplace — cleaning chemicals, solvents, fuels, cement, welding fume, silica dust, hydrogen sulphide and many more. Most of the harm they cause is silent and delayed, and almost all of it is preventable.

This free course from Future Technologies gives you the practical knowledge to recognise hazardous substances, understand how they harm health, read hazard pictograms, labels and safety data sheets, take part in COSHH risk assessments, choose and use the right controls, and respond correctly to spills, fires and exposures.

The course follows the GB Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended) — the international benchmark for controlling hazardous substances — and applies them to real workplaces in oil and gas, construction, industry, healthcare and services, with case studies from 2026 HSE prosecutions.

How it works: 6 modules of short illustrated lessons, each starting and ending with a real work situation. You practise as you go — a photo hazard hunt, a COSHH assessment of a substance you use, and a case study — a 10-question quiz after each module and a 100-question final assessment (pass mark 70%). Pass the final assessment to complete the course and download your Future Technologies certificate of completion.

This is an awareness course with a certificate of completion. It is not a regulated qualification, and it does not authorise anyone to issue or work under permits — that remains your employer’s decision.

Questions? management@futuretechiq.net

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Explain what COSHH requires and which substances it covers and excludes
Describe the duties of employers and employees, and how the law is enforced
Recognise the forms of hazardous substances, the four routes of entry and their health effects
Read CLP/GHS hazard pictograms, labels and the 16 sections of a safety data sheet
Explain Workplace Exposure Limits (8-hour and 15-minute limits)
Apply the five steps of risk assessment to work with a hazardous substance
Rank controls using the hierarchy of control, including LEV, RPE and PPE
Explain exposure monitoring and health surveillance
Store, handle, transport and dispose of hazardous substances safely
Respond to spills, fires and chemical exposures, including first aid

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Course introduction
Start here: how the course works, how you are assessed and how to earn your certificate of completion.

0.1 Welcome to the course

Module 1 — COSHH Law, Roles and Responsibilities
Hazardous substances are found in almost every workplace — from the cleaning cupboard to the gas plant. This module explains the law that controls them, who is responsible for what, and what happens when the law is broken.

Module 2 — Hazardous Substances and Their Effects
Before we can control a substance, we must understand what form it takes, how it can get into the body and what it can do once it is there.

Module 3 — Hazard Information: CLP, Labels, SDS and Exposure Limits
Suppliers must tell us what a substance can do and how to use it safely. This module explains how to read the hazard pictograms, labels and safety data sheets, and how exposure limits work.

Module 4 — COSHH Risk Assessment
A suitable and sufficient COSHH assessment is the foundation of everything else. This module shows how to carry one out, record it and keep it up to date — with a photo hazard hunt and a practical task on a substance you use.

Module 5 — Controlling Exposure
Once the risk is understood, it must be controlled. This module explains the order in which controls should be chosen, how engineering controls and PPE work, and why PPE is always the last resort.

Module 6 — Monitoring, Health Surveillance, Safe Handling and Emergencies
Controls must be checked, workers' health must be watched, substances must be stored, moved and disposed of safely — and everyone must know what to do when something goes wrong. Ends with a case study.

Final assessment and certificate
Review the key messages from all six modules, then take the 100-question final assessment. Pass mark 70%. Passing completes the course and unlocks your certificate of completion.

COSHH Awareness — Final Assessment (100 questions)
100 multiple-choice questions covering all six modules • 100 minutes • pass mark 70% • 2 attempts. Passing completes the course and unlocks your certificate.

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Course introduction Start here: how the course works, how you are assessed and how to earn your certificate of completion.

0.1 Welcome to the course

Module 1 — COSHH Law, Roles and Responsibilities Hazardous substances are found in almost every workplace — from the cleaning cupboard to the gas plant. This module explains the law that controls them, who is responsible for what, and what happens when the law is broken.

1.1 Why COSHH matters and what it covers

1.2 Duties of employers and employees

1.3 Enforcement and penalties

1.4 Lessons from 2026 prosecutions and communicating information

Quiz 1 — COSHH Law, Roles and Responsibilities

Module 2 — Hazardous Substances and Their Effects Before we can control a substance, we must understand what form it takes, how it can get into the body and what it can do once it is there.

2.1 Forms of hazardous substances and routes of entry

2.2 Health effects and types of harm

2.3 Degree of harm and biological agents

Quiz 2 — Hazardous Substances and Their Effects

Module 3 — Hazard Information: CLP, Labels, SDS and Exposure Limits Suppliers must tell us what a substance can do and how to use it safely. This module explains how to read the hazard pictograms, labels and safety data sheets, and how exposure limits work.

3.1 GHS, CLP and the hazard pictograms

3.2 Reading labels and safety data sheets

3.3 Workplace Exposure Limits

Quiz 3 — Hazard Information: CLP, Labels, SDS and Exposure Limits

Module 4 — COSHH Risk Assessment A suitable and sufficient COSHH assessment is the foundation of everything else. This module shows how to carry one out, record it and keep it up to date — with a photo hazard hunt and a practical task on a substance you use.

4.1 Hazard, risk and the five steps

4.2 Hazard hunt: identifying hazards and the people at risk

4.3 Evaluating the risk

4.4 Recording, implementing and reviewing — practical task

Quiz 4 — COSHH Risk Assessment

Module 5 — Controlling Exposure Once the risk is understood, it must be controlled. This module explains the order in which controls should be chosen, how engineering controls and PPE work, and why PPE is always the last resort.

5.1 Prevent first and the hierarchy of control

5.2 Local exhaust ventilation and respiratory protection

5.3 PPE, hygiene, supervision and training

Quiz 5 — Controlling Exposure

Module 6 — Monitoring, Health Surveillance, Safe Handling and Emergencies Controls must be checked, workers' health must be watched, substances must be stored, moved and disposed of safely — and everyone must know what to do when something goes wrong. Ends with a case study.

6.1 Exposure monitoring and health surveillance

6.2 Handling, storage, transport and disposal

6.3 Emergencies, first aid and putting it into practice

6.4 Case study: caustic soda splash at a dosing point

Quiz 6 — Monitoring, Health Surveillance, Safe Handling and Emergencies

Final assessment and certificate Review the key messages from all six modules, then take the 100-question final assessment. Pass mark 70%. Passing completes the course and unlocks your certificate of completion.

7.1 Final review before the assessment

COSHH Awareness — Final Assessment (100 questions) 100 multiple-choice questions covering all six modules • 100 minutes • pass mark 70% • 2 attempts. Passing completes the course and unlocks your certificate.

COSHH Awareness — Final Assessment (100 questions)