Chemical Spills,
Safety Precautions & Response Action

This Chemical Spills, Safety Precautions & Response Action training course helps participants identify the risks linked to chemical releases, outlines key procedures to prevent spills, and provides knowledge on incident and emergency plans. It also teaches the correct response actions for managing accidental releases or spills of hazardous materials.

When handled correctly, chemicals play a crucial and beneficial role in modern life. However, operational faults or equipment failures can lead to chemical spills, many of which pose significant risks to health and the environment. In some cases, exposure to these substances can be deadly. Chemical spill awareness is therefore vital in the workplace, and this training course emphasizes that preventing spills is the most effective approach while also equipping you with the necessary response strategies should a spill occur.

This training course will feature:

• 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

By the end of this 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
• Describe the roles and responsibilities of personnel in incidents and emergency situations

This Chemical Spills, Safety Precautions & Response Action training course is for Management, Supervisors and Employees who use chemicals, produce chemicals, come into contact with chemicals, or sell chemicals as part of their daily working life and who all need to be aware of the correct safe procedure to react to a chemical spill effectively and will all benefit from this training course.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly 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