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Assessment Title:
Course Title:
(CHA) Chemical Handling – Dealing with the risk
Course Aim:

Be able to control, the potential safety and health hazards or environmental damage arising from the transport,
storage, handling and disposal of hazardous chemicals.
Course Objectives
1. Identify the hazardous chemical class from signs, symbols and labels.
2. Describe the safety, Health and environmental hazards of commonly occurring hazardous chemicals.
3. Apply safety handling data in the SHOC system.
Essential CHA Syllabus components (MUST HAVE topic areas)
1. Classification, labeling and marking of Chemical Substances and Preparations
2. Routes of Entry into the body.
3. Material Safety Data Sheets/SHOC/TREM cards
4. Safe systems of work & Personal Protective Equipment
5. Transport, Use, Storage, and Disposal of hazardous substances
6. Legislative responsibilities (Royal Decree No. 46/95 Issuing the Law of Handling and Use of Chemicals)
Max. Course Duration Max. re-certification interval Min. Delegates Max. delegates

Three (3) hours Four (4) years Three (3) Sixteen (16)
Delivery Language(s)
Arabic, English or Hindi
Course
Course Title Target Population Type
Code
Non-supervisory PDO & Contractor Drivers &
Chemical Hazard
CHA Operational staff who are required to handle or Entry
Awareness
transport hazardous chemicals as part of their work.
Additional Pre-requisites for CHA training
(ORT) HSE Orientation Coverall or working clothing Hard hat, GP gloves & Safety Footwear
CHA Assessment Performance criteria (MUST be able to do)
1. Correctly identify and describe the class of a hazardous chemical when shown signs, symbols and labels.
2. Correctly explain the four routes of exposure to hazardous chemicals.
3. Correctly explain the safety, health and environmental hazards of 5 common hazardous chemicals.
4. Correctly explain the hazard control procedures and associated activities applicable to chemical transport,
handling, storage and disposal.
5. During a simulated spill or release of a hazardous chemical demonstrate you can find information
concerning the chemicals and hazards involved from the available information, and can carry out the
correct emergency action procedures
6. Given an assortment of marked and labelled packages/containers of hazardous chemicals, demonstrate
you understand and can use the segregation rules for incompatible chemicals, and explain why the rules
have been made.

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