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    DSEAR Workshop (Dangerous Substances & Explosive Atmosphere Regs)
    Provider   Safety, Health and Wellbeing

    This course is for all staff and postgraduate students who work with dangerous substances or explosive atmospheres and who are also responsible for undertaking a DSEAR Assessment. It provides information on design, installation, use of and/or maintenance of equipment or systems.

Duration 1 half day

Course Type Classroom

Booking Status Waiting List

Is this course right for me?

Target Audience: This course is for all staff and postgraduate students who work with dangerous substances or explosive atmospheres and who are also responsible for undertaking a DSEAR Assessment.

A dangerous substance is any natural or artificial substance which is explosive, oxidising, extremely flammable, highly flammable or flammable, including:

  • liquids,
  • vapours,
  • gases under pressure (gas in a cylinder),
  • gases,
  • substances that can corrode metals which could cause structural damage reducing the integrity of structures (if not suitably contained),
  • powder / dust (solid particles or fibrous materials)
  • and equipment that might leak or generate a dangerous substance.

An explosive atmosphere means a mixture, under atmospheric conditions, of air and one or more dangerous substance.



Delivered By: Risktec

Prerequisites

The Principles and Practice of Risk Assessment, COSHH Assessors and DSEAR Awareness training courses must be completed prior to attending the DSEAR Workshop.