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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.

Charges for no-shows to courses

When registering for a course, you should note that there will be a £50* charge to your department if you cancel within 5** working days or you do not attend. There will be a £25 charge for cancellations between 6 and 10 working days. There will be no charge for cancellations made 10 or more working days before the event. You should cancel your booking via the DAT system or by emailing safety.training@strath.ac.uk.

Your department is welcome to send someone else in your place if they wish without incurring a charge, providing that person has the necessary prerequisites for the course. In the case of courses split over more than one day, you must attend ALL parts of the course. If you fail to attend any part, you will be charged as outlined above.

*This is the standard charge for cancellation or non-attendance at a one day’s duration or less course. For some courses there may be a higher cancellation charge.