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Chemical regulatory training
05 Sep 2024
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Ricardo’s chemical regulatory and compliance experts offer training to support in-house regulatory teams by expanding their understanding and skills. Our experts have provided chemical emergency advice, regulatory support and training to over 500 organisations globally.
Ricardo offer standardised and tailored compliance training options designed to support your internal teams in developing an understanding of the regulatory requirements for using chemicals in the workplace and how to put them into a practical context.
Courses can take place in person, virtually, or in a hybrid format to help your teams get the most from the training.
Training courses
EU and UK REACH
Do you understand the requirements of REACH and how they apply to your company and products? Our experts can help you to interpret the UK and EU REACH regulations and confidently establish whether your products are affected, the key roles and responsibilities of REACH, how the processes of registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction work in practice, and how UK REACH is diverging from EU REACH.
EU/GB CLP and GHS Classification
The correct identification of hazards through the classification of chemical substances and mixtures is the foundation for compliance with chemical supply regulations. Ricardo’s experts can help your organisation to understand the complex classification criteria and apply them to your products with confidence.
EU/GB CLP and GHS Labelling
Once classified, it is important to communicate any identified hazards to users of your product(s) through labelling and SDS. This course supports your understanding of the required process to turn classifications into compliant labels that clearly communicate hazards and safety measures to customers.
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Authoring
SDS are a regulatory requirement and one of the main tools for communicating hazard information and risk management recommendations to customers, enabling safe use of chemicals. They are also key documents that customers use to judge the calibre of your company and its products.
Our expert-led, in-depth course provides teams with robust SDS authoring capabilities through theoretical knowledge and practical experience ensuring these important documents reflect your company’s values and commitments to safe handling of chemicals.
Managing your incoming SDS
We also offer training to those receiving SDS from suppliers, to help them understand the information provided, carry out necessary quality checks on incoming documents, and determine what actions may be required.
Dangerous Goods Awareness
All personnel involved in the carriage of dangerous goods at any stage – from classifying, labelling and packing the goods for carriage to consignment, loading, carriage and unloading – must be suitably trained to enable them to safely carry out their duties.
Ricardo’s chemical safety experts have compiled a Dangerous Goods Awareness training course to provide general hazard awareness and function specific training. To raise the awareness of the potential risks involved, how to recognise such risks, and their individual responsibilities under the relevant regulations.
Classification for transport
For those involved in classifying and labelling dangerous goods for transport, whether that is the full process, or just completing Section 14 of the SDS, correct classification is the essential first step to ensuring compliance with dangerous goods regulations and thus to the prevention of incidents. Our experts can help you understand the complex classification criteria and apply them to your products. Once classified we can help you understand the requirements for preparing correct labels and documentation to accompany the goods during transit.
Dangerous Goods Notes Training
Need to know how to complete a Dangerous Goods Note? Then this training is for you. You will learn:
- The different types of dangerous goods notes
- How to complete the dangerous goods information.
- Different requirements for road, sea and air transport.
Tailored training
If your organisation is experiencing difficulties in any way, our experts can design a bespoke training solution to help you to understand your regulatory obligations and meet your compliance needs.
Chemicals Compliance Monitor
All our chemical regulatory training courses can be supplemented with a subscription to Chemicals Compliance Monitor – a tool designed to support maintained compliance through delivery of twice-yearly reports featuring status update to substances in your portfolio.
