10 Chemical Safety Training Courses

Working with toxic chemicals sounds daunting – especially when you don’t know much about it. But, with Mitti (by SafetyCulture)’s Toxic Chemicals course, your employee’s apprehension will fade once they’re aware of the compounds they’re dealing with. This course will help you understand the types of toxins and what level of exposure will cause different responses. It also discusses the different types of  PPE recommended for hazardous chemicals. To add to that, workplace exposure standards are also explained to raise awareness for the safety of the employees. This course has four lessons with short refresher quizzes at the end.

Scope: Dose-response relationship, types of toxins, routes of exposure, workplace exposure standards

The Hazardous Chemical Safety Training by Safetyhub contains lessons about how chemicals enter our body, their dose and hazards. Additionally, physical hazards such as fire, explosions, and environmental pollution are included in this course. You will also learn the proper storage and handling methods of chemicals to avoid accidents. This course has a safety training video and an assessment at the end of the lessons. They also offer a facilitator's guide that contains a video transcript, exercises, and a multiple-choice assessment questionnaire.

Scope: Dose and hazards, fire & explosion, environmental pollution, storage

eSafety’s Laboratory Safety course outlines the hazards of harmful chemicals and their proper handling to avoid accidents. The course content includes chemical risks in the laboratory, physical hazards, chemical routes of entry, PPE, ventilation, storage, and emergency procedures. It will take you 30 minutes to finish the entire course.

Scope: Chemical hazards, health hazards, chemical routes of entry, hazard communication, protecting clothing and equipment, storage & waste, chemical spills, emergency procedures

Mitti (by SafetyCulture)’s Hazard Communication course by Max Lukins has everything you need to know about chemical hazards, whether it is a physical or health hazard. This course will walk you through the different danger signs you may see on a label and their meanings. When labels are understood, the chances of accidents decrease, making it safer for the employees.

Mitti (by SafetyCulture)’s engaging courses are completely editable so trainers can customize the content according to their needs. In-app branding is also available to give the course templates a personal touch.

Scope: Basics of hazard communication

The University of British Columbia’s Chemical Safety course revolves around the legislative guidelines of workplace hazardous materials and the transportation of dangerous goods regulations. To ensure employee safety, best practices such as handling, storage, emergency procedures, and general safety are included. This course has six modules with a 15-minute duration and a quiz at the end.

Scope: Legislative guidelines, general safety, storage, handling, emergency procedures

Alison’s Process Safety Management course contains several case studies about historical industrial disasters such as the Flixborough disaster, Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and Bhopal gas tragedy. Through these past incidents, the course discusses nuclear radiation and safety when it comes to events like earthquakes. Process safety management and personal protective equipment are mentioned in the lessons as necessary measures for safety procedure compliance. There are 3 modules in this course with 15 lessons that can be accomplished in 4-5 hours.

Scope: Case studies, nuclear radiation, safety

Working with chemicals is not only limited to laboratories. It’s also found in general labor, such as in cleaning. Every industry with physical sites has its maintenance staff handle cleaning chemicals daily and TPC’s Cleaning Chemicals course is a good guide to training your employees. It will guide you through the proper use of cleaning chemicals such as solvents, soaps, disinfectants, and detergents. This course has 5 lessons that you can take online.

Scope: Chemical safety, cleaning agents, disinfectants

Hazard Communication by eSafety covers the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s regulations on hazard awareness involving chemicals. The course mainly discusses hazard classification, labeling, and the datasheets for safety procedures when handling chemicals. This course is divided into 2 parts, the first part being the general information about chemical hazards, and the second being the solutions and safety measures. It will take you 50 minutes in total to complete the course.

Scope: Hazard classification, health hazard, labeling, safety data sheets, handling & storage

Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals is a standardized approach to hazard communication and classifying hazards. It is recognized by the United Nations and is adopted by international organizations to use in their official safety measures. This course also tackles the components of the safety data sheet (SDS), which is an inspection instrument. There are 4 lessons in this course that you can complete anytime. A Rapid Refresh quiz is also included in each lesson to assess and reinforce the learner’s knowledge.

Scope: Application & implementation, hazard classification, hazard communication