Laboratories
Laboratory Safety and Handling of Hazardous Materials
A programme in identifying and controlling laboratory hazards: hazardous chemicals and safety data sheets, storage by compatibility, engineering and personal protection, dealing with spills and emergencies, and disposal of laboratory waste.
Overview
About the programme
Duration
4 days
Training hours
12 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
Training outcomes
- Identify chemical, physical and biological hazards in the laboratory, and carry out a risk assessment of a laboratory activity.
- Read Globally Harmonized System (GHS) labels and safety data sheets and use them in daily work.
- Store chemicals by compatibility, and handle compressed gases, flammable and corrosive materials safely.
- Use fume hoods, biological safety cabinets and personal protective equipment correctly.
- Respond to spills, fires and exposures, and manage hazardous laboratory waste.
Content
What the programme covers
Day 1: hazards and risk assessment
- Types of laboratory hazard: chemical, physical, electrical, biological and radiological.
- Laboratory risk assessment and the hierarchy of control, and the laboratory chemical hygiene plan.
Day 2: hazardous chemicals
- The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS): hazard classes, pictograms, and hazard and precautionary statements.
- The safety data sheet and its sixteen sections, and the NFPA 704 diamond.
- Occupational exposure limits and routes of entry into the body.
Day 3: storage and protection
- Storage by compatibility, cabinets for flammable and corrosive materials, and chemical inventory.
- Compressed gases: cylinders, securing them, regulators and leak checks.
- Engineering controls: fume hoods and their performance checks, biological safety cabinets and ventilation; personal protective equipment and its selection.
Day 4: emergencies and waste
- Chemical spills: assessment, containment, clean-up and spill kits.
- Fire in the laboratory and suitable extinguishers, eyewash stations and emergency showers, and first aid after exposure.
- Segregating, labelling, storing and handing over hazardous laboratory waste to licensed contractors, followed by the assessment.
Who it is for
Target audience
Staff of chemical, industrial and teaching laboratories, laboratory supervisors, and safety officers responsible for laboratories.
Method
Delivery method
Short lectures, exercises on real safety data sheets and labels, and a risk assessment of a laboratory activity prepared by each participant. When delivered on site, an inspection walk through the organisation’s laboratory with a checklist can be added. Delivered in person or online, in Arabic or English.
Questions
FAQ
Can the programme focus on the materials we use?
Yes. If the organisation sends the centre a list of its main chemicals and their safety data sheets, the exercises and risk assessments are built on them.
Does the programme cover laboratories that use radioactive sources?
The programme introduces radiological hazards only as one of the laboratory hazards. Staff who work with radioactive sources or X-ray equipment need the radiation protection programmes the centre offers in the radiation field.
Is there a certificate?
Every participant who attends the programme and passes the assessment receives a certificate of completion from Technology Experts Training Center, licensed by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.