AIR & SURFACE MONITORING

Every year, thousands of employees suffer ill health through exposure to hazardous substances by contracting lung disease such as asthma, skin disease such as dermatitis and cancer.

Employers must carry out a suitable and sufficient assessment of risk to include the measures required to meet the standards within the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended).

One of the requirements of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended) is that monitoring of exposures may be necessary. 

Monitoring for airborne exposures may be necessary when:-

• failure of the control measures could result in a serious health effect
• measurement is necessary to ensure that a workplace exposure limit is not exceeded
• it is necessary as an additional verification of the effectiveness of any control measure
• significant changes in quantity of substance, system of work, process or new equipment

JRL Solutions Ltd provides a half day course for managers and those with an interest in air and surface monitoring.

The syllabus for this course includes:-

• the legal basis
• the benefits
• what is meant by the term monitoring
• what is meant by the term personal monitoring
• types of monitoring methodology depnedent on form of substance
• carrying out monitoring
• overview of analytical methods
• relating measurements to workplace exosure limits