LEV
This LEV Awareness course is designed to provide basic knowledge and understanding of the requirements and utilisation of such systems.
Course aims
1) Give a clear understanding of everybody’s roles and responsibilities concerning LEV. This will include employers, employees, safety representatives etc.
2) Provide an appreciation of the importance of LEV as a control measure.
3) Provide an overview of the main elements of an LEV system and the documentation which should accompany it for its correct operation and maintenance.
4) Give delegates the confidence to deal with LEV designers, installers and maintenance engineers.
Why LEV awareness?
Many employees are made ill every year as a result of exposure to hazardous substances, such as dusts and fumes, which have not been adequately controlled. LEV is - or should be - an important part of many exposure control strategies.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides guidance on LEV (HSG258, 'Controlling airborne contaminants at work; a guide to local exhaust ventilation'), and HSE inspectors check workplaces for appropriate and effective LEV systems. BOHS has worked closely with HSE in support of its LEV campain over the years, and we also offer two qualifications for testers and designers of LEV systems (P601 and P602 respectively) and the HSE guidance refers to both of these as one measure of competency in these areas. The LEV Awareness course provides another link in the HSE campaign by helping employers, facility managers, works managers, and health and safety managers to be aware of their duties.
The course providers running these awareness courses are mostly already running LEV courses leading to our P601 and P602 examinations, and have all also been on one of HSL's Trainer, Advisor Briefing Days which provide background information and the material used on HSE's own new LEV course for its inspectors.
And there is a definite need to raise awareness of LEV. There are many reasons why LEV controls are inadequate, or missing completely - from a lack of understanding of the risk of exposure, through difficulties in working out what's causing exposure, to inappropriate design of systems. Of approximately 100,000 businesses in the UK using LEV to control risk, some 60,000 do not have it tested. Which means that 60% are breaking the law, just by not testing!
Much of the testing itself is inappropriate and ineffective. As a result, the number of workers at risk of exposure are too high, and many, many businesses will be vulnerable to HSE enforcement measures.
It is clear that there is a large market for a good quality LEV Awareness course aimed at those who are ultimately responsible for their employees' health, and their managers. HSE inspectors promote the need for awareness training as part of their advice out in the field.
Find out if you would benefit from attending this course by clicking on the sad face above to launch our short introduction to LEV.
Course Providers & How to book
All courses must be booked directly with the Course Provider. Link to the course providers below to find the venue/date which suits you best.
Gully Howard Technical Limited; contact Trudy Bishop;
www.gullyhowardtechnical.com
Health & Safety Laboratory; contact Lynne Marik;
www.hsl.gov.uk/training.aspx/health-and-safety-training-courses/bohs-approved---local-exhaust-ventilation-(lev)-awareness.aspx
Oxyl8 Consultants; contact Bill Cassells;
www.oxyl8.com
Workforce First; contact Leila Kirk;
http://www.workforcefirst.co.uk/workforcefirst_news.html#levawareness
Information for Course Providers