Chemical Safety Management Training Hub for Downstream Users &amp; Distributers of Chemicals

Theodor Haratau,Simona Stefanescu,Ioana Precup

doi:10.37358/rc.21.1.8409

Abstract

Chemical Safety Management Training Hub for Chemicals Users/ChemSM-HUB � project funded under Erasmus+ Programme � has been tailored to meet the training needs related to legal provisions under REACH & CLP Regulations of employees responsible for CSM among downstream users (DU) and distributers (D) of chemicals. The strategic objectives proposed by the project were to increase awareness of relevant professional communities on the new European legislation on CSM, strengthen the competencies of the target groups in the field of CSM, and enhance the ability of trainers to create and deliver vocational training. The design and concept of the training hub and the training materials have been established based on a training needs assessment, which also provided the necessary information to define the training objectives, the format, and the type of materials to be developed. To ensure high quality of the training, but also the availability in a user-friendly format, the training materials and the training hub have been developed and improved progressively as part of a consortium peer-review process during the joint-staff training organized in Romania according to the format of Erasmus+ Programme - KA202 Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training. Also, the materials created have been subjected to pilot testing during the blended mobility training of VET learners within Erasmus+ Programme � which, according to the new circumstances imposed by Sars-Cov-2 pandemic has been organized strictly online using an integrated approach of a webinar application and the ChemSM-HUB e-learning platform. According to the feedback received in both cases � during peer review and the pilot training - materials and the hub have been subject to various changes and resulted in a comprehensive training package and, respectively, a training hub that facilitates individual study and certification of the DU & D of chemicals, and provides access to up-to-date information in a concise and structured format.

Highlights

The chemical industry remains one of the largest production sectors in Europe, with €3,347 billion sales in 2018, there has been recorded a decline in the overall number of companies in most chemical industry subsectors since 2009
The materials created have been subjected to pilot testing during the blended mobility training of VET learners within Erasmus+ Programme – which, according to the new circumstances imposed by Sars-Cov-2 pandemic has been organized strictly online using an integrated approach of a webinar application and the ChemSM-HUB e-learning platform
The demographic information should be considered only relative to the pilot training and cannot be held as a determinant for choosing to participate in a training chemical safety management, nor can it be considered representative for the experts in the field of chemical safety management

Summary

Introduction

The chemical industry remains one of the largest production sectors in Europe, with €3,347 billion sales in 2018, there has been recorded a decline in the overall number of companies in most chemical industry subsectors since 2009. By considering all the constraints applicable to the ChemSM-HUB training course and the project implementation timeline which does not permit to measure neither behavioral change in time, nor results, the approach proposed has been to perform two of the four types of evaluation from Kirpatrick’s model: 1.Reaction is the evaluation of satisfaction of the downstream users (DU) and distributors (D) of chemicals to identify how the unfolding and structure of the course have been perceived and how the participants relate to the training content.

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