Silica Dust: Control It at the Source
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Explain how silica dust damages health, identify the tasks and materials that create it and control dust at source with water or extraction.
- Assign to
- Anyone who cuts, drills, grinds or sweeps up concrete, brick, block or stone
- Duration
- 25 minutes
- Evidence
- 12-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Explain how silica dust damages health.
- Identify the tasks and materials that create it.
- Control dust at source with water or extraction.
- Use the right RPE and clean up safely.
The course
- 01What silica does
- 02Where it comes from
- 03Control it at source
- 04RPE and clean-up
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Fix the kerb-cutting method statement”, learners fix a realistic form and see the effect of each choice. Short animations show “How 40 years adds up” and “Two ways to cut 30 kerbs”.
How you know they finished
The 12-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Roll it out with
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM)
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 12-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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