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Chemistry course
Our course in chemical safety covers the requirements for training, and gives you knowledge about how to ensure safe handling of chemicals in your company.
Meets statutory requirements
Produced in 2023
Video course
Team of experienced professionals
About the course

Dangerous chemicals can cause both acute and chronic health damage, such as burns and cancer.
In order to gain knowledge about the dangers of using and storing chemicals, you are therefore required by law to complete a course before starting the work.
With our digital and video-based course, you get the theoretical training presented in a pedagogically simple, understandable and engaging way.
- Team of experienced professionals
- Theory is combined with practical examples
- Course certificate after completing the course.
72 minutes
Cource certificate included
Language: Norwegian
Text: Polish, Lituanian, English, Norwegian
The content of the course
This video-based course covers the requirements for training set out in Regulations on Work Performance § 3-4.
The course is divided into 13 episodes, has a total duration of 72 minutes with video, and the training will, among other things, provide knowledge about:
- Basics of chemicals
- Relevant laws and regulations
- Classification and marking
- Substance catalog
- Safety data sheet
- Health risk
- Mapping and risk assessment
- First aid
- Protective measures and use of personal protective equipment
- Storage and storage
- Waste management
- Preparedness
This is a videocourse located in our course portal.
- The course is divided into episodes
- Final exam
- You receive a course certificate after passing the exam
Meet the course manager

Peter Sund
HSE advisor and course manager
Peter has versatile experience as a manager, occupational physiotherapist, HMS safety engineer and in recent years as an occupational hygienist. Peter has good experience with mapping and guidance against current working environment legislation and associated regulations. He is also approved as a consultant and certifier within the environmental management system Miljøfyrtårn.
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Invest in the company's future with increased competence and a safer working environment!
Course portal gives you the opportunity to raise the skills of all your employees, ensure a safer working environment and fulfill statutory requirements. With Course Portal, employees can take courses anytime, anywhere. This provides a flexible approach to training.

Questions and answers
Chemicals is a general term for elements, chemical compounds or mixtures of such. Chemicals exist both in a natural state, and they can be produced industrially.
Chemicals can have different properties that can cause health damage, environmental damage or fire and explosion hazards if used incorrectly or stored.
Dangerous chemicals can cause both acute and chronic health damage, such as burns and cancer.
It is the amount of chemicals we are exposed to, how we are exposed over time and the combination of substances that determine whether chemicals are harmful. Certain chemicals can be harmful even in very small amounts.
In order to gain knowledge about the dangers of using and storing chemicals, you are therefore required by law to complete a course before starting the work.
This digital course is aimed at anyone who handles chemicals in the workplace. Handling of chemicals is any handling of hazardous substances, such as production, transport, loading and unloading, storage, use and handling of hazardous waste.
The videos in the course are in Norwegian, but subtitles and other course material are translated into Polish, English and Lithuanian.
This course is included in the price when you have access to Kursportal
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Grønn Jobb Kurportal has collected the most important and relevant courses related to HSE, working environment and management, and the digital and video-based courses give you as a course participant full flexibility and freedom.
Courses in chemical handling and chemical health safety are among these, and you can take the course exactly when it suits you.
You can pause when you want, rewind or take the course several times at no extra cost. After you have passed the final test, you will receive your digital course certificate immediately.
The course has Norwegian speech, but subtitles in a language of your choice. Course material and tests are available in Norwegian, English, Polish and Lithuanian.