CHAPTER IIU.K. EMPLOYERS' OBLIGATIONS

Article 9U.K.Information and training of workers

1.Appropriate measures shall be taken by the employer to ensure that workers and/or any workers' representatives in the undertaking or establishment receive sufficient and appropriate training, on the basis of all available information, in particular in the form of information and instructions, concerning:

(a)potential risks to health;

(b)precautions to be taken to prevent exposure;

(c)hygiene requirements;

(d)wearing and use of protective equipment and clothing;

(e)steps to be taken by workers in the case of incidents and to prevent incidents.

2.The training shall be:

(a)given at the beginning of work involving contact with biological agents,

(b)adapted to take account of new or changed risks, and

(c)repeated periodically if necessary.