29th June – 4th July 2026

Course Overview

• To provide a practical understanding of occupational hygiene for people who need to manage or advise on workplace health issues
• To provide a foundation from which to undertake more in-depth study in individual occupational hygiene subjects
• To inform and enthuse students about the contribution of occupational hygiene to worker health

Learning Outcomes

• Value occupational hygiene in improving worker health and understand the role of the occupational hygienist.
• Understand health hazards encountered in the workplace and identification techniques (foundation level).
• Identify sources and potential routes of occupational exposure (foundation level).
• Understand the basics of which exposure assessment, measurement processes, and control methods we use (foundation level).
• Manage occupational hygiene programmes in your work environment.

Course Format

• Delivered as a 5-day on-line or classroom training program
• On-line student examination with multiple choice questions
• Translation of the exam into the native language of students may be available
• Student manuals are available for free download at ohtatraining.org
• Materials supplied to trainers include extensive slides and suggestions for Questions and
• Answers to facilitate student discussions

Course Content

• Basic health sciences of human physiology, industrial diseases, and toxicology
• Recognition of hazardous substances and processes such as crystalline silica, welding
• fumes, pharmaceuticals, petroleum products, mining, diesel exhaust and more
• Health risk assessments including sampling of airborne contaminants and comparison to
• regulatory or company standards, along with biological monitoring and health surveillance
• General approaches to the control of health risks
• Risk analysis of common workplace hazards such as asbestos, noise, thermal extremes,
• lighting, radiation, ergonomics, and biological hazards.