19 August – 26 August 2024

Aims

• 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

You will learn to

• 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 Content

1. Introduction
2. Human Physiology and Industrial Diseases
3. Fundamentals of Toxicology
4. Examples of Hazardous Substances / Processes
5. Assessment of Health Risks
6. Measurement of Airborne Contaminants
7. Hygiene Standards and Occupational Exposure Limits
8. Biological Monitoring and Health Surveillance
9. General Approaches to the Control of Risks to Health
10. Ventilation
11. Asbestos
12. Biological Hazards
13. Noise
14. Vibration
15. Thermal Environment
16. Introduction to Lighting and non-ionizing radiation
17. Ionising radiation
18. Introduction to Ergonomics
19. Behaviour and Culture
20. Work-related Stress
21. Careers in Occupational Hygiene