05th to 09th Feb, 2025 (Wed-Sun)

Course Overview

To describe the ways in which exposure to hazardous substances arises in the workplace, and to introduce the methodologies and technologies available to control exposures and thereby reduce risks to health.

Learning Outcomes

On completing this course successfully, the student will be able to:

• Describe how airborne contaminants are generated by industrial processes, how these impacts on the control strategy, and how control solutions can thereby be optimized.
• Recognize the range of approaches to risk reduction embodied in the hierarchy of control and select appropriate strategies for implementation.
• Describe the meaning of “adequate control”, particularly in relation to personal exposures.
• Discuss the importance of design considerations in terms of the workplace, process, and plant, as a means of reducing occupational exposures.
• Describe the principal elements of a local exhaust ventilation system, give examples of typical installations, and know how to carry out the necessary measurements to assess whether a local exhaust ventilation system is effective and operating to the design specification.
• Recognize the limitations of local exhaust hoods and enclosures and the means to optimize their effectiveness.
• Describe how personal protective equipment programmes may be used in an effective manner.
• Recognize the impact that control measures may have on other workplace hazards and understand the need to take a holistic approach to the design of control.

Course Format

• 5-days course: 9:00 am to 18:00 IST.
• Minimum 45 hours including demonstration sessions, lectures, tutorials, guided reading, overnight questions and additional time for practical review and examination.
• There will be a 60 Multiple Choice Questions MCQ with “open book” ONLINE examination with an allowed time of 150 +30* minutes.

Course Content

1. Hazardous Substances uses and Processes.
2. Workplace Control Principles
   1. Hierarchy of Controls
   2. Achieving Effective Controls
3. Process Design and Principles
   1. Design of Equipment and Workplace
   2. Prevention, Elimination, Substitution
4. Ventilation System
   1. Type of System
   2. Principles
   3. General Ventilation System
   4. Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV)
   5. Measurement and Testing of LEV System
5. Personal Protective Equipment
   1. General
   2. Respiratory Protective Equipment
   3. Chemical Protective Clothing
   4. Gloves & Dermal Care
6. Administrative Elements