29 December 2024 – 02 January 2025

Course Overview

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

Suitable for

• Health and safety professionals.
• Occupational health specialists (including physicians and nurses).
• Other specialists wishing to interface on workplace health issues (e.g. acoustics, ergonomics, human factors, occupational psychology, work, organisation, bio safety, acoustics, engineering, or analytical chemistry).

Learning Outcomes

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 Format

The course is the essential training for the Foundation Level qualification. It is designed to be delivered as a 5-day taught programme including student assessment. The student manual can be used as a free-standing reference for those wishing to study independently.

Course Content

• INTRODUCTION
• HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL DISEASES
• FUNDAMENTALS OF TOXICOLOGY
• EXAMPLES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES / PROCESSES
• ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH RISKS
• MEASUREMENT OF AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS
• HYGIENE STANDARDS AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS
• BIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND HEALTH SURVEILLANCE
• GENERAL APPROACHES TO THE CONTROL OF RISKS TO HEALTH
• VENTILATION
• ASBESTOS
• BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
• NOISE
• VIBRATION
• THERMAL ENVIRONMENT: PRINCIPLES, EVALUATION AND CONTROL
• INTRODUCTION TO LIGHTING AND NON-IONISING RADIATION
• IONISING RADIATION
• INTRODUCTION TO ERGONOMICS
• BEHAVIOUR AND CULTURE
• WORK-RELATED STRESS
• CAREERS IN OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE