Overview

Training

Objectives

Who should attend? Health and safety professionals, and occupational health specialists (including physicians and nurses). Specialists in subjects such as acoustics, ergonomics, human

factors, occupational psychology, work organisation, biosafety, acoustics, engineering, or analytical chemistry, who want a broader appreciation of how their role interfaces with other professions over health issues in the workplace.

Course Outline1. Importance of occupational

hygiene2. Human physiology3. Chemical hazards recognition4. Physical hazards recognition5. Hazards evaluation6. Control of hazards

Course Duration: 5 Days

Course AssessmentAttendees are assessed with a 20 question short answer open-book written examination with an allowed time of 60 minutes at the conclusion of the course.

Certification

Continuous Professional Development: WSHO 40 CPD

This course is an accredited course by the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) as an essential training for the foundation level qualification for the International Occupational Hygiene Certificate.

Industrial diseases have been recognised for more than 2000 years but they remain a problem today. The International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA) defines Occupational Hygiene as:‘The discipline of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling health hazards in the working environment with the objective of protecting worker health and well-being and safeguarding the community at large.’ Occupational hygiene therefore focuses essentially on a preventative approach through the minimisation of exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents in the work environment and the adoption of good ergonomic practices.

This course aims to provide an introduction outlining the broad principles of Occupational Hygiene as the basis for anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of hazards that can be encountered in the workplace.

W201 BASIC PRINCIPLES IN OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE

BOHS will issue a certificate of successful course completion to candidates who have successfully completed the course.