Health and Safety - Management Series: Industrial Hygiene
Product Code: reg040 Time: 45.0 minute(s) CEUs:

Summary:

This course provides an overview of Industrial hygiene as it relates to workplace hazards. Basic elements of an effective Industrial hygiene program such as health hazard evaluation, recognition, control, and employee education are covered. Emphasis is placed on recognition, evaluation, and control of factors that reduce or eliminate potentially harmful workplace exposures.

Objectives:

  • Define industrial hygiene (IH) as it relates to workplace health hazards
  • Define the primary focus of industrial hygiene
  • List the basic elements of industrial hygiene
  • Determine ways that a sound industrial hygiene program can help anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control factors in an occupational environment which can lead to illness, impaired health or discomfort


Topics:

  • Basic elements
  • Health hazard recognition
  • Health hazard evaluation
  • Chemical hazards
  • Physical hazards
  • Biological hazards
  • Health hazard control
  • Employee education and training
  • Program audit and review

Technical Requirements:

P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.



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