Occupational Health & Industrial Hygiene Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• Analyze the fundamental principles of occupational health and industrial hygiene and their role in protecting workers.
• Identify chemical, physical, biological, ergonomic, and environmental hazards within different workplace environments.
• Apply systematic approaches for anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling occupational health hazards.
• Assess potential employee exposure to hazardous substances, noise, heat, radiation, biological agents, and other workplace hazards.
• Evaluate workplace monitoring and exposure assessment strategies based on operational conditions and risk profiles.
• Apply the hierarchy of controls to develop effective strategies for reducing occupational exposure.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of engineering controls, ventilation systems, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment.
• Develop practical approaches for chemical safety, hazardous substance management, and exposure prevention.
• Assess ergonomic and physical workplace conditions and identify opportunities for reducing occupational health risks.
• Improve occupational health inspections, monitoring programs, documentation, and corrective action processes.
• Integrate occupational health and industrial hygiene considerations into broader HSE risk management systems.
• Develop an actionable occupational health and industrial hygiene improvement plan by the end of the course.

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Learning Outcomes

• Explain the principles and objectives of occupational health and industrial hygiene.
• Identify major workplace health hazards and determine their potential impact on employees.
• Conduct structured assessments of chemical, physical, biological, ergonomic, and environmental hazards.
• Evaluate potential occupational exposure pathways and determine appropriate monitoring requirements.
• Apply basic principles of workplace exposure assessment and industrial hygiene monitoring.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of existing engineering, administrative, and personal protective controls.
• Apply the hierarchy of controls to develop practical occupational exposure reduction strategies.
• Assess workplace conditions related to noise, heat stress, chemical exposure, ventilation, ergonomics, and other occupational hazards.
• Develop appropriate approaches for chemical hazard communication and hazardous substance management.
• Evaluate occupational health inspection findings and translate them into corrective and preventive actions.
• Integrate industrial hygiene considerations into HSE risk assessments, workplace inspections, and management systems.
• Develop a practical occupational health and industrial hygiene improvement plan based on workplace risks and organizational priorities.

Course Outline