Course Description

 

Industrial Hygiene (IH) is the science and technology that aims to identify, evaluate and control the occupational health risks in the workplaces. Applying serious IH concepts has been critical for companies to protect worker health, maintain regulatory compliance, and address social responsibility issues in China, from manufacturing operations to supply chain.

Advanced IH workshops are characterized by discussion of practical down to earth IH issues encountered by thousands of EHS professionals in everyday life.  Real life scenarios discussed reflect presenters extensive experience on literally hundreds of IH projects for multinational clients in China.

Course Objective

 

By the end of the course, attendees will:

·         Understand and apply concepts of Industrial Hygiene

·         Know Industrial Hygiene regulatory trends and guidelines

·         Be able to perform hazard identification tasks

·         Be able to perform qualitative IH risk assessments

·         Understand exposure assessment strategies & methods

·         Understand hierarchy of controls & control methods

·         Be familiar with some of the most critical IH issues of today

·         Be able to make informed decision to protect employee health

 

Who Should attend?

 

·         Company EHS Managers and Engineers

·         H&S professionals

·         Human Resource Managers

·         Occupational Health Nurses and Physicians

·         Risk and Insurance Managers, Legal professionals

·         Any other individuals with responsibility for employee well-being, labor relations or employee productivity

Course Outline

 

Day 1

Introduction to Occupational Health and Hygiene

·         Introduction to the basic principles of occupational health and hygiene

·         The effects of work on health

·         Review of roles and functions of occupational health and safety professionals

·         Occupational Safety and Health management

·         The fundamental principles of establishing a safe system of work

·         Introduction to health risk assessment

·         Health screening and surveillance -Basic principles

·         Biological monitoring

·         Identification of occupational hygiene control strategies

 

Day 2

Chemical Agents

·         Chemical hazards at work

·         Introduction to toxicology

·         Control of substances hazardous to health

·         Assessment and monitoring of hazardous substances

·         Occupational exposure limits

·         Controlling hazrdous substances

·         Introduction to local exhaust ventilation design

·         Personal protective equipment

 

Day 3

Physical Agents

Noise - Its measurement, evaluation and control

·         Effects of noise on human health

·         Establishing a hearing conservation program

·         Principles of undertaking a noise survey

 

Vibration - its measurement, evaluation and control

·         Effects of hand arm and whole body vibration on human health

·         Assessing human vibration exposures

·         Controlling vibration

 

Heat Stress and Strain

·         Effects of heat

·         Evaluating heat stress

·         Controlling the risks from heat

·         Introduction to thermal comfort

 

Day 4

Radiation, Biological Agents and Ergonomics

·         Hazards from radiation covering both ionising and non-ionising sources

·         Controlling radiation hazards

·         Biological hazards in the workplace

·         Managing the risk of legionnaires' disease

·         A review of the basic principles of food safety and food hygiene

·         Introduction to occupational ergonomics

·         Manual handling and musculoskeletal risks

·         Assessment and control of risks during manual handling operations

·         Display screen equipment

 

Day 5

·         Review - Managing occupational health risks

·         Promoting occupational health programmes

·         Development of action plans

·         Extended exercise - case study