Learn About Health Standards and Risks in Occupational Hygiene

Learn about health standards and assessing health risks in occupational hygiene. The free 3-hour online course “Assessing Health Risks in Occupational Hygiene” introduces you to topics associated with ensuring a safe and risk-free work place. The course begins by introducing you to ways of measuring airborne contamination.

Assessing Health Risks in Occupational Hygiene Course Content

The course includes the following topics:

The general features of a Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) system;
Why LEV is one of the most effective means of preventing hazardous materials entering the workplace atmosphere;
Three types of inlets;
Considerations about the source of contamination that are important during the design and construction of captor inlets;
Types of air cleaning devices;
Types and properties of asbestos;
How inhalation of respirable asbestos fibres may give rise to a number of serious diseases;
The function of the asbestos register;
The three physical states of matter;
Five main types of sampling;
How to choose sampling equipment;
Sampling airborne particulates, gases, and vapours;
Hygiene standards of chemical agents;
The purpose of health surveillance.