Available courses

Aims

  • To provide a practical understanding of occupational hygiene for people who need to manage or advise on workplace health issues
  • To provide a foundation from which to undertake more in-depth study in individual occupational hygiene subjects
  • To inform and enthuse students about the contribution of occupational hygiene to worker health

 

You will learn to

  • Value occupational hygiene in improving worker health and understand the role of the occupational hygienist.
  • Understand health hazards encountered in the workplace and identification techniques (foundation level).
  • Identify sources and potential routes of occupational exposure (foundation level).
  • Understand the basics of which exposure assessment, measurement processes, and control methods we use (foundation level).
  • Manage occupational hygiene programmes in your work environment.

 

Suitable for

  • Health and safety professionals.
  • Occupational health specialists (including physicians and nurses).
  • Other specialists wishing to interface on workplace health issues (e.g. acoustics, ergonomics, human factors, occupational psychology, work, organisation, bio safety, acoustics, engineering, or analytical chemistry).