April 11 - April 18, 2023
Course Overview
This course aims to:
Provide an introductory course outlining the broad principles in occupational hygiene as the basis for anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of hazards that can be encountered in the workplace.
Learning Outcomes
On completing this course successfully, the student will have a basic understanding of:
- The value of occupational hygiene and the role of the occupational hygienist;
- The range of hazards (physical and chemical) in the workplace;
- Hazard recognition techniques;
- Sources and potential routes of exposure;
- Hazard evaluation, exposure assessment and measurement processes;
- Methods of controlling exposure;
- The management of occupational hygiene programmes.
Course Format
The course is normally run as a taught course over 4.5 days (minimum of 36 hours, including practical / demonstration sessions, overnight questions and guided reading).
There will be a 20 short answer question ‘open book’ examination with an allowed time of 60 minutes.
Course Content
Topic |
Title |
Time Allocation |
1 |
Introduction |
5% |
2 |
Human Physiology |
15% |
3 |
Chemical Hazards Recognition |
20% |
4 |
Physical Hazards Recognition |
20% |
5 |
Hazard Evaluation |
20% |
6 |
Control of Hazard |
20% |