Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health

Occupational Risk Management is a modern fast moving subject. It covers all aspects of risk associated with the worker, the work environment and its affects on health. There are many interfaces with other health and safety professionals in today’s modern industries.

The Occupational Health Professional and Risk Managers must be aware of the expertise available to reduce risk within the workplace to an acceptable level, this includes appreciating the environment and the placement of the most suitable person to the job.

Today’s Occupational Health and Safety Professionals take the pro-active approach by trying to prevent ill- health and accidents before they happen.

Objectives

The Main Aim of Occupational Health is:

The promotion and maintenance of the physical, mental and social well being of the workforce, this is achieved by:

• The prevention of departures from health due to working conditions.

• The protection from risks resulting from factors adverse to health.

• This can be summed up by the expression "The adaptation of work to man, and of each man to his job"

Key Topics

• Occupational Health

• Quality Based Risk Management

• Health Screening

• Noise

• Practical Exercises

• Personal Protective Equipment

• Occupational Asthma

• Accidents, Hazard & Risk

• Radiation

• Health Promotion & Health Education

• Control of Hazardous Substances

• Problems in the Office

• Common Occupational Diseases / Conditions

Course Objective

This course will provide an excellent skills and knowledge base in Occupational Health and Risk Management. It will enable existing medical and para-medical personnel working in industrial settings to integrate more fully in Risk Management and Loss Control, moving away from the ageing medical model (reactive) to a proactive approach to health provision.

Non medical personnel will benefit by gaining a thorough understanding of the working of the Occupational Health Support and the importance of providing a working environment, which is unlikely to harm the most important asset "the worker".

Cost is always an issue in any industry but this course goes a long way to prove that by looking after the most important asset, productivity, staff satisfaction, quality and profit can be increased.