This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. 

 

This course aims to provide an introduction to outline the broad principles in occupational hygiene as the basis for anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of hazards that can be encountered in the workplace. 

 

On completing this course successfully, participants will be able to:- 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of BOHS-M200: Basic Principles in Occupational Hygiene. It covers the development and importance of occupational hygiene; the basic principles of physiology of the human body and how occupational exposure to chemical and physical agents can affect the human body; the respiratory and circulatory system including sight, hearing and heat regulation; the principles of risk assessments, hazard definitions and risk, and basic information on expert systems and control banding; the basic principles of toxicology and effects on the body; and the material forms covering gases, vapours, aerosols, dusts, fumes and vapour pressure.


During this interactive course, participants will learn the hazard processes, metals processes, organic chemical processes and other processes; the physical hazards covering physics of sound, vibration and health effects, and thermal environment; the electromagnetic spectrum and various bands of non-ionizing radiation; assessing lighting in the workplace; the health effects of ionizing radiation, musculoskeletal injuries; the hazards associated with using display screen equipment and stress management in the workplace; the exposure assessment, measurement of gases, vapours, and dusts and exposure assessment of physical hazards; and the principles of different types of hazard control measure.
 
 

This course will require at least 36 hours of study time, which includes approximately 30 hours of teaching and practical assessment including final examination and approximately 6 hours of independent study, such as revision (in the candidates’ own time).