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We work with the slogan ‘no one gets hurt’ and the knowledge I gained at this program will assist us in keeping up that promise.
Work-related injury and illness significantly impact both employee productivity and employers’ bottom line. Beyond these direct costs, public perception of an organization can be adversely affected by health, safety, and environmental issues. Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene: The Application of Basic Principles will help you address these challenges. This online program focuses on how to anticipate, evaluate, prevent, and control a wide range of hazards in the workplace. The skills and strategies taught in this industrial hygiene program will help you protect employees from workplace health hazards, improve employee safety, and increase productivity.
This online program is designed both for professionals with direct responsibility for industrial hygiene and for those managing the health and safety function. As a participant, you will learn the concepts critical to creating a safe work environment and hone your technical expertise in protecting employees from workplace health hazards.
Concepts covered in this Industrial hygiene course include:
This course enables you to practice skills you can immediately apply to improve employee health and safety in your organization.
Organizations are responsible for the overall health and safety of the people they employ, from workers on the manufacturing floor through executives in their offices. Industrial hygiene is the science behind keeping workers safe through the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, communication, and control of environmental stressors in the workplace that may result in injury, illness, impairment, or otherwise affect the wellbeing of workers and community members.1
The ultimate goal of industrial hygiene is to protect employees from workplace hazards and dangers. While this minimum level of protection is required by law, industrial hygienists and the organizations that employ them can also look beyond protecting employees to promoting worker health. There is significant evidence suggesting that organizations can reap significant productivity benefits from employee health and wellness programs, often led by those in the health, safety, and industrial hygiene functions.
1 Introduction to Occupational Health, NIEHS
This program is designed for participants with direct responsibility for industrial hygiene, employee health, and safety. Participants will learn the concepts critical to creating a safe work environment and hone their technical expertise in protecting employees from workplace hazards.
Participants will explore topics including ergonomics, exposure assessment, radiation protection, personal protective equipment, respiratory protection, ventilation, quality of the indoor environment, noise reduction, and sampling and instrumentation.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation upon completion of the program.
This course is for professionals directly responsible for the health, safety, and security of employees and the work environment. New and experienced health and safety professionals will benefit from a comprehensive review of the technical skills required for industrial hygiene practice. Industrial hygiene and safety program leaders will become more accustomed to the challenges facing professionals and become more effective managers of those with technical expertise in this functional area. Professionals with the following roles and responsibilities are encouraged to attend:
