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Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health

Essential Principles & its Implementation

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The Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health training course equips HSE, health and operations professionals to recognise, assess and manage workplace health risks. It provides an evidence-based understanding of industrial hygiene principles, exposure assessment methods and occupational health management frameworks. This practical knowledge helps delegates protect employees and establish a culture where health is treated as a core organisational value.

Occupational health is frequently overlooked because harmful effects may develop silently, unlike safety incidents that are visible and immediate. Exposure to chemicals, dust, noise, vibration, biological agents and work-related stress can cause serious, irreversible conditions affecting employees throughout their lives. Delegates examine how workplace hazards affect the human body, how exposure is measured and assessed, and how occupational diseases are identified and managed. The course also covers health monitoring and surveillance, respiratory ill health, dermatitis, musculoskeletal disorders, occupational toxicology and the effects of physical agents.

This Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health training course will highlight:

Understanding how workplace hazards affect the human body
Applying industrial hygiene principles and occupational health management frameworks
Assessing and measuring exposure to workplace health hazards
Identifying and managing occupational diseases
Implementing occupational health monitoring and surveillance
Examining major occupational health conditions and physical agents

Why Choose Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health

Course Goals

What are the Goals?

Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health Training aims to build comprehensive capability in occupational health and industrial hygiene, covering hazard identification and health risk assessment, exposure measurement, disease prevention, and the implementation of occupational health management programmes.

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:

Describe industrial hygiene and occupational health and clarify the health aspect of health and safety management
Recognise health risks affecting employees and contractors and understand their impact on major organs and body systems
Describe how respiratory hazards, dermatitis, biological agents, and physical agents affect the human body
Recognise occupational diseases and infections, as well as the health effects associated with occupational toxicology, including chemicals, gases, vapours, and fibres
Use COSHH considerations and assess control measures for common occupational health hazards
Understand musculoskeletal disorders and implement workplace prevention solutions
Use health risk assessment principles and plan exposure measurement surveys
Use sampling techniques for gases, vapours, and aerosols and carry out dermal and biological exposure assessments
Create and implement occupational health monitoring and surveillance programmes
Control noise, vibration, thermal, and lighting hazards and use personal protective equipment while recognising its limitations

Who is this Training Course for?

This Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health training course is designed for:

Industrial Hygienists
Occupational Hygienists
Occupational Health Physicians
Occupational Health Nurses
Health and Safety Managers
HSE Managers
HSE Officers
Safety Engineers
Environmental Health Officers
Workplace Health Risk Assessors

Learning Approach

How will this Training Course be Presented?

Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health Training is provided through an organised, evidence-based learning method that integrates clinical and technical expertise with practical application in the workplace. The course progresses from the fundamentals of occupational health and health effects at organ level to occupational disease, risk assessment, exposure measurement, and the management of occupational health programmes.

Syndicate sessions are incorporated across several days, offering group-based opportunities to solve problems relating to particular subjects, including asbestos, respiratory ill health, silica, welding controls, and COSHH — enabling delegates to link theory with real workplace health challenges.

Methods of delivery include:

Instructor-led sessions addressing industrial hygiene principles, health effects on organs, occupational diseases, and frameworks for exposure assessment
Syndicate sessions covering asbestos, respiratory ill health and silica, welding controls, and occupational health risk review exercises
Workshops on occupational toxicology and COSHH exploring the health effects of chemicals, gases, vapours, and fibres, together with control strategies
Exposure assessment design sessions addressing survey design, methods for sampling gases and aerosols, and dermal and biological monitoring
Occupational health programme development sessions creating monitoring, surveillance, and management frameworks for implementation

The Course Content

Introduction to Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health

What is industrial hygiene and occupational health?
The Health aspect of Health and Safety
Identifying health risks to employees and contractors
Understanding health risk effects on the human body and its organs
Global strategies and trends
Syndicate Session: Asbestos and other problems
Work organisation, work-related stress and well-being
Thinking about the Culture of the organisation

Organ Structure and Function

Every breath you take: The lungs and respiratory ill health
Syndicate Session: Respiratory ill health and silica
Effects of inhaled materials
Skin deep: Dermatitis and other issues
Effects of physical agents on major organs
Biological agents and their effects
Occupational Health and Corporate Culture – do you care?

Occupational Health Risks

Occupational health elements and their health risk effects
Occupational diseases and infections
Occupational toxicology (chemicals, gases, vapors and fibers)
Consideration of COSHH
Syndicate exercise: Reviewing Controls and staying up to date (e.g. Welding)
Musculoskeletal disorders and prevention solutions
Health effects of light, heat, noise, vibration, pressure and radiation
Syndicate Session

Principles of Industrial Hygiene

Principles of (Health) Risk Assessment
Syndicate exercise
Design of exposure measurement surveys and analysis
Retrospective exposure assessment
Biological monitoring
Sampling methods for gases, vapors and aerosols
Dermal exposure assessment

Occupational Health Management

Occupational health monitoring and surveillance programs
Noise, vibration, thermal and lighting management
Personal protective equipment and its limitations in protecting health
Understanding Global, Regional and Local Environmental Issues
Implement an occupational health management program
Occupational Health and Corporate Culture
Summary of Course Key Points

Recognition

Certificate

• Wallstreet Development Academy Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course.

Frequently Asked Questions

The course covers the essential principles of industrial hygiene and occupational health. It also addresses how those principles can be implemented in practice. The available course information does not specify individual topics or modules.

Yes, the course combines essential principles with their implementation. This indicates attention to both foundational understanding and practical application. The specific implementation methods or exercises are not detailed in the provided information.

The available course information does not identify a specific target audience. The subject is generally suited to learners seeking an understanding of essential industrial hygiene and occupational health principles and how they are implemented. No particular job title, industry, or experience level is stated.

No prerequisite or required experience level is stated in the available course information. The emphasis on essential principles suggests a foundational focus, but no formal entry requirements are provided. Prospective participants should therefore rely on the course provider for any prerequisite details.

You will learn core principles associated with industrial hygiene and occupational health. The training also focuses on understanding their implementation. Specific learning objectives are not provided in the available course description.

The course addresses industrial hygiene and occupational health as connected areas of professional practice. Its subtitle emphasises essential principles and implementation. No further breakdown of how the two areas are divided is provided.

The course aims to build an understanding of essential industrial hygiene and occupational health principles and their implementation. This supports the ability to connect foundational concepts with practical use. The provided material does not list specific technical or assessment skills.

The main objective is to develop understanding of essential principles in industrial hygiene and occupational health and how they can be implemented. The course title and subtitle place equal emphasis on the subject areas and their practical application. More detailed objectives are not included in the provided content.