Course Description
Occupational Hygiene is the discipline of anticipating, recognising, evaluating, and controlling health hazards in the working environment with the objective of protecting worker health and well-being and safeguarding the community at large.
Occupational Health mainly relates to the recognition, evaluation, and control of the effects of occupational hazards on the health of the individual worker.
This stimulating 3-day training program, presented by world renowned expert Dr Johan Schoeman, includes case studies, assessment questionnaires and an assignment for students to complete at their workplaces.
Course Content
Topic 1: The South African perspective and legislative requirements.
Topic 2: Occupational hygiene stressors, measurements, and interpretations.
Topic 3: Monitoring, evaluation and corrective actions in occupational health and hygiene.
Topic 4: Medical surveillance programs
Topic 5: Human factors / Ergonomics in health / safety
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