Course Description
Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health Training Course focuses on equipping professionals with the essential knowledge to identify, evaluate, and control workplace health risks. This course highlights the importance of maintaining employee well-being as a key driver of organizational success and operational efficiency.
Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of industrial hygiene principles and occupational health practices, enabling them to proactively manage health hazards across different work environments. The training course emphasizes practical approaches to reducing exposure to harmful substances, improving workplace conditions, and integrating health into safety management systems.
Through this Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health Training Course, attendees will explore how effective health programs reduce absenteeism, enhance productivity, and strengthen organizational resilience. The course also supports the development of a safety-conscious culture where health considerations are embedded into everyday operations and decision-making processes.
What you will achieve
Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health Training Course aims to develop practical competencies in managing workplace health risks while strengthening understanding of health-focused safety systems. Participants will learn to apply structured approaches to hazard identification and control.
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Understand core principles of industrial hygiene and occupational health management
- Differentiate between health and safety aspects within workplace environments
- Identify workplace activities that impact employee health and implement preventive controls
- Apply effective risk assessment techniques to reduce occupational health hazards
- Develop and manage occupational health surveillance and monitoring systems
- Recognize occupational health issues and implement appropriate mitigation strategies
How the course is delivered
Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health Training Course uses a structured and engaging learning approach to ensure participants gain both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. The course incorporates interactive and real-world learning techniques to enhance understanding and retention.
Participants will benefit from interactive exercises that reinforce key industrial hygiene concepts and occupational health practices. Real-life case studies are used to connect theory with practical workplace scenarios, helping learners apply solutions effectively. Group discussions encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing, and problem-solving among participants.
Expert-led presentations provide in-depth insights into health risk assessment, exposure control, and occupational health management systems. Syndicate sessions further enhance learning by allowing participants to explore real-world challenges such as respiratory risks, hazardous substances, and workplace stress. This blended approach ensures participants leave with actionable strategies to improve workplace health and safety performance.
Designed for
Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Health Training Course is designed for professionals involved in maintaining workplace health standards and managing occupational risks. It supports individuals seeking to enhance their expertise in health risk assessment and control strategies.
This training course is particularly suitable for:
- Industrial hygienists responsible for developing and managing health programs
- Managers, supervisors, and team leaders overseeing workplace health and safety
- Production and maintenance engineers focused on minimizing operational health risks
- Health and safety professionals ensuring compliance and hazard management
- Personnel responsible for handling, purchasing, or managing hazardous substances
Daily programme
- 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
- 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 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 (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 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
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
