521 Guide to Industrial Hygiene-Online

Available CEU Credit: 3.2
Fundamental IH Points: 4.0
BCSP Points available

32 Contact Hours

Course Content
This course is designed for private sector personnel who are interested in increasing their knowledge of industrial hygiene practices and related OSHA regulations and procedures. Topics include permissible exposure limits, OSHA health standards, respiratory protection, engineering controls, hazard communication, sampling instrumentation, workplace health program elements, and other industrial hygiene topics.

Prerequisites/Participant Tools
You'll need a basic computer with a Netscape or Internet Explorer web browser and local Internet access. For more specific information on computer requirements, visit http://www.emuworldwide.net/index.learn?action=Technical.

Course Objectives
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

• Interpret requirements of OSHA health requirements
• Recognize potential health hazards in the workplace
• Perform basic health hazard evaluation using OSGA sampling procedures
• Recommend suitable strategies for controlling hazardous conditions
• Describe the elements required for an effective workplace health program

Course Topics:

• Air contaminant sampling
• Compliance with air contaminant standards
• Compliance with hazard communication
• Compliance with hazardous-waste standards
• Compliance with the asbestos standard
• Compliance with the bloodborne pathogens standard
• Compliance with the noise standard
• Compliance with the confined space standard
• Compliance with the respirator standard
• Compliance with ventilation standards
• Detector tube sampling
• Elements of a workplace health program
• Hazard violation workshop
• Health hazard recognition
• OSHA ergonomic guidelines
• OSHA record keeping for health

This program can be delivered on site. Call Elizabeth Stoner at 734.487.8285 for details.
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