W501 - Measurement of Hazardous Substances هذه الدورة تدرس باللغة الإنجليزية

تفاصيل الدورة

Overview
This course describes the general approach to health risk assessment, including the role of atmospheric monitoring, selection of the appropriate equipment to measure specific airborne contaminants and devising a suitable sampling strategy.

Objectives
To provide attendees with an understanding of the techniques for assessing exposure to hazardous substances in the workplace and with an understanding of how exposure information can be used to assess risk.

Attendees will also be able to present the results in a form that would be useful for the health risk assessment purposes to enable management to comply with relevant legislations.

Who should attend?

Personnel managing workplace safety and health, workplace safety and health professionals, and consultants and professionals who are involved in the management of hazardous substances.

Course Outline

• Risk Assessment
• Air Sampling Theory and Practice
• Air Sampling Equipment
• Sample Analysis
• Hygiene Standards
• Biological Monitoring 
• Calculation, Interpretation and Presentation of Results

Continual Professional Development

For Singapore's WSHO: 40 CPD

Course Assessment

Attendees are assessed with a 40 question short answer open-book written examination with an allowed time of 120 minutes at the conclusion of the course.

Certification

This course is a core module for the International Occupational Hygiene Certificate and an accredited course by the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS). 

Pre-requisite and Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WPLN)

Whilst there is no pre-requisite for this course, it is recommended that attendee is certified with the Fundamentals of Occupational Hygiene (W201) certification. Ideally, a WPLN Level 5 would be recommended to ensure quality comprehension of the subject matter.