This National Safety Council course will prepare you with the tools you need to implement a strong industrial hygiene program. It covers fifteen topics and examines the four key industry processes: anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control. Plus, it introduces terminology, principles, and practices of industrial hygiene.
This course is taught in an interactive format and is supported by case studies, group discussions and hands-on equipment demonstrations to reinforce the material. FIH is designed especially for safety, health, environmental and management personnel who have industrial hygiene responsibilities.
30 MESH Hours
Topics Include:
- How to identify and eliminate chemical, physical, ergonomic and biological hazards in the workplace
- How to analyze and correct industrial hygiene problem areas
- When to use a certified industrial hygienist
- About emerging trends in combustible dust, hexavalent chromium, flavorings-related lung disease, bioterrorism, nanotechnology and pandemic influenza
- Basic anatomy and physiology associated with routes of entry and toxicology
- How to use essential safety and health monitoring equipment