Introduction
This program covers all the key concepts of industrial hygiene, including anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, communicating, and control of workplace conditions that have the potential to cause occupational disease and illness. The program is aimed at individuals and managers who wish to learn more about or enhance their knowledge, industrial (occupational) hygiene.
The key elements covered include:
- Occupational hygiene program principles
- Health hazards (biological, chemical, etc)
- Essential sciences (human anatomy, biology, and chemical effects)
- Occupational diseases
- Health, sampling, measurement and evaluation techniques
Course Objectives of Industrial Hygiene
- Obtain an in-depth knowledge of the industrial hygiene range of topics
- Learn about the different types of occupational diseases and illness conditions
- Understand how to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, communicate, and control workplace conditions
- Participate in case study exercises and group discussions regarding industrial hygiene management
Course Process of Industrial Hygiene
Delegates will learn by active participation through interactive presentation tools, supported by videos, delegate exercises, and case studies, in which delegates will learn the key elements of industrial hygiene, as related to the business activities of their particular organization.
Course Summary of Industrial Hygiene
The purpose of this Industrial Hygiene training session is to provide delegates with the key principles and essential knowledge and skills to manage and monitor the professional practice of industrial hygiene, including anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, communicating health risks and, the control of workplace conditions that have the potential to cause occupational disease and illness.
Course Outlines of Industrial Hygiene
Day 1: Introduction to Industrial Hygiene
- What is industrial hygiene?
- Industrial hygiene management systems
- Occupational exposure standards
- Overview of the types of health risks
- Occupational diseases and illness conditions
- Case study review
- Delegate exercise: outline the primary health risks
Day 2: Understanding Health Risks
- The human system (skeleton, muscles, nerves, circulation, respiratory, skin, sense organs, etc)
- Methods of identifying health risks
- Biological risks
- Chemical risks
- Physical risks
- Radiation risks (ionizing and non-ionizing)
- Delegate exercise: list primary health risks of your organization
Day 3: Industrial Toxicology
- Exposure routes of hazardous substances
- Health effects and classification of hazardous substances
- Toxic, Irritant, Asphyxiant and Anesthetic
- Hepatoxic agents
- Nephrotoxic agents
- Neurotoxic agents
- Blood damaging agents
- Lung damaging agents
- Delegate exercise: produce exposure routes of entry into body diagram
Day 4: Measuring and Evaluating Health Risks
- Recognition of potential health risks
- A sampling of gases, vapors, and particulates
- Walk-through surveys
- Health surveillance programs
- Health risk assessment reviews
- Methods of controlling health risks
- Determining health risk control methods
- Case study review
- Delegate exercise: list the use of anticipate, recognize, manage and control of health risks
Day 5: Monitoring & Recording Health Risk Controls
- Biological monitoring and medical surveillance
- Hearing conservation programs
- Occupational diseases and illness condition prevention programs
- Learning fro incidents of ill health
- Step-by-step guide for managing health risks
- Video: list health risk monitoring and, the records to be kept in your organization
- Key point summary of program topics
About Istanbul
Few places compare to the vibrant, cosmopolitan city of Istanbul, whose enormous size straddles both Europe and Asia, forming a bridge between western and eastern cultures. Resting upon the natural harbor of the Golden Horn, the skyline of the once-Constantinople is pierced with minarets and ancient monuments that embody centuries of history. While it is brimming with historical landmarks and colorful markets, modern Istanbul is also well represented through its contemporary art scene, European-style café culture, world-class dining venues.
Things to do and places to visit in Istanbul
Istanbul is teeming with attractions and landmarks from historic sights and unique cuisine to lively markets and unmistakable culture. It is a thriving city, with a myriad of things to do that skillfully manage to blend every aspect of both the contemporary and the historical world.
On a city break in Istanbul be sure to:
- Visit a hammam, a traditional Turkish bath, whose origins date back to Roman times.
- Marvel at the Hagia Sophia, Süleymaniye Mosque and Blue Mosque, Istanbul's most spectacular monuments that dominate the skyline.
- Explore the Topkapi Palace Museum, one of Istanbul's most visited museums, home to over 80,000 artifacts.
- Walk through the Basilica Cistern, an underground marvel built in the 4th century.
- Be dazzled by the Grand Bazaar, one of the world's oldest and largest covered markets.
- Go shopping for exotic products and Turkish delights in the Spice Bazaar.
- Cross the bridge connecting Europe and Asia against the backdrop of the Bosphorus, or take a Bosphorus cruise.
- Taste the diversity and flavor of Turkish cuisine.
- Admire panoramas of the city from the Galata Tower.
- Walk through Taksim Square, the city's dynamic square that never sleeps.