As part of our ongoing commitment to customer safety & staff development, three of our staff members have recently completed the BOHS (British Occupational Hygiene Society) W201 Course in Occupational Hygiene.
We wanted to congratulate our team on passing this course.
Our hope is that this will make them better able to advise our customers & add to the collective experience within our team.
The course is relevant to the business of our customers as it strengthens our understanding of:
- Human physiology & how the human body can be affected by exposure to chemical & physical agents
- Physical hazards in the workplace
- Chemical hazards in the workplace
- Their effects on the body
- The material forms of chemicals
- Hazardous processes
- Material processes
- Metal processes (ie welding, soldering & anodising)
- Organic chemical processes
- Other processes such as woodworking
- Biological processes
- Hazard recognition techniques
- Sources and potential routes of exposure
- Hazard evaluation,
- Exposure assessment
- Measurement of gases, vapours & dusts
- Methods of controlling exposure
- Elimination
- Principles of ventilation
- Local Exhaust Ventilation design
- Personal protection
- General ventilation & air conditioning
- The management of occupational hygiene programmes
This information is especially relevant to LEV plant designers & LEV examiners & testers
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