W501 Measurement of Hazardous Substances
Description
Aims
Provide the student
with a sound 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.
Learning Outcomes
On completing this
course successfully the student will be able to:
describe the general
approach to health risk assessment, including the role of atmospheric
monitoring;
select appropriate
equipment to measure specific airborne contaminants and devise a suitable
sampling strategy;
present the results
in a form useful for health risk assessment purposes to enable management to
comply with relevant legislation.
Course Format
Run as a 5 day taught
on-line course including lectures, tutorials, practical/demonstration sessions,
guided reading, overnight questions and on-line examination on the final day.
The written
examination will be a 40 short answer question “open book” examination with an
allowed time of 120 minutes.
Topics
The W501 Module
topics include ;-
Air Sampling Theory
and Practice
Air Sampling
Equipment
Sample Analysis
Hygiene
Standards
Biological
Monitoring
Calculation,
Interpretation and Presentation of Results
For the full course
specification please refer to the W501 syllabus which can be found in the
approved course materials section of the OH Learning webs site as a
download.
Training info
Status: | This event is approved by OHTA for the international qualifications scheme
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Category: | Hazardous Substances |
Level: | Intermediate |
Training provider: | Diamond Environmental Ltd |
Info
Location | On-line , Real time ( GMT ) delivery and attendance |
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Starts | 01 Nov 2021 09:00 |
Ends | 05 Nov 2021 14:00 |
Course leader | Mike Slater, DipOH, CFFOH. |
Places | 8 |
Website | visit site |
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