Industrial Hygiene Fundamentals and Exposure Monitoring
Anticipate, recognise, evaluate and control, with sampling that stands up statistically
Covers the industrial hygiene discipline from hazard recognition through exposure assessment, including similar exposure group definition, sampling strategy, statistical interpretation against occupational exposure limits, and the benchmarking that decides whether a control is required.
This course sits alongside our Workplace Exposure Monitoring consulting work, so what is taught is what we do.
Who should attend
Course content
Every module is taught with worked examples and exercises drawn from real plant, and adapted to your own process where the course runs in house.
The discipline
- Anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control as a sequence
- Routes of exposure and target organ effects
- Acute against chronic exposure and what each demands of monitoring
- Walkthrough survey and qualitative exposure assessment
Exposure limits
- Occupational exposure limits, their basis and their limitations
- Time weighted average, short term and ceiling limits
- Biological exposure indices and biological monitoring
- Selecting a limit when jurisdictions disagree
Sampling strategy
- Similar exposure group definition and why it decides the result
- Personal against area sampling and when each is appropriate
- Sample numbers needed for a defensible conclusion
- Analytical methods, laboratory accreditation and detection limits
Interpretation and action
- Lognormal distribution and the exceedance fraction approach
- Comparing a result set against a limit with confidence stated
- The EN 689 compliance testing procedure
- Deciding between control, monitoring and health surveillance
What you receive
- A similar exposure group register template
- A sampling strategy and campaign plan
- A statistical interpretation workbook
- An exposure assessment report format
- Assessment result and attendance record
What changes afterwards
- Exposure conclusions carry statistical confidence rather than a single sample
- Similar exposure groups reflect real work patterns
- Control decisions follow from evidence
- Health surveillance is triggered by exposure rather than by convention
Standards and references
We teach Industrial Hygiene Fundamentals and Exposure Monitoring against AIHA A Strategy for Assessing and Managing Occupational Exposures and the codes listed with it, at the edition current when you run it.
Run Industrial Hygiene Fundamentals and Exposure Monitoring for your team
We will come back with dates, the pre-reading it needs and a cost per head. Tell us who is attending, what they already do day to day and whether you want it at your site or delivered online.
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