Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene

Overview

What you will study

By the end of the Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene course offered by Harvard University , participants will be able to:

• Recognize health hazards in occupational settings

• Determine the physiological and toxicological effects of exposures to workplace hazards

• Understand the physical and chemical behavior of aerosols and gas mixtures

• Identify methods to measure and control exposure to noise in the workplace

• Understand the effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation

• Analyze and control risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders and design workplace ergonomics programs

• Evaluate work practices and engineering control techniques for the prevention of occupational disease

• Analyze contaminant control ventilation systems

• Select control measures specific to exposures