Applied Health - HS24

This course builds on practical experience and learning on health and industrial hygiene, and intends to build skills to allow participants to be able to apply these techniques within their respective roles. The course is set in a fictitious, but highly realistic, case study based on the Caribbean island of Barola, where management needs assistance to develop a health management system for the construction of a solar array and a new gas-fired power plant (and decommissioning of the 58-year-old coal-fired plant), involving 480 non-native and 120 local workers residing in temporary camps for three years. Application of other essential issues and how they relate to the oil and gas industry is also covered - ergonomics, human factors engineering, food and water hygiene, and thermal extremes. Other important issues which are covered include health and emergency response facilities, psychological and social impact and fitness for duty. A new topic included is occupational hygiene & medical surveillance requirements. A rich variety of exercises, readings, videos and case studies are used to practice application of the learning in realistic situations. The course may be taken either independently or in conjunction with the Applied Safety, Applied HSE Management, and/or Applied Environment courses and serves as a foundation for the PetroSkills mentored Accredited Health & Safety Practitioner program (to CMIOSH).

For all staff who have the responsibility for designing, implementing and/or supporting health and industrial hygiene programs in the workplace in conjunction with professional health practitioners including: HSE professionals, managers, engineers, supervisors, project managers. Some prior knowledge of health related topics is desirable but not essential.

You will Learn:

Participants will learn how to:

• Describe the reasons for and explain how to effectively embed health risk assessment (HRA) into business management systems
• Outline the reasons for and explain the method for embedding health impact assessment (HIA) into business management systems and understand the importance of engaging internal and external stakeholders
• Outline the procedures to embed the Human Factors Engineering process into the project management systems of a typical location or organization
• Explain and interpret adverse ergonomic health effects to workers
• Identify the potential medical emergencies in work areas and develop medical emergency response (MER) plans for a typical location.
• Evaluate and debate Fitness for Duty (FFD) practice & strategy, specifically on the key concepts (including alcohol & drug policy) and identify the responsibilities of line managers
• Identify and explain the possible causes for ill health during the food handling cycle and origins of water borne health hazards, and prepare corrective actions
• Implement procedures to prevent and respond to hazards from thermal extremes
• Describe the procedures and monitoring required for occupational hygiene, in particular, noise and vibration, chemical agents, ionising and non-ionising radiation and biological agent
• Develop and implement procedures to identify and reduce risk of psycho/social agents