SHM 581 - Advanced Industrial Hygiene

Description:
Covers industrial hygiene from the perspective of an EHS executive. Topics include: exposure assessment strategies, control and hazard banding, emergency response, reviewing industrial hygiene reports, ethical considerations, and communication of exposure data.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: admitted into SHM MS program.

Credits:
(4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Identify the interactions of physical, chemical, biological, and ergonomic agents, factors and/or stresses with the human body.
Examine qualitative and quantitative aspects of exposure assessment and risk characterization based on modes of entry into the human body.
Recommend and design engineering, administrative, and other controls to reduce or eliminate hazards.
Demonstrate the ability to perform hazard and control banding as part of the exposure assessment process.
Evaluate an industrial hygiene exposure assessment report and communicate the results.
Develop an industrial hygiene exposure assessment plan.
Explain the ethical considerations of conducting industrial hygiene exposure assessments.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
4/19/18

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