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Prevention of Workplace Hazards

Corporate
Digital Skills

Compliance, Quality, and Occupational Health and Safety

Duration

45h

PRESENTATION

The occupational safety and health This is a matter of great importance. In the field of occupational risk prevention, it is necessary to be familiar with the various preventive measures for risks arising from the workplace. With this training program in Prevention of Workplace Hazards Students will be able to function effectively within the sector and analyze the existing risks in the workplace and identify the main risks to workers, establish the intervention procedures necessary to control exposure to them by applying the relevant regulations.

Objectives

  • Analyze the existing risks in the workplace and identify the main risks to workers.

  • Set the intervention procedures necessary to control exposure to these substances by applying the relevant regulations.

  • Identify the main causes about fires and the hazards to watch out for.

  • Understanding the symptoms and causes of sick building syndrome.

Syllabus

TEACHING UNIT 1. WORKPLACES: BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES

  1. Workplaces: structural conditions, organization, cleanliness, and maintenance; restrooms and work areas; confined spaces
  2. Safety Signs
  3. Knowledge and application of the relevant regulations

LESSON UNIT 2. MICROCLIMATE: COLD, HEAT, HUMIDITY, AND THERMAL COMFORT.

  1. Concepts
  2. Assessment Methods
  3. Heat
  4. Cold
  5. Applicable Preventive Measures
  6. Knowledge and application of the relevant regulations

TEACHING UNIT 3. FIRE AND EXPLOSION

  1. Main Causes of Fires and Factors to Watch Out For
  2. Preventive Measures
  3. Fire Detection and Suppression Equipment

TEACHING UNIT 4. LIGHTING

  1. Concepts
  2. Lighting Conditions
  3. Health Risks from Poor Lighting
  4. Assessment Criteria
  5. Preventive Measures for Designing Well-Lit Workplaces
  6. Emergency Lighting in Workplaces

TEACHING UNIT 5. ELECTRICAL HAZARDS

  1. Concepts
  2. Types of Electrical Contacts, Effects of Electricity on the Body
  3. Safety Measures to Prevent Electrical Contact

TEACHING UNIT 6. SICK BUILDING SYNDROME

  1. Symptoms
  2. Causes
  3. Ventilation and Air Conditioning
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