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World Health Organization (WHO), defines health as a state of physical, emotional and mental wellbeing and not merely the absence of a disease or infirmity. This training course at IRES prepares participants in development, promotion, and maintenance of
workplace policies and programs that ensure the physical, mental, and social well-being of employees so as to enhance productivity, reduce health management cost, and lower the rate of absenteeism in the organization This training will bring you into the world
of occupational health, by examples and facts about the size of the problem. You will also learn about legislation and different actors working on the topic occupational Health.
This course is intended for: - Members of a health and safety committee; - Health and safety representative; - Line supervisors; - Foremen; - Rank and file workers
At the end of this course, trainees will be able to:
- Explain that occupational health and safety is more than accident prevention – that it encompasses all aspects of working conditions
- Explain the role of health representatives in occupational health
- Recognize a number of occupational hazards and some of the types of work generally associated with those hazards
- Explain ways in which hazardous waste can enter the body and how to prevent them from entering the body
- Understand fire safety and how to conduct a fire drill
Outline
- Introduction and definition
- Extent of the problems worldwide
- Accidents
- Diseases
- The range of hazards
- The important of management commitment
- The importance of training
- Role of safety and health representative
- Introduction to occupational hazard
- Choosing methods of control
- The role of the health and safety representative in using control methods to reduce occupational hazards
- Introduction to occupational accidents
- Outcomes of accidents
- Emergency evacuation
- Planning and carrying out investigation
- Accident reporting
- Office equipment
- Lifting techniques
- Unsafe situations in the workplace
- Safe work station
- Housekeeping
- Emergency plan and Exits
- Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act)
- Introduction
- Common injuries/disease
- Basic ergonomic principles
- Work station
- Sitting and chair design
- Standing workstation
- Hands tools and controls
- Heavy physical work
- Job design
- The role of health representative
- The Legal Requirements
- The theory of combustion
- How fire spreads
- The Classes of Fire
- Fire Emergency Response Plan (FEPL)
- Means of escape
- The types of Fire Extinguishers
- 2015 International Fire Code
- Fire Drills
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