Occupational Safety and Health Hazards

Universiti Malaya

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Start Date: 27 Jun, 2022
2 weeks
Study Content: Videos

Learn how to identify different types of occupational health and safety hazards in the workplace to protect workers.

Course Fee: Free

Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility

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Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Recognise the importance of occupational health and safety standards

No workplace is free from risk. Whether physical or psychosocial, occupational hazards are a concern for every workplace.

This two-week course from Universiti Malaya will give you an introduction to occupational health and safety and help you to identify the many different types of hazards that can be found in the workplace.

Learn to identify physical and psychosocial risks in the workplace

Hazards and risks in the workplace aren’t always clear. It’s essential to understand that psychosocial risks need to be addressed just as much as hazards that can result in physical injury.

On this course, you’ll learn to identify the numerous types of occupational health and safety risks to ensure that you’re able to find and address them in your own company.

You’ll also examine chemical and biological hazards, delving into toxicology and poisons as well as the chain of infection and how to contain these hazards.

Explore permissible exposure limits and the legal standards of different countries

Each country and region has their own level of hazard that workers are allowed to be exposed to over the period of their workday.

You’ll explore how countries define their standards in terms of hazard exposure levels based on permissible exposure limits (PEL), workplace exposure limits (WEL), and occupational exposure limits (OEL). This will give you a baseline understanding of how to assess risk levels to protect workers.

Learn occupational health standards with the experts at Universiti Malaya

This course is led by Professor Dr Victor Hoe, an Occupational Health Physician with a practice in the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre.

With Dr Victor Hoe’s expertise, you’ll be guided through the many occupational hazards and risks and how you can effectively identify and contain them.

This course is designed for primary care providers such as general practitioners, nurses, physicians, and more.

It will also be suitable for anyone interested in learning more about occupational safety and health.

Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

Universiti Malaya

This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

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