NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA UNIT B - Chemical Agents

NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA UNIT B - Chemical Agents

The NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety is the leading safety & health qualification for international health & safety professionals. Respected internationally by employers worldwide, this is the must-have qualification for those wanting to be a "Safety Professional" and have a high-level career in HSE Management.

· Benefits of Achieving the NEBOSH Diploma:

· Valued by employers – NEBOSH Diploma holders get higher salaries (NEBOSH research).

· Boost your career prospects - NEBOSH Diploma holders are in demand throughout the world.

· Use the letters 'IDipNEBOSH' after your name.

· Entitled to graduate membership of IOSH (GradIOSH) & full membership of the IIRSM (MIIRSM).

· Entry requirement for many safety-related UK Masters programs.

This course covers the first element of unit B; the principles of control of chemical toxicology and epidemiology that includes as below:

ILO conventions and recommendations, like convention C 170 and recommendation R 177as well as the ILO code of practice 1993, this course involves also asbestos referring to asbestos types, health effects, and asbestos fibers sampling and measurements techniques, we will discuss additionally human body systems like respiratory system, integumentary system and cardiovascular system and what are routes of entry into these systems, carcinogenicity course which refers to cancer causes, malignant tumors development and scattering over the body, we will also discuss hazardous substances different health effects, airborne contaminants types along with their sizes and shapes, some specific workplace hazardous agents like Mercury, Nickle, Isocyanate, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, lead, benzene phenol, ammonia and sulphuric acid we will discuss their physical and chemical nature, industry in which they are used, health effects and target organ, in addition, this course covers CHIP, CLP and REACH.

The course also explains animal toxicity tests and human epidemiology as well as different past paper exams and command words explanation.

This is course is designed for those who want to boost up their chemical safe use knowledge at work or even at home as well as become familiar with chemical safe use related-standards, ILO conventions, ILO Recommendations, and ILO code of practices.

This course is also helpful for those who want to undertake NEBOSH international diploma, but unfortunately, they don't have time to attend the classroom courses, but NOW they can study and get ready to sit their NEBOSH Idip exam.

· You will also be provided with downloadable course materials in PPT uploaded in PDF.

Element 1: Principles of Chemical control Toxicology & Epidemiology (Advanced course for safe use of chemicals at work)

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What you will learn

• Understand the different ILO conventions and recommendations regarding safe use of chemicals as well as ILO code of practices.
• Understand different human body systems, routes of entry of chemical agents into these systems, defensive mechanisms and how to build up a robust safety control measures.
• Identify and understand different chemical health effects based on hazardous agent type, dose and duration of exposure.

Rating: 4.3

Level: Intermediate Level

Duration: 9.5 hours

Instructor: Abdelkader Boukhris