At the end of this course, the participants should be able to:
- Understand the terms, definitions, and references associated with occupational health and safety
- Recognize types of occupational incidents and their causes
- Identify Chemical and electrical hazards and set up measure to control or prevent them in the workplace
- Understand the principles of fire prevention
- Understand falls and slips hazards
- Realize the effect of workplace ergonomics on employees capabilities
Introduction to occupational safety and health
- The scope and nature of occupational safety
- Motives for occupational health and safety
- Health and Safety System Elements
- The importance and purpose of the safety policy
Management and evaluation of occupational risks
- An introduction
- Stages of occupational risk assessment
Electricity hazards
- Nature of Electricity
- How do electricity accidents happen?
- Electricity hazards
- Prevention of electric accidents
Fire prevention and protection
- An introduction
- Fire prevention goals
- Fire prevention principle
- Elements of a fire protection plan
- Sources of fire hazards
- Ignition sources
- Control the spread of fire
Emergency plans
- An introduction
- Causes of emergency
- The emergency and evacuation plan
- The basic plan elements
- Conditions for the success of the emergency and evacuation plan
- Organizing the work of the emergency and evacuation group
- Fire handling procedures RACE
- Emergency exits
Personal protection tools
- Protective clothing
- Foot protection: safety shoes
- Protect hands: gloves
- Protect eyes: glasses
- Head protection: helmets
- Hearing protection: noise-resistant devices
Common mistakes
- Common mistakes
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