Occupational Health and Safety

This course introduces aspects of occupational health and safety that are relevant to students regardless of their career choice. In the first half of the course, we will discuss workplace safety and accidents including what to do in case of a work-related incident. In the second half of the course, the nature of common occupational health hazards, their effects upon the human body and examples of typical protective devices and measures to reduce the risk are examined. Techniques of hazard recognition, evaluation and control are examined.  

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