Introduction to Occupational Safety Practice
 

This course is an Introduction to Occupational Safety Practice (IOSP). It is available to anyone wanting to have a foundation in Occupational Safety Practice as defined in the "Entry Requirements" below. Students will be assessed and issued a certificate by the University of Greenwich in collaboration with SBCS. This qualification can be earned in three (3) months.

Aims:

The course aims to:

  • Introduce the student to the concepts of workplace health, safety and hygiene
  • Make the student aware of the importance good workplace health, safety and hygiene
  • Introduce the student to the concept of hazard identification and analysis, and risk assessment and management
  • Examine some of the more common health, safety and hygiene issues associated with the workplace
  • Consider the scientific and technical controls available to deal with workplace risks.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, the student will:

  • understand the importance of ensuring good occupational health, safety and welfare
  • appreciate the mechanisms associated with accidents and ill-health in the workplace
  • be able to identify hazards in the workplace and undertake a simple risk assessment
  • be familiar with some of the more common health, safety and hygiene issues associated with the workplace
  • appreciate and understand the application of the control measures available for workplace health, safety and hygiene risks

Units Covered:

This course comprises of six (6) units:

Introduction to Hazard, Risk and Safety

The concept of hazard, risk and safety as applied to occupational health and safety. The perception of safety and danger in the workplace. Voluntary and involuntary risk. The causes of accidents and accident investigation.

Fire Safety

Causes of fires, fire prevention, control and firefighting.

Machinery and Construction Safety

The safety of machinery and other work equipment. Safety by design, fail to safety, machine guarding, other safeguards. Information, instruction and training.

Electrical Safety

Nature and supply of electricity, hazards and risks associated with electricity. Design of electrical installations, use of electrical power tools. Safety measures associated with the use of electricity including insulation, earthing, over-current protection devices, RCDs, etc.

Vertical Safety

Vertical transportation of goods and people including the design and operation of hoists, lifts and escalators. Safety measures associated with lifts including suspension ropes, safety gear, overspeed governors, door interlocks, etc. Lifting tackle. Routine inspection of hoists and lifts.

Construction safety, hazards and risks associated with construction operations - working at height, excavations, demolition, use of plant and equipment, confined space working.

Safety with Substances

The basic principles of occupational toxicology, the routes of entry into the body of hazardous substances in the working environment, the nature of the toxicological hazard of common hazardous substances, sources of information regarding hazardous substances and the role of toxicological data in risk assessment.

Measurement of occupational exposures in the working environment, including basic sampling strategies, measurement methodology, sources of standard measurement methods (eg MDHS methods), variability between measurements and interpretation of measurement results. The role of other techniques for assessing health risk from exposure to hazardous substance, such as health surveillance and biological monitoring, will be reviewed.

Control of exposure to substances hazardous to health and the correct application of the control hierarchy in selection

of appropriate control methods. Correct selection and use of the two most common control options; local exhaust ventilation and personal protective equipment.

Integrated approach to the recognition, evaluation and control of substances hazardous to health.

 

Entry Requirements

Students must be at least 18 years old and have some academic and/or professional background.

 

Contact Information

Kindly email the Greenwich department at uog@sbcstnt.com to contact Anastasia Wilson-Sampson, Sherard Mookram or Asha Inniss .

 

Registration Information

In order to register, you must first proceed to the Greenwich Department for verification of your entry qualifications before any payments or registration can be done. You must provide evidence of your entry qualifications by presenting:

Original documents and/or your completed student transcripts along with (2) two photocopies. (b) One passport sized picture, and where applicable. (c) Detailed resume and/or a detailed job description

In cases where student transcripts are used for registration with SBCS, you must request an original transcript from the relevant examination body for formal registration with the University of Greenwich . All transcript requests must be forwarded to:

 

Shantie Rattansingh

Programme Manager,
School of Business and Computer Science Ltd,
53-54 Sagan Drive,
Champs Fleurs,
Trinidad, West Indies.

If your entry qualifications are satisfactory you are then required to complete the following forms:

  • University of Greenwich Application Form (for registration with the University)
  • SBCS Registration Form (for registration with SBCS)

 

After payment of application the fee to SBCS, you are required to present the receipt at the Greenwich Department for recording of the receipt number. If you need an acceptance letter after registration, kindly note that such requests usually takes three (3) working days to process.