PMO 550 Industrial Hygiene I And Laboratory
This course will cover the essentials of the practice of industrial hygiene through the concepts of hazard anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control. It is designed as an overview for those students with limited prior experience in industrial hygiene. Topics covered include threshold limit values and OSHA exposure limits, calculations of exposure data, classification of agents, monitoring techniques for particulates and gases/vapors, introduction to ventilation principles, noise, respiratory protection practices and physical hazards. The laboratory will familiarize students with commonly used industrial hygiene sampling equipment. Laboratories will emphasize calibration of sampling pumps, direct reading gas/vapor sampling equipment, sampling particulates, industrial ventilation, and industrial noise.
Prerequisite
Concurrence of Course Director