Distance Learning course on Occupational Safety and Health

The International Training Centre (ITC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) offers a distance learning course on OSH delivered through an Internet-based platform to update the competences of professionals who need a multidisciplinary training combining a broad-based educational background with specialized knowledge in physical sciences (medicine, physics, chemistry and engineering) and social sciences (behaviour, motivation and communication) together with the principles and concepts of management. OBJECTIVES Develop the knowledge and the understanding for managing the occupational safety and health. At the end of the programme, participants are expected to be able to: • organize the efforts of an enterprise to improve its OSH; • formulate, implement and evaluate a safety and health management plan for an enterprise, incorporating essential OSH concepts and fundamental techniques of OSH management; • manage the resources to conduct the required prevention activities to manage OSH; • advise employers and workers on OSH technical requirements and on the decisions to be made for an adequate management of the OSH. CONTENT • Module A1: Introduction to the occupational safety and health. • Module A2: Occupational Safety. • Module A3: Occupational Hygiene. • Module A4: Occupational Medicine. • Module A5: Occupational Psychosociology and Ergonomics. • Module A6: Organization of OSH at the enterprise level. • Module A7: Participatory approaches for the improvement of the working conditions. • Module A8: Organization of OSH at the enterprise level (Safestart). Learning hrs: 550