WSQ Specialist Diploma in Workplace Safety and Health
About This Course
Module 1. Evaluate Ergonomics-Related Hazards
1. Able to collect data
2. Able to identify ergonomics factor
3. Able to identify approaches in evaluating collected data
Module 2. Evaluate Health Effects due to Hazardous Substances
1. Able to understand health effect caused by hazardous substance
2. Able to identify hazardous substance
3. Able to understand basic toxicological concepts
Module 3. Manage Hazardous Substances
1. Able to identify types and properties of hazardous substance
2. Able to identify EHS hazards and risk involved with hazardous substance
3. Able to understand and collect relevant information sources on HS
Module 4. Measure Exposure and Assess the Risks due to Hazardous Substances
1. Understand definitions of hazard and risk and identify types of air borne contaminants
2. Able to identify ill effects from exposure to hazardous substance
3. Able to identify target organs and risk
Module 5. Control Noise and Vibration
1. Able to interpret legislative re-quirements and meet objectives
2. Able to interpret various noise hazards and ill effect that it has on human
3. Able to apply sampling methods and use instruments to measure
Module 6. Monitor Noise and Vibration
1. Able to interpret legislative re-quirements and meet objectives
2. Able to interpret various noise hazards and ill effect that it has on human
Module 7. Compose Technical Report
1. Establish technical report ob-jective and requirements in accord-ance with organsiational requirements
2. Prepare the information to be included in the technical report based on the collection of data analysis
3. Align the draft technical report based on the established report ob-jectives and requirements
Module 8. Interpret Basic Workplace Health Practices
1. Able to understand roles of OH professionals and practices
2. Able to interpret legal require-ments
3. Able to analyse health hazards, human anatomy, route of entry of hazards in human
What You'll Learn
1. Perform survey and evaluation of ergonomics
2. Analyze data as per standards and guidelines
3. Validating results and assessing ergonomics risk
Module 2. Evaluate Health Effects due to Hazardous Substances
1. Health effects from exposure to hazardous substance, concept of toxicology, sources of information and legal aspects
2. Analyze factors that affect different target organ and impact body system
3. Hazardous substance used in workplace, industrial process and specific industry and sector
Module 3. Manage Hazardous Substances
1. Understand and interpret hazard substance properties, effects and risk and hazard communication methods
2. Analyze controls and obtaining relevant information
3. Validate and implement control measures and assess legal requirements
Module 4. Measure Exposure and Assess the Risks due to Hazardous Substances
1. Anticipate and analyse air borne and its effect
2. Formulate sampling strategy for measuring and monitoring hazardous substances
3. Conduct air sampling
Module 5. Control Noise and Vibration
1. Abide by laws and objectives for noise and vibration monitoring
2. Identify hazard source and its health effects
3. Quantitative exposure assessment and interpreting result limits. Establishing and implementing hearing conservation program
Module 6. Monitor Noise and Vibration
1. Abide by laws and objectives for noise and vibration monitoring
2. Identify hazard source and its health effects
Module 7. Compose Technical Report
1. Technical report objectives and requirements
2. Data Analysis
3. Alignment of Drafted Technical Report
Module 8. Interpret Basic Workplace Health Practices
1. History and background of occupational hygiene, it practices and legal requirements
2. Analyse occupational health hazards
3. Methodology to measure hazard and interpret result based on hygiene standards
Entry Requirements
- ES WPLN Level 6 or Grade C6 in GCE ‘O’ Level for English and Mathematics; AND
- Grade C6 in GCE ‘O’ Level Science (Chemistry and Physics) or Chemistry and/or Physics bridging course/assessment AND
- Preference will be given to those with at least 2 years of working experience in any industry; AND
- Completed 3 Pre Requisite Modules , with 2 modules from Group 1 (OH Units) and 1 module from Group 2 (Soft Skills)