Description
Course Length: 5 days
Course Description
Employees in the oil and gas industry face the risk of exposure to noise, vibration, dust, biological agents, solvents, ionizing radiation, fumes, working in compressed air and other substances hazardous to health. Health surveillance and monitoring is, therefore, critical to ensure health checks, screening, procedures, assessments and biological monitoring are carried out to workers in the oil and gas sector in a specific occupational exposure. Health surveillance ensures that ill health effects are identified and detected in a workplace as early as possible so as counteractive measures can be taken. The health surveillance and monitoring course will build a practical experience among the workers in the petroleum sectors, more specifically assist organizations to put in place the best health and monitoring systems, procedures, assessments, screening methods and ways to better the health of the
employees by minimizing the risks.
What you will Learn
- Understanding the aspects of health surveillance and monitoring in the petroleum sector
- Implementation of health surveillance and monitoring systems for identification of ill health effects at an early stage to better introduce preventive and control measures.
- Identification of health aspects and agents that require health surveillance and monitoring in the oil and gas industry.
- Highlighting the gaps and the control measures, thereby providing feedback for the betterment of health surveillance and monitoring.
- The methods applied in health surveillance and monitoring
- Understand the impact of health effects and the use of protective equipment
- Methods to eliminate and reduce the risk posed by hazardous substances
- The process of conducting workplace monitoring and surveillance
Who should Attend
- All the health and safety personnel
- Facility engineers, operations managers and design engineers
- Anyone who needs a general understanding of health monitoring and surveillance
- Personnel for organizations offering services on monitoring and surveillance systems in the petroleum sector
- All personnel involved in the implementation of health assessment, risk assessment and monitoring plans
Course Outline
- What is health surveillance and monitoring with respect to the petroleum industry?
- Identification of hazardous materials and substances, sources and safety solutions
- Identification of ill health effects faced by workers in the oil sector and the communities around the petroleum facilities
- Description of the various systems in place to ensure effective health surveillance and monitoring in the oil and gas industry (health and surveillance systems in oil and gas).
- Gaps within health surveillance and monitoring in the oil and gas industry on a global scale and in Kenya
- The role of employers on health and safety matters and participation in air monitoring and health surveillance programs
- The importance of incorporation of monitoring and surveillance systems in any project implementation plan
