North West University
Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene
The Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene in Health Professions is offered by North West University.
Program Length: 4 YEARS.
Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene offered by the North-West University at the Faculty of Health Sciences
What is Occupational Hygiene?
Occupational Hygiene is the discipline of anticipating, recognising, evaluating and controlling health hazards in the working environment with the objective of protecting worker health and well-being and safeguarding the community at large.
In Occupational Hygiene the following work related stressors are investigated:
- Noise
- Vibration
- Electromagnetic and ionising radiation
- Temperature
- Pressure
- Hazardous chemical substances
- Hazardous biological substances
- Ergonomics
- Dust and fibres
The purpose of this four-year professional qualification is to educate and equip students with the necessary scientific knowledge, specific and specialised skills, including problem solving, and relevant competencies required to become Occupational Hygienists and register with the Southern African Institute for Occupational Hygiene.In South Africa, legislation as embodied in two Acts, i.e. the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Act 85 of 1993) and the Mine Health and Safety Act (Act 29 of 1996), regulate the health and safety of workers in the general industry and in mining. Both acts and their respective regulations pertinently define Occupational Hygiene and stipulate duties to be performed by Occupational Hygienists.
The programme is presented full-time and covers a period of four (4) years.Note that the language of instruction will be Afrikaans, but simultaneous interpreting into English is available.
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