At the end of this course, the participants should be able to:

• Understand the terms, definitions, and references associated with occupational health and safety
• Recognize types of occupational incidents and their causes
• Identify Chemical and electrical hazards and set up measure to control or prevent them in the workplace
• Understand the principles of fire prevention
• Understand falls and slips hazards
• Realize the effect of workplace ergonomics on employees capabilities

Introduction to occupational safety and health

• The scope and nature of occupational safety
• Motives for occupational health and safety
• Health and Safety System Elements
• The importance and purpose of the safety policy

Management and evaluation of occupational risks

• An introduction
• Stages of occupational risk assessment

Electricity hazards

• Nature of Electricity
• How do electricity accidents happen?
• Electricity hazards
• Prevention of electric accidents

Fire prevention and protection

• An introduction
• Fire prevention goals
• Fire prevention principle
• Elements of a fire protection plan
• Sources of fire hazards
• Ignition sources
• Control the spread of fire

Emergency plans

• An introduction
• Causes of emergency
• The emergency and evacuation plan
• The basic plan elements
• Conditions for the success of the emergency and evacuation plan
• Organizing the work of the emergency and evacuation group
• Fire handling procedures RACE
• Emergency exits

Personal protection tools

• Protective clothing
• Foot protection: safety shoes
• Protect hands: gloves
• Protect eyes: glasses
• Head protection: helmets
• Hearing protection: noise-resistant devices

Common mistakes

• Common mistakes