Industrial Hygiene Training

What is an Industrial Hygiene Program?

Industrial hygiene finds, analyzes, and mitigates real or prospective workplace environmental stresses or dangers that may have an impact on the well-being of workers and community members. Hazards should ideally be detected and controlled while designing a workplace, when conditions or procedures change, or during yearly assessments, before they become a problem for workers. This is where the industrial hygiene program comes in.

An industrial hygiene program teaches MS and PhD students how to identify, evaluate, and limit hazardous occupational exposures that may raise the risk of injury or illness on the job. An industrial hygienist is essential for maintaining a good industrial hygiene program and ensuring staff health and safety. They work with businesses to reduce hazards, such as replacing dangerous chemicals, minimizing exposure, using goggles or gloves, and opening ventilation systems. This collaboration ensures a safer work environment for all employees.

What is the difference between industrial hygiene and occupational hygiene?

In the United States, the phrase "industrial hygiene" is used, whereas "occupational hygiene" is used in other parts of the world. Occupational health deals with the effects of exposure that penetrate human health and provides medications to improve it.

Industrial hygiene aims to prevent or minimize the exposure of environmental or work hazards on human or public health through engineering controls, and pre-employment and periodic medical examinations. It also tries to anticipate occupational disease and strives for continuous health care of the workers.

What is Industrial Hygiene Training?

Industrial hygiene is the science of predicting, recognizing, analyzing, and regulating workplace circumstances that may cause illness, disorders, or disease. Industrial hygiene training explains how industrial hygienists determine the level of worker exposure through analytical techniques and environmental monitoring. It is also covered how to use work practice controls, engineering controls, and other strategies to reduce possible health risks at work.

How do I Get My Industrial Hygiene Certification?

The Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) certification is the global standard for safeguarding workers' and the public's health and safety by predicting, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling chemical, physical, ergonomic, or biological hazards, including COVID-19.

A CIH must meet the minimal education and experience criteria, as well as demonstrate a certain level of knowledge and abilities in the comprehensive exam. If you want to become a CIH, you must complete the following requirements:

• A bachelor's degree  with additional STEM requirements
• At least twelve Academic Semester Credits in Industrial Hygiene from a college or university, or 240 contact hours from a continuing-education provider
• Ethics training must include at least two contact hours.
• At least four years of thorough industrial hygiene practice at the professional level
• Two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from a current Certified Industrial Hygienist, detailing your professional experience.
• Pass the CIH comprehensive exam