CPD Occupational Hygiene

Our blended online and on-campus CPD course in Occupational Hygiene meets the professional development and training needs of occupational hygiene and health professionals in the areas of occupational exposure assessment and control. The course concentrates on hazardous substances but the underlying principles are also applicable to other agents that are harmful to health in the workplace. Professionals working in occupational safety and health and occupational hygiene will benefit from this technical training and education which is MSc credit bearing and is accredited by the British Occupational Hygiene Society. As a CPD student on our programme, your course is delivered under the framework of The University of Manchester Postgraduate Taught Programmes and upon successful completion you will attain 30 credits at masters’ education level (180 credits is required for MSc qualification). This also means for the duration of your CPD course you are a student of The University of Manchester entitling you to use the library resources and access the University student support services. If you are interested in further study after completing the CPD course, you can enrol onto our BOHS accreditedMSc in Occupational Hygieneor enrol onto ourMPH programme in Occupational Health.You can use your 30 credits from the CPD towards these qualifications. Our CPD course is mapped to the curriculum set out in BOHS Modules M501 Measurement of Hazardous Substances and M505 Control of Hazardous Substances. Successful completion of our CPD course exempts you from the M501 and M505 modules on the Certificate of Operational Competence in Occupational Hygiene, in accordance with our BOHS accreditation and BOHS endorsement as a training provider. In addition, our CPD course contains topics not included in the BOHS modules such as Exposure Modelling, Dermal exposure, Human Behaviours, and Occupational Infections.