Control of Health Stressors in the Workplace

DOE-STD-1138-2000

Control of Health Stressors in the Workplace

10.

Industrial hygiene personnel shall demonstrate a working level knowledge of the

methods used to educate people about how to protect themselves from health

stressors.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

a. Discuss the importance of the following as they relate to employee training in

industrial hygiene:

Regulatory training and educational content requirements

Qualifications and credibility of course instruction

Audience receptivity of educational materials, format, and classroom conditions

Audience educational level and language skills

Bottom-line goals of the education being provided

b. List the fundamental assumptions of public and workplace risk communication and

explain in general both how risk should be explained to a nontechnical audience

and what should be avoided in risk communication.

c. Identify the potential non-occupational hazards associated with employee lifestyle

that may contribute to occupational illness.

11.

Industrial hygiene personnel shall demonstrate a working level knowledge of

personal protective equipment (PPE) programs for controlling exposure,

including their use and limitations.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

a. Discuss how to recognize when personal protective equipment is an acceptable and

appropriate alternative to other control mechanisms.

b. Discuss how to recognize when PPE is a necessary companion to other control

measures.

c. Discuss the selection, use, maintenance, limitations, and capabilities of respiratory

equipment and other types of PPE (e.g., eye protection, protective clothing,

personal hearing protection).

d. Discuss how the properties of absorption, adsorption, and filtration mechanisms

(respiratory protection) affect the selection of PPE.

e. Describe the major elements of the hearing conservation program.

Discuss limitations in the use of personal protective equipment.

g. Discuss how codes, regulations, standards, and certification procedures affect the

use of PPE.