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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.
f.
Discuss limitations in the use of personal protective equipment.
g. Discuss how codes, regulations, standards, and certification procedures affect the
use of PPE.
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