31st Annual Occupational Safety and Health
Summer Institute
Introduction to Risk Assessment
for Safety and Health Professionals
August 6-8, 2008
Marriott Norfolk Waterside
Norfolk, Virginia
TECH EXAM FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 at 11:30 AM.
PLEASE MAKE TRAVEL PLANS ACCORDINGLY.
This course provides the practicing occupational
safety and health professional with a basic understanding
of risk assessment principles. Fundamental
assessment techniques for engineering and health
risks will be covered. The course uses a
hands-on approach practicing risk assessment techniques
for several scenarios. This is an introductory
course. Students should bring a calculator
and be comfortable using it. Math Review and Use of Scientific Calculator is suggested and will be presented at the Marriott Norfolk Waterside on Sunday, August 3.
Course Faculty
Russell B.
Bowen, CIH, CSP, Bowen EHS, Inc., Chapel Hill,
NC
Objectives
- Define the principles of risk assessment;
- Complete a basic health risk assessment using
exposure assessment data;
- Execute a basic engineering risk assessment
using fault tree analysis;
- Complete a basic engineering risk assessment
using failure mode and effects analysis;
- Complete an overall risk assessment using
a risk assessment matrix.
Content
Definition of risk
Uncertainty
analysis
Principles
of risk assessment
Principles
of risk management
Exposure assessment
Air
sampling
Biomarkers
Modeling
Assessment of health effects
Dose-response
curve
Toxicology
Epidemiology
Risk
Assessment Matrices
Engineering systems
Probability
and Reliabilty
Event
Trees
Reliabiltiy
Block Diagrams
Fault
tree analysis
Failure
mode and effects analysis
Credit
- This course is approved as 1 Elective
Credit for all Tech Programs.
- 2.0 ABIH (Category 4-IH)
- 1.0 BCSP
- CEUs requested
Meeting Times
Course begins Wednesday,
August 6 at 1:00 pm
and ends Friday,
August 8 at 11:00 am.
Tuition and Registration
Please review our Registration
Policies .
Tuition for this course is
$815, $915
after July 18.
To register online, go to the
Summer Institute Registration Form. You may also
submit your registration via email ;
please be sure to include the course title and
date.
For further information on this course, contact
the NC ERC office at osherc@unc.edu,
or call us at 919-962-2101, toll free at 888-235-3320.
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