What on earth is Occupational Hygiene?
Every year, in Britain alone, more than two million people experience symptoms of ill-health believed to have been caused or made worse by their working environment and 33 million working days are lost. The total cost for this ill-health to British society as a whole is estimated at around £15 billion. Occupational Hygiene professionals anticipate, recognise, evaluate and control these occupational health hazards, the primary objective being to protect the well-being of workers and safeguard the community at large whilst facilitating the improved performance of employees and reducing the time lost to ill-health. A healthier work place is primarily achieved by identifying those factors which could contribute to ill-health, assessing the risks associated with them then taking steps to reduce those risks. Workplaces have many visible and hidden hazards The key categories in which Gully Howard Technical Ltd offer training are: • Chemical (dusts and vapours including asbestos) • Physical (h
