Who should follow this training curriculum?

• Industrial Hygiene knowledge - experience - expertise - competencies may be owned or distributed within several persons ON SITE , depending on the organization and roles.
  The following roles can contribute to IH on site: IH specialist/expert, HSE Manager, Production Manager, Site Manager .

• This can be complemented by consultants or by support from the Zone IH Manager .

RECOMMENDED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OR EXPERIENCE:

Obtain certificate according to local regulations

With national certifying bodies providing Occupational Hygiene Certification Programs which are recognized through the IOHA NAR process (National Accreditation Recognition by the International Occupational Hygiene Assoc.)
For N.A. Zone : CIH = Certified Industrial Hygienist (professional board certification and in compliance with requirements of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) )

Key / Essential knowledge (mandatory)

IH GROUP REQUIREMENTS FOR CHEMICAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT: Onboarding to procedure IND-HSE-IH-05-PRO + Self-assessment tool

Critical Task Exposure Screening-chemicals ( CTES ): IND-HSE-IH-10.01-GUI ( Tool + Documentation + User guide )

Acceptability of potential exposures to airborne chemicals at the workplace ( IND-HSE-IH-05.02-GUI )

AIR MONITORING:
Air sampling ( IND-HSE-IH-05.05a-GUI )
Analytical determinations ( IND-HSE-IH-05.05b-GUI )
Keiron: Modelling of occupational exposure to airborne chemicals: IND-HSE-IH-05.04-GUI (+ Documentation )

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS (OELs) & OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE BANDS (OEB) , including Solvay hierarchy "rules" for selecting the relevant OEL:

Solvay Acceptable Exposure Limits (SAELs) , SAEL procedure , SAEL list

ACGIH-TLVs + OSHA PELs ( 1910.1000 – Air Contaminants , PELs are listed in tables Z-1, Z-2 and Z-3)) and OSHA Substance Specific Standards

Solvay OEBs for chemicals ( IND-HSE-IH-05.01-GUI )

CONTROL OF EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS :

Local Exhaust ventilation (LEV): Procedure IND-HSE-IH-03-PRO + Guideline I ND-HSE-IH-03-GUI + Self-assessment tool

Minimum requirements for respiratory protection: procedure IND-HSE-IH-20-PRO ( Onboarding EMEA zone ) + Guideline IND-HSE-IH-20-GUI + Self-assessment tool

NOISE EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT: Onboarding to procedure IND-HSE-IH-07-PRO + Guideline IND-HSE-IH-07-GUI + Self-assessment tool

DATABASES AND TOOLS:

SOCRATES ( S olvay OC cupational R isk A ssessment Tool to E mployee S )

IH Substances Database

CTES (see above)

Keiron (see above, access to the tool on request to the IH Zone)

Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and Chemical inventory ( SDS Sinequa database )

HSE TRANSVERSAL TOPICS: Useful Information (suggested) (UI; lower half of the table; columns related to Site Competencies)

Contacts

• WHO'S WHO IN THE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE NETWORK