CERTIFICATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
TO HAND ARM VIBRATION
This five-day course seeks to enable course delegates to appreciate
the nature of Hand-Arm Vibration hazards in the workplace
and the need to protect employees from hand-arm vibration
syndrome and to advise and assist employers to meet their
legal duties under relevant health and safety law, in accordance
with current guidance from the Health and Safety Executive.
After completing the course delegates should be able to explain
the requirements of current legislation, identify situations
where hazards exist and assess the risk, discuss basic techniques
for control of vibration exposure and identify areas where
vibration reduction is required, assess the effectiveness
of vibration control measures, evaluate the daily vibration
exposures of employees from information about measured vibration
magnitudes and work patterns and explain the uses and limitations
of personal protective equipment.
Students take the Certificate course at an Accredited Centre.
Attendance at the Centre is usually for four days, plus the
examination day. Examinations are currently held at the Centres
twice per year, in Spring and in Autumn. Most Centres run
the course for the four days preceding the examination date.
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Centres and Course Tutors. For further information on the
Institute's educational programmes please contact education@ioa.org.uk
