Background
eCourse in Health Safety and Environment Management (HSE) is a three-month eLearning Course for health, medical, environment, safety and engineering professionals. Developed by Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), it will be delivered by a multidisciplinary team from IIPHG and experts in the field.
It’s a myth that only good and affluent enterprises have a good HSE management. Truth of the matter is that good HSE management helps an organization in achieving its goal of excellence. HSE is an input rather than a by product for successful ventures; public or private, formal or informal
Aims and Objective
The aim of this course is to introduce participants to the concepts & components of HSE and understand HSE issues in India and globally. Broadly, it will help participants to:
- Understand important concepts and components of HSE
- Be aware of local and global HSE issues and their burden
- Know meaning of health and its relationship with work
- Be familiar with various health hazards associated with occupation
- Recognize and assess OH hazards
- Get familiar with basics of safety and its management at work
- Understand the environment impact, assessment methodology
- Follow statutory requirements
- Visualize how health, safety and environment at work interact with each other
Eligibility
The course is open to any science graduate / engineering degree / diploma holder and it will be useful to
- Those pursuing Advanced diploma in Industrial safety, M.Sc. Env Science, M.D. DPH, MPH, PGDPHM
- Graduates of science, environment science, any branch of engineering or medicine
- Professionals working in HSE departments or having responsibility for this function
- Individuals from NGOs working in the area of occupational health, safety and environment.
- Personnel from enforcement agencies such as DISH, PCB etc
- Shop-floor personnel (production, maintenance)
- Personnel in HR, CSR
Course Contents
- Introduction to HSE concepts
- Fundamentals & practice of Occupational Health
- Safety management
- Environment and workplace
- Integrated approach to HSE
Evaluation
Evaluation will be through online based written assignments, short tests / quizzes & participation in online interactive sessions.
