Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
TEES-0049
Organization's ID:
CP12-0049 (formerly (TEES-0049)
Organization:
U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
16 hours
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 1 Occupational Health
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to expand each student's knowledge and understanding of the regulations established by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), the Department of Defense (DoD) service components and apply them to workplace hazards unique to the Department of Defense. This course expands risk management procedures to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control health hazards associated with occupational exposures to chemical, physical, and biological hazards in DoD workplaces to include military operations and deployments.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Examine service specific (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force) program requirements for DoD occupational health programs (sight/vision conservation, hearing conservation, ergonomics, respiratory protection, asbestos, lead, non-ionizing radiation, and sanitation)
  • Explain the scope of preventative medicine services and environmental health
  • Describe the DoD occupational health team and their major roles
  • Contrast Department of Defense (DoD) and service specific occupational health program requirements to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements
  • Explain the procedures of the Department of Defense Occupational and Environmental Health program in relation to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of health hazards throughout DoD workplace within garrison and operational environments
  • Explain the scope of the DoD occupational health program
  • Describe the inter-relationship between safety, occupational health, and preventative medicine services

General Topics:

  • Introduction to DoD occupational health
  • Overview of medical surveillance
  • Introduction to preventative medicine services
  • Group research projects (analysis of a problem solving scenario based on hazards related to one or more OH programs (i.e. sight/vision conservation
  • Hearing conservation
  • Ergonomics
  • Respiratory protection, asbestos control
  • Lead safety
  • Non-ionizing radiation safety
  • General environmental controls and sanitation)
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Discussion
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations

Minimum Passing Score:

80%
Supplemental Materials