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Heat Stress – Understanding heat stress illness
Our Heat Stress web course explores how heat impacts the human body, methods employees can adopt to avoid heat stress, and basic first aid to be administered to a worker who has fallen victim to a heat-related illness.
Our online Heat Stress course delves into the effects of heat on the human body, the precautions employees can take to avert heat stress, and basic first aid to be administered to a worker affected by a heat-induced illness. Every year, thousands of workers experience the negative effects of heat stress. These workers, who may be working outdoors under the intense heat of the summer sun, or indoors where equipment and machinery emit high levels of heat, need to be educated on how to identify and avoid heat stress and other heat-related health issues.
The following topics are covered in this online Heat Stress (MARCOM) course:
- Heat and the body’s cooling system
- Understanding heat-related illnesses
- Treating heat-related illnesses
- Preparing to work in hot environments
- Engineering controls for hot environments
- Conclusion
Approximately 30 minutes
The online course includes multiple tests designed to cement the information presented. To successfully pass the course, a score of 80% is needed. The course can be attempted three times in an effort to achieve the pass mark. A comprehensive student manual, available for printing, will serve as a useful resource for future reference and knowledge retention.
Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.
Course Details
Course Length
This course will take roughly 30 minutes
Passing Mark
To pass this training course, you need to score 80% or higher on the quiz
Certificate
Upon the successful completion of this course a certificate with your name will be stored on your profile and available to print
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