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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.

Heat Stress – Understanding heat stress illness

COURSE OVERVIEW

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.

COURSE TOPICS

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

ONLINE COURSE DURATION

Approximately 30 minutes

PASS MARK

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.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.

COURSE PREVIEW

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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