The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) organised a training course on “Occupational Safety and Health in Construction Sector and Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene” on 04-06 April 2016 in Muscat, Oman. The training course was provided by Mr. Hamza Altınsoy and Mr. Hüseyin Suat Burçak, OSH experts at the General Directorate of Occupational Health and Safety (DGOHS) under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the Republic of Turkey with the attendance of participants from the Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman.

The main subjects of the training course on “Occupational Safety and Health in Construction Sector and Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene” mainly covered the following topics:

• Introduction to Occupational Hygiene and Personnel Air Sampling
• Chemical Exposure and Health Affects
• Personnel Air Sampling – Study Case
• Chemical Exposure and Health Affects
• Chemical Storages
• Thermal Comfort
• Noise Exposure
• General Discussion, Future Partnerships and Co-works

For other activities of the Occupational Safety and Health Capacity Building (OSHCaB) Programme and the OIC Occupational Safety and Health Network (OIC-OSHNET), please visit: http://www.oicvet.org/cbp-ohscab.php and http://www.oicvet.org/oshnet/

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