OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY

Workers often experience work-related health problems and do not realize that the problems are related to their work, particularly when an occupational disease, for example, is in the early stages. Besides the other more obvious benefits of training, such as skills development, hazard recognition, etc., a comprehensive training programme in each workplace will help workers to:

• Recognize early signs/symptoms of any potential occupational diseases before they become permanent conditions
• Assess their work environment
• Insist that management make changes before hazardous conditions can develop.