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Course Description

This course covers recognizing hazards and risks associated with a pandemic illness event and developing
strategies to assist a business, customers, vendors, contractors, etc., with realistic preparation for a pandemic
event. Course topics include the potential impact of a pandemic illness event on a business and community,
critical elements of a preparedness plan, and realistic strategies for supporting the continuity of operations. This
course offers information on strategies that can be used to control the spread of the illness, minimize exposure to
employees, customers, vendors, and families, and resources available from OSHA and other government
agencies. The intended audience is the business leader and members of their management team who may be
integral to preparedness planning. Participants will learn to prepare for a pandemic to assure business continuity
and employee safety. Minimum Student Contact Hours: 7.5
Prerequisites: None

Key topics include: 

  • Explain workplace pandemic illness response elements:

Identify pandemic illness potential impacts
Identify pandemic illness preparedness plan elements
List employee exposure risk reduction measures
Identify continuity of operations (COOP) strategies

  • Describe key pandemic illness response resources:

Identify online government resources
Describe pandemic illness information update methods

Intended audience: The target audience is the private business leader and members of their management team that may be integral to preparedness planning, including, but not limited to, finance, security, safety, and human resources.

This is an elective course for the following certificate programs:

  • CSHO General Industry
  • CSHO Construction
  • SHS Construction
  • SHS Industrial Hygiene
  • SHS General Industry
  • SHS Fire Prevention & Life Safety
  • PSSHF General Industry

For any questions please reach out to oshaed@keene.edu
For more information, visit https://oshaedne.com/

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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