Occupational Health Training Courses
Accredited Audiometry, Spirometry and Vision Screening Training
Our occupational health training courses are designed to equip healthcare professionals with the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to conduct consistent and accurate health screening assessments in the workplace and remote project sites. These courses, which cover audiometry, spirometry, and vision screening, are accredited and registered and contribute to the ongoing professional development of occupational health professionals.
Audiometry, Spirometry and Vision Screening Courses
Occupational Screening Spirometry
This spirometry skills program aims to prepare a learner to operate as an Occupational Screening Spirometrist. Successful learners will be able to:
- Conduct quality assurance and quality control procedures
- Prepare for a Spirometry test
- Conduct a Spirometry test
- Evaluate the validity of the spirometry test result
- Interpret the spirometry test result
- Record and report spirometry test result
- Manage spirometry data
Duration: Hybrid course –80 hours / E-learning – 80 hours
Target Audience: This Occupational Screening Spirometry course is aimed at health care practitioners and their assistants responsible for performing and/or interpreting spirometry conducted in the occupational health setting.
Accreditation: 50 clinical level 1 CEUs accredited with the South African Medical Association
CPD Accreditation: 8 credits at NQF Level 5
Occupational Screening Audiometry
Completing this course will enable participants to perform audiometric screenings according to current occupational standards and accurately interpret and evaluate the results. This module offers a flexible learning method to meet the standards for safe and quality-assured audiometry testing in occupational health. Successful students will develop the competence to:
- Conduct quality assurance and quality control procedures
- Prepare for an audiometry test
- Conduct an audiometry test
- Evaluate, record and report audiometry test results
Duration: Hybrid course – 4 days / E-learning – 60 hours
Target Audience: This short course is for people responsible for performing screening audiometry in an occupational setting and/or office that complies with current established occupational standards.
Accreditation: The learner will be awarded 5 credits at NQF level 5 on completing the training.
CPD Accreditation: 30 clinical level 1 CEUs accredited with the South African Medical Association (SAMA) (on request only well in advance of training).
Occupational Vision Screening
This Occupational Vision Screening course is for people responsible for performing vision screening tests in the workplace. The course is registered as a unit standard at the South African Qualifications Authority as Unit standard 116505. Education for Health Africa’s course outline is based on QCTO proposed curriculum. This module offers a flexible learning method to meet the standards for safe and quality-assured Vision Screening in occupational health. Successful students will develop the competence to:
- Conduct quality assurance and quality control procedures
- Prepare for a Vision Screening test
- Conduct a Vision Screening test
- Evaluate, record and report audiometry test results
Duration: Hybrid course – 60 hours/ E-learning – 60 hours
Target Audience: This short course is for people responsible for performing Vision Screenings in an occupational setting and/or office that complies with established occupational standards.
Accreditation: On successfully completing the training, the learner will be awarded 2 credits at NQF level 2.
CPD Accreditation: 30 clinical level 1 CEUs accredited with the South African Medical Association (SAMA) (on request only well in advance of training).
Refresher Spirometry
This refresher spirometry screening course incorporates recent changes to the international spirometry guidelines and is intended as an update for people responsible for screening respiratory function in an occupational setting.
- Prepare for a spirometry test
- Conduct a spirometry test
- Evaluate, record and report on the spirometry test result
Duration: Hybrid course – 2 days / E-learning – 15 hours
Target Audience: This short course is for people with a Certificate of Competence in Occupational Spirometry who need to refresh their skills.
CPD Accreditation: 8 clinical level 1 CEUs accredited with the South African Medical Association (SAMA)
Refresher Audiometry
This refresher audiometry screening course will update the skills of those responsible for screening for workplace-induced hearing impairments in an occupational setting.
- Prepare for an audiometry screening
- Conduct an audiometry screening
- Evaluate, record and report on the audiometry screening test result
Duration: Hybrid course – 1 day / E-learning – 10 hours
Target Audience: This short course is for people with a Certificate of Competence in Occupational Audiometry who need to refresh their skills.
CPD Accreditation: 8 clinical level 1 CEUs accredited with the South African Medical Association (SAMA)
Refresher Vision Screening
This refresher training course is for those responsible for performing vision screening tests in the workplace. It is aligned with Unit Standard 116505.
- Check the vision screening equipment
- Conduct a vision screening test
- Evaluate, record and report on the vision screening test result
Duration: Hybrid course – 2 days / E-learning – 10 hours
Target Audience: This short course is for people who already have a Certificate of Competence in Occupational Vision Screening and need to refresh their skills.
CPD Accreditation: 8 clinical level 1 CEUs accredited with the South African Medical Association (SAMA) (on request only well in advance of training).
