The Board for Global EHS Credentialing® is the world's largest, premier organization for certifying professionals in the practice of industrial hygiene. Accredited by ANSI, National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) and recognized by the International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA), BGC has provided the measure of excellence in certification for the industrial hygiene profession since 1960.
Industrial hygiene is the science of protecting and enhancing the health and safety of people at work and in their communities. Industrial hygienists anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control health and safety hazards covering a wide range of chemical, physical, biological and ergonomic stressors. They work in all industries identifying hazards in the workplace, recommending improvements to minimize hazards, designing processes to control potentially dangerous exposures in the workplace, providing training and education on job-related risks and ensuring workers follow health and safety procedures.
A Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) is an individual who has met the minimum requirements for education and experience, and through examination, has demonstrated a minimum level of knowledge in a wide range of subject areas including air sampling & instrumentation, analytical chemistry, basic science, biohazards, biostatistics & epidemiology, community exposure, engineering controls/ventilation, ergonomics, health risk analysis & hazard communication, management, noise, non-engineering controls, radiation – ionizing and non-ionizing, thermal stressors, toxicology, and work environments & industrial processes. |
