Welding: a Case Study in Occupational Hygiene
An asynchronous elearning course for professionals of all levels working in welding or related fields
This course describes common welding, cutting, and hot work processes and the health and safety hazards associated with them. Adapted from a popular in-person professional development course filmed in 2012, this self-paced online course incorporates videos, interactive scenarios, and practice questions throughout to help deepen learner understanding of these complex processes.
This course was developed with Articulate Storyline. Videos were edited using Adobe Premiere.
This course combines footage and audio from a recorded in-person presentation with real video and images of welding practices and interactions and practice question to keep learners engaged.
What is Welding?
Each lesson included video clips and audio tracks edited from the original in-person presentation.
Interactions
Welding Industry Infographic
This interactive infographic explored key statistics about the welding industry.
Click-to-Explore
Learners explored a real-world image of a worker welding in the field and selected highlighted regions to identify where there were fire or explosion hazards.
Explore the Space
In this activity learners panned around a room by looking through different images of a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) storage space. The presenter highlighted the key elements of the space and encouraged learners to think about how they could implement this in their workplaces.
Case Study
Monitoring Inside or Outside?
The learners then explored actual research conducted by the presenter to determine whether it is better to monitor for welding fume inside or outside of the welding helmet. This section included a mix of narrated slides, interactive diagrams, video explanations, and charts and data.
