Workplace Safety: Improving Indoor Air Quality Training Course

Indoor air quality (IAQ) plays a critical role in employee health, comfort, productivity, and workplace safety. Poor indoor air quality can contribute to respiratory problems, allergies, headaches, fatigue, and other health concerns that affect employees and organizational performance. This Workplace Safety: Improving Indoor Air Quality Training Course provides practical guidance on identifying air quality hazards, understanding common indoor pollutants, and implementing strategies to improve workplace environments.

Participants will learn how indoor air quality issues develop, recognize potential sources of contamination, and explore methods for preventing and controlling indoor air pollutants.

Designed for employees, supervisors, facility managers, safety professionals, maintenance personnel, and employers, this training helps organizations create healthier indoor environments and support workplace safety initiatives.

Training Objectives

• Identify common causes of poor indoor air quality
• Recognize common sources of indoor air pollutants
• Describe methods used to prevent and control IAQ issues
• Understand the potential health effects of poor indoor air quality
• Learn the process for investigating and addressing IAQ concerns

Course Overview

Employees spend a significant portion of their day indoors, making indoor air quality an important workplace health and safety consideration. Poor air quality can affect employee well-being, productivity, attendance, and overall workplace performance while contributing to both short-term discomfort and long-term health concerns.

This training provides an overview of indoor air quality fundamentals and explores practical strategies for identifying, evaluating, and controlling common workplace air quality issues.

Participants will learn about the three primary categories of indoor air pollutants: biological contaminants, chemical pollutants, and airborne particles. The course examines how bacteria, mold, fungi, dust mites, chemicals, gases, dust, and other contaminants can impact indoor environments and employee health.

Learners will explore common sources of indoor air pollution, including building materials, cleaning products, maintenance activities, equipment emissions, moisture intrusion, ventilation deficiencies, and outdoor contaminants entering indoor spaces. Understanding these sources is critical for identifying and resolving air quality concerns.

The training also reviews the potential health effects associated with poor indoor air quality, including respiratory irritation, allergic reactions, asthma symptoms, headaches, fatigue, cardiovascular concerns, and other health-related impacts. Participants will learn why early identification and response are essential for reducing exposure risks.

Special attention is given to indoor air quality management approaches, including source control, engineering controls, administrative controls, ventilation improvements, preventive maintenance programs, and workplace investigations. Participants will gain a better understanding of how organizations can proactively address IAQ concerns before they affect employee health and safety.

By improving awareness of indoor air quality hazards and implementing effective management strategies, organizations can create healthier, safer, and more productive workplaces.

This program is available with Spanish and French closed captions.

Compliance Standards & Regulations

This course references the following standards and regulations:

• OSHA Air Contaminants and Occupational Health Standards (29 CFR 1910 Subpart G)

Key Benefits

• Improves awareness of indoor air quality hazards
• Helps identify and control common workplace pollutants
• Promotes healthier work environments
• Supports employee health and well-being
• Reinforces workplace safety and environmental health initiatives
• Encourages proactive indoor air quality management
• Strengthens hazard recognition and problem-solving capabilities

Course Details

• Course Length: 13 Minutes
• Language(s): EN / ES / FR
• SKU: AT122
• Produced: 2024

Includes a downloadable participant guide.

Streaming video is included with the license.

Compatible with your LMS or accessible through a hosted LMS platform.

Video Streaming Licensing Options

The pricing displayed above applies to the hosted video-streaming option and includes access for the selected number of learners based on the license tier selected.

Included with Your License

• Hosted video-streaming access
• Downloadable participant guide
• Closed captions (where available)
• Certificate of completion (where applicable)

Need Additional Delivery Options?

In addition to our hosted video-streaming solution, we also offer:

• SCORM course packages for LMS deployment
• Classroom Video-on-Demand training packages
• Enterprise licensing solutions
• Multi-year licensing options

Additional delivery options are priced separately from the hosted video-streaming licenses displayed above.

For organizations requiring access for more than 250 learners, SCORM deployment, classroom training packages, or enterprise licensing solutions, please contact us for a custom quote.