Cement Manufacturing
Cement Practice
Improving Conditions, Qualification and Emission Control in Cement Factories
Improving working conditions and workforce competence alongside emission performance, as one programme.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Contact hours
- 30
- Level
- Intermediate
- Fee from
- On enquiry
Overview
Occupational exposure and environmental emission come from the same sources in a cement plant, and the people most exposed are the ones who operate the controls. This week treats them together: workplace exposure assessment for dust, noise and heat, the controls that reduce both occupational and environmental release, and the competence framework that determines whether those controls are operated properly. Programme design closes the week, since none of this holds without one.
Who should attend
Occupational hygiene and safety staff, environmental managers, training and competence managers, and plant managers running improvement programmes.
What you will be able to do
- Assess workplace exposure to dust, noise and heat.
- Identify controls that reduce occupational and environmental release together.
- Build a competence framework for the roles operating those controls.
- Design a programme combining conditions, competence and emissions.
- Measure improvement credibly.
How it is taught
Short input, then work, across 5 days of roughly 6 teaching hours each. Exercises run on situations delegates bring rather than on a case study written for a different organisation. Cohorts are capped so that everybody is asked something.
Available as classroom, live online, in house.
Programme outline
Day 1
Exposure
- Dust including respirable crystalline silica
- Noise and hearing conservation
- Heat stress in a hot plant
Day 2
Shared controls
- Containment and extraction
- Housekeeping and its real effect
- Maintenance of control equipment
Day 3
Competence
- Defining competence for a control critical role
- Assessment and reassessment
- Records and verification
Day 4
Emission performance
- Linking workplace and stack performance
- Operator influence on emissions
- Targets that span both
Day 5
Programme
- Scoping and resourcing
- Measurement and baseline
- Sustaining improvement past the first year
What you leave with
- An exposure assessment for one area.
- A competence framework for a control critical role.
- An integrated improvement programme plan.
Dates and fees
| Dates | Location | Format | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 to 27 November 2026 | Durban, South Africa | Classroom | R15,000 |
| 30 November 2026 to 4 December 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 14 to 18 December 2026 | Live online | Live online | US$995 |
Fees are per delegate and cover tuition, all programme materials and the certificate. Travel, accommodation and visas are arranged by the delegate. Registration closes two weeks before a programme starts.
Certificate
A GATI certificate recording what was attended, issued after the programme has run and attendance has been taken. Attending at least 80 per cent of the days earns a certificate of completion; attending less earns a certificate of attendance stating exactly what was attended. Every certificate carries a code that anybody can check against GATI's own record.
It records participation. and GATI does not claim one it does not hold.