Course Content

• Module-1. Introduction to Types of Dust Emissions
  This module sets the foundation by explaining why dust is a major urban air-quality problem in India, especially in rapidly growing and construction-intensive cities. It introduces key dust categories such as TSP, PM10, PM2.5, ultrafine particles, black carbon, and mineral dust, and links them to major Indian sources like road resuspension, construction activity, barren land, riverbanks, and dust storms. It also highlights the scale, seasonal patterns, and economic and social costs of dust pollution, helping learners understand dust as both an environmental and public health challenge.

  • Assignment: “Design a City’s Dust Fingerprint”
• Module 2: Dust Generation in Construction Sites
  This module explains how construction dust is created, what it contains, and why it behaves differently depending on particle size, activity type, and site conditions. It covers the main sources of construction dust such as demolition, material handling, cutting, grinding, drilling, earthworks, and vehicle movement, and classifies major dust types including respirable crystalline silica, wood dust, and nuisance dust. It also introduces dispersion pathways and the factors that influence how dust travels, settles, and gets re-suspended, giving participants a practical understanding of dust risks on active sites.

  • Assignment: “Site Detective: The Week That Went Wrong”
• Module 3: Existing Dust Mitigation Regulation
  This module provides the legal and regulatory context for dust management, showing that dust control is both a health necessity and a compliance obligation. It reviews the international framework through WHO, ILO, OSHA, EPA, EU, UK HSE, and ISO references, and then maps the Indian regulatory structure involving constitutional duties, central laws, CPCB guidelines, SPCBs, CAQM, NGT, and local bodies. By connecting standards, exposure limits, and enforcement systems, the module helps construction professionals understand what compliance requires and why regulatory awareness is essential for site management.

  • Assignment: “You Are the Inspector: Building the Case File”
• Module 4: Dust Mitigation Plan Development
  This module focuses on how to create a structured, site-specific Dust Mitigation Plan that translates compliance requirements into day-to-day action. It explains the purpose and core components of a DMP, including source identification, control objectives, mitigation measures, monitoring, reporting, emergency response, documentation, and training. It also walks through a practical five-step approach—procure, train, maintain, monitor, and review—along with roles, KPIs, trigger points, implementation roadmap, and common failure points, making it a hands-on planning module for project teams.

  • Assignment: “Build Your Own DMP: From Blueprint to Boots on the Ground”
• Module 5: Dust Management and Control Options
  This module introduces the hierarchy of dust control measures, with a strong emphasis on engineering controls as the primary line of defence before administrative measures or PPE. It covers suppression systems such as misting, fogging, anti-smog guns, and sprinklers; capture systems such as on-tool extraction, LEV, downdraft tables, and HEPA vacuums; and containment methods such as hoardings, chutes, covers, and negative-pressure enclosures. It also expands into housekeeping, scheduling, staff training, green bio-suppressants, IoT-enabled monitoring, drones, cost-benefit analysis, and phased implementation, giving learners a broad toolbox for selecting practical site controls.

  • Assignment: “Pitch Your Control Package: The Client Showdown”
• Module 6: Case Studies and Best Practices
  • Assignment: “Write the Next Case Study”
• Module 7: Construction & Demolition Waste Management Rules of India, 2025/2026
  This module explains the revised C&D Waste Management Rules and why they matter for both waste governance and dust reduction. It traces the shift from the 2016 framework to the stronger 2025 rules, highlighting key changes such as Extended Producer Responsibility, digital compliance through the CPCB portal, recycling targets, utilization mandates, traceable transport, infrastructure requirements, and stricter enforcement. It helps learners understand how proper C&D waste handling reduces illegal dumping, limits secondary dust emissions, and creates a more circular and accountable construction system.

  • Assignment: “EPR Navigator: Chart Your Compliance Journey”
• Module 8: Exposure and Workers Safety
  This module centers on worker health by explaining what exposure means, how construction dust enters the body, and why chronic exposure can silently lead to irreversible disease. It covers acute, chronic, and cumulative exposure; key dust types such as silica, asbestos, cement, wood, gypsum, and chemical dust; exposure limits; health effects; and the hierarchy of control from elimination to PPE. It also addresses fit-for-purpose respiratory protection, correct PPE use, health surveillance, worker training, and responsibilities across managers, safety officers, contractors, and workers, making it the core occupational safety module of the course.

  • Assignment: “Design a Life-Saving Campaign”
• Module 9: Monitoring, Evaluation and Verification in Dust Mitigation
  This module explains how dust control must be measured and verified after installation to remain effective over time. It covers the regulatory framework for monitoring, defines the roles of site engineers, urban local bodies, and pollution control boards, and details daily checks, record-keeping, inspections, monitoring tools, evaluation metrics, and escalation procedures for non-compliance. By focusing on evidence-based oversight, data reporting, audits, and verification protocols, the module shows how sites can demonstrate actual dust reduction rather than just nominal compliance.

  • Assignment: “Inspector for a Day: From Walkthrough to Written Order”
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• Final Quiz
  • Quiz: Dust Management in Construction Sector – Final Assessment
• What have you learned? (Final Assignment)

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