Occupational Health and Safety Online Certificate

More

Occupational Health and Safety Certificate    Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety

university of new brunswick logoWe offer a comprehensive online Occupational Health and Safety certification and diploma program to advance your career and lead your organization to better health and safety practices and procedures. We have partnered with the University of New Brunswick to deliver these programs.

 

Occupational Health and Safety Certificate

Designed by senior safety professionals, this online program incorporates current trends and regulations and will equip you with the tools to develop, implement, and evaluate an effective health and safety system. The program also prepares you to write the Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP®) exam. You may take one course at a time or register for the entire program.

This program is designed for practicing occupational health and safety processionals, as well as those who want to break into this rapidly expanding field. 

Tuition and fees

Each course within the Occupational Health and Safety Certificate program has a tuition cost of $625.00 each.
Program structure

The program is presented through a series of 11 courses, broken down into three clusters. You may take one course at a time or register for the entire program. Each course lasts 10 weeks.

Fundamentals cluster

The fundamentals courses include:

Health and Safety Program Basics 

OHS5050

This course provides an introduction to health and safety program development. It includes a presentation and overview of the main elements required and the factors influencing the success of health and safety. 
Fundamentals of Occupational Hygiene

OHS5060

Occupational Hygiene is the art and science of the recognition, evaluation and control of workplace hazards that may result in illness, disease or injury. This introductory course is designed to overview the fundamental concepts of Occupational Hygiene, including types of hazardous exposures, chemical routes of entry to the body, likely health effects of hazardous exposures and mechanisms of controlling workplace exposures.
Legislative Compliance and Corporate Responsibility

OHS5059

The work of health and safety practitioners is guided partly by jurisdictional legislative frameworks. This course will guide you through the key elements of Canadian Federal, Provincial and Territorial legislation, regulations and policy related to workplace safety. Learners will compare and contrast OHS laws in several jurisdictions in Canada, and in other parts of the world.

Management and leadership cluster

The management and leadership courses include:

Management of Health and Safety Systems

OHS5054

Sound health and safety systems management requires understanding of management principles used in health and safety programs and how those principles related to the program's effectiveness and efficiently. This course builds on the concepts presented in the health and safety basics course (COHS 3110). Students will gain a deeper understanding of the legal, moral, and financial benefits derived from maintaining a workplace program that delivers health and safety excellence, and will explore several models of systematic health and safety program management.
Management, Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

OHS5055

Health and safety professionals often work within complex workplace structures providing a specialized technical support to their employers. Successful health and safety leaders understand corporate organization and function, and are able to incorporate that understanding into the recommendations they provide to corporate leadership for approval. This course provides an introduction to corporate leadership and organization and helps learners to understand the structure and organization of their own workplaces so that they can make more focused and valued contribution to health and safety program design and management.
Risk Management and Risk Communication

OHS5056

Risk management and risk communication are fundamental skills critical to the success of every health and safety practitioner. Understanding the elements of risk management, and being able to communicate effectively and systematically about risk are expertise areas of increasing importance in contemporary health and safety program management. This course will provide learners with the skills and knowledge necessary to develop and implement an effective risk management system.

Specializations cluster

The specializations courses include:

Accident Causation Theory and Incident Investigation

OHS5058

Accident causation theory provides a systematic approach to the analysis of workplace accidents, to identify all potential root causes and to establish the links between workplace accidents and norms in workplace practice. It is an essential discipline that allows health and safety professionals to determine why workplace incidents occur, so that attention and energy can be applied to correcting deficiencies and preventing re-occurrences. This course considers the approaches and frameworks used to investigate accidents within a business management system context, and provides the learner with the tools, skills and knowledge necessary to investigate workplace accidents effectively.
Fundamentals of Environmental Management

OHS5053

Environmental management is critical to workers, organizations, and the environment itself, and is commonly a dimension of the health and safety practitioner's role. This course provides an introduction to the complex discipline of environmental management. Learners will be familiarized with the systems of identification, evaluation and communication of issues related to environmental conditions in the workplace, and globally, and with the planning and implementation of strategies intended to mitigate environmental harm.
Fire Prevention and Protection

OHS5052

Fires are a major cause of property damage and loss of life. In this course learners will develop an understanding of chemistry of fire, the causes of fire, current methods of fire prevention and protection. The concepts of fire hazard evaluation, control, prevention, reduction, and elimination of fire hazards are reinforced. A major focus in this course is the concept of Life Safety as it relates to fires and the control of damage and loss of life from fires in the workplace.
Ergonomics

OHS5051

Ergonomics is the study of workers' interaction with their workplace. Good ergonomic management will result in a reduction of injuries and increases in productivity in workplaces. Health and safety professionals must have the ability to recognize potential ergonomic hazards and systematically reduce them. This course will provide an introduction to the complex discipline of ergonomics, and explain the need for and processes associated with ergonomic hazard assessment, solution development and solution evaluation after implementation.
Auditing OHS Management Systems

OHS5057

This course is designed to provide students with an intensive overview of the theory and practice of performing occupational health and safety audits. The course provides a real emphasis on the importance of auditing to the continuous improvement process of occupational health and safety programs. The course reviews the fundamental principles of auditing and describes the audit process itself in detail. The features of several different audit instruments are identified, along with considerations for best application in diverse types of occupational environments. Relevant OHSE case studies and examples are referenced throughout. By course end, students should have a strong understanding of contemporary OHSE auditing practice and should be ready to begin applying auditing principles within workplaces.
Registration

Register for the Occupational Health and Safety Certificate program.

Occupational Health and Safety Diploma

Take your OHS Certificate to the next level. Learn to think from a ‘system’ perspective, taking the overall safety culture, systems, and measurement into consideration. You’ll develop management and communications skills to help influence stakeholders and lead change within your organization. You’ll also deepen your technical skills on specific OHS topics. You may take one course at a time or register for the entire program.

The program is intended for supervisors, managers and OHS professionals.

Admission requirements

You will need a valid Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC) designation, or an approved Occupational Health and Safety certificate program.
Tuition and fees

Each course within the Occupational Health and Safety Diploma program has a tuition cost of $675.00 each.
Program structure

The program is made up of four core management courses and your choice of four technical elective courses. You may take one course at a time or register for the entire program. Each course lasts 13 weeks.

Core management courses

The core management courses include:

Effective Communication

OHS5061

To bring awareness to the importance of OHS and maintain a safe workplace, OHS professionals must be able to listen actively, think critically, speak persuasively, and deliver messages effectively. This requires a solid understanding of the different stakeholders and an ability to address their different needs and concerns. This course explores the role of communications concerning OHS in organizations, with an emphasis on negotiation and facilitation as tools to manage the OHS function more effectively.
Human Performance Leadership

OHS5062

This course is aimed at OHS professionals who are transitioning into a management position with a higher level of responsibilities and who wish to sharpen their leadership skills. It does so by providing tools and strategies to motivate employees, build partnerships, manage change and deliver results at the individual, team and organizational levels.
Effective Workplace Training

OHS5063

This course takes the student through all stages of the training and education process; from the planning phase, via how to design training components, to preparing instructional plans and conveying the necessary content by means of instruction. The last part will be addressing the evaluation of the process.
Psychological Health and Safety

OHS5064

This course is focused on providing the background in theory and information needed to be able to properly address this quickly evolving area of health and safety. It will examine theories relating to workplace stress and its interrelationship with mental health. Strategies for dealing with counterproductive workplace behaviours such as conflict, workplace bullying and workplace violence will be examined with practical approaches and tools provided to assist in addressing these concerns. Motivational theories and their applications in the workplace will be reviewed, showing ways to increase employee engagement in a safety culture. Finally, a comprehensive roadmap will be provided, based on the new CSA-Z1003 Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace Standard, to assist organizations in advancing toward a psychologically healthy workplace environment.
Elective courses

You can choose four elective courses to complete the program:

Managing Substance Abuse in the Workplace

The Managing Substance Abuse in the Workplace course (DOHS 4210) identifies factors of substance abuse in the workplace, and the role of OHS supervisors in addressing the issue. You will learn a process for implementing a culture change in the organization, how to identify key elements of a drug/alcohol and testing policy, and how to emphasize education, communication and awareness for supervisors, managers and all staff.

Modules:

  • Introduction to Substance Abuse in the Workplace
  • What's my Role and Where do I Start?
  • The Foundation Piece: A Drug and Alcohol Policy
  • Investigation
  • Testing
  • Implementation, Education and Training Assessment
Disability Management

The Disability Management course (DOHS 4220) teaches you best practices in disability management and how the case and claim management process works. You will learn the role of OHS professionals and stakeholders responsible for disability management, engagement and communication strategies and legislation related to disability management.

Modules:

  • Introduction to Disability Management in the Workplace
  • Management and the Law
  • The Return to Work Process
  • Disability Benefit Plans
  • Disability Assessment and Rehabilitation Programs
  • Preventing Mental Health Disability and Addiction in the Workplace
Safety in Complex Work Environments

The Safety in Complex Work Environments course (DOHS 4230) is aimed at safety professionals responsible for giving advice and leadership to manage risks associated with complex and hazardous environments. You will be able to assess the risks associated with confined spaces and other complex environments, and develop, communicate and implement a hazard management program to control these risks.

Modules:

  • Introduction to Complex Work Environments
  • Regulatory Framework
  • Types of Spaces
  • Confined Space Hazards
  • Hazard Assessment
  • Controls
  • Emergency Planning
  • Competency Development and Assessment
  • Inspections, Audits and Continuous Improvement
Working at Elevation

The Working at Elevation course (DOHS 4240) helps you reduce risks associated with working from elevations. You will learn how to develop, implement and administer a fall protection program to communicate appropriate controls that reduce the risk of working from elevations. Falls can potentially incur serious injuries, deaths and hazards in the workplace.

Modules:

  • Introduction to Managing the Risk of Working at Elevations
  • Lessons Learned and Technical Information
  • Statutes and Standards
  • Fall Protection Program
  • Fall Protection Equipment Care and Maintenance
  • Competency and Communication
  • Administration, Program Review and Course Summary
Personal Protective Equipment

The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) course (DOHS 4250) considers all factors in the selection, care and use of PPE. It solves the misunderstanding between misused or mixed terminology that many use to describe similar items. You will learn hazard control and elimination. You will also learn an overview of PPE associated with your eyes, head, face, hearing, fall arrest, respiratory, hand, arm, foot and work clothing. You are encouraged to develop a current library of resources and vendors for selection of PPE programs and workers.

Modules:

  • Control Hazards
  • What is PPE?
  • Selection, Care and Use of PPE
  • Policies, Procedures and Codes of Practice
  • Integration and Implementation
Program Planning and Wellness in the Workplace

The Program Planning and Wellness in the Workplace course (DOHS 4260) guides you through a four-step planning process. You will learn about established starting points and a sense of direction, strategies for conducting an employee health assessment, critical content, examples of successful programs in action and program evaluation techniques. You will be able to develop your own workplace wellness program by the end of the course.

Understanding factors that influence workplace health provides a framework for the development of wellness programs, since many chronic conditions are preventable when the underlying causes of poor health are addressed. An effective program has positive impacts on employee turnover, absenteeism and productivity.

Modules:

  • Introduction to Wellness
  • Practices and Behaviours that Impact Worker Health
  • Situational Workplace Assessment
  • Forming an Effective Plan
  • Implementing a Wellness Program
  • Program Measurement and Evaluation
Fatigue Management

The Fatigue Management course (DOHS 4270) aims to help you better understand the key safety issue around the concern of fatigue, and how to manage it. The course highlights modern research about the causes and effects of fatigue and introduces tools to assess, manage and mitigate fatigue hazards. You will also learn about the history of fatigue management to understand the components you will need to create a fatigue risk management plan (FRMP).

Modules:

  • Defining the Need
  • Fatigue 101
  • Fatigue as a Safety Issue
  • Managing Fatigue
  • The History of Fatigue Management
  • Creating a Comprehensive FRMP
Data Driven Decision Making

The Data Driven Decision Making Course (DOHS 4290) is aimed at those who manage say-to-day operations and support organizational processes, or those who would like to learn about process orientation and process control. You will help provide high quality information that is relevant, valid, comparable and reliable for all health and safety stakeholders in the workplace. The goal of the course is to fill the gap between data and decisive action with tools that you can use to make business decisions with confidence.

Modules:

  • Why Use Data-driven Decision Making
  • When to Measure and How to Measure
  • Basic Statistics
  • Regression and Correlation
  • Benchmarking, Continuous Improvement and Justification of Investment
Registration

Register for the Occupational Health and Safety Diploma program.