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
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The Effective Communication course (DOHS 4110) explores the role of communications concerning OHS in organizations, with an emphasis on negotiation and facilitation to manage the OHS function more effectively. This helps you listen actively, think critically, speak persuasively and deliver messages effectively.
Modules include:
- Influencing Organizational Stakeholders
- Communicating the Value of OHS
- Relevant Messages and Presentations
- Facilitating Meetings and Information Sessions
- Communicating Essential Feedback
- Negotiating on Behalf of an OHS Culture
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Human Performance Leadership
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The Human Performance Leadership course (DOHS 4130) 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. The course provides tools and strategies to motivate employees, build partnerships, manage change and deliver results at the individual, team and organizational levels. Effective leaders contribute to success by driving productivity and growth, and building talent.
Modules include:
- Role of Leadership
- Emotional and Authentic Leadership
- Employee Commitment and Engagement
- Continuous Improvement and Innovation
- Leading High Performance Teams
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Effective Workplace Training
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The Effective Workplace Training course (DOHS 4140) takes you through all stages of the OHS training and education process - from the planning phase to preparing instructional plans and instructing content. You will also help address the evaluation of the process. At the conclusion of the course, you will be able to support formal training and on-the-job coaching, and mentor colleagues.
Modules include:
- Human Resource Planning
- Identifying Training Needs
- Designing Training
- Understanding the Adult Learner
- Preparing Instructional Plans
- Delivering Training
- Evaluating Training Effectiveness
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Psychological Health and Safety
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The Psychological Health and Safety course (DOHS 4150) focuses on providing the background and context necessary to address the mental health and social well-being areas of health and safety. You will learn theories related to workplace stress and how it affects mental health. You will also learn strategies for dealing with counterproductive workplace behaviours, like conflict, bullying and violence, and ways to increase employee engagement in a safety culture.
Modules include:
- Defining Psychological Health and Safety
- Stress
- Mental Health
- Conflict
- Workplace Bullying
- Workplace Violence
- Motivation
- Developing a Psychological Health and Safety Program
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Elective courses
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You can choose four elective courses to complete the program:
Managing Substance Abuse in the Workplace
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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
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Disability Management
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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
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Safety in Complex Work Environments
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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
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Working at Elevation
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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
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Personal Protective Equipment
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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
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Program Planning and Wellness in the Workplace
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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
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Fatigue Management
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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
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Data Driven Decision Making
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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
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