Example courses

• Health and Safety Management and Leadership

  This course provides insights into organisational behaviour, structures, functions, roles and responsibilities and accountabilities. The approach to workplace health and safety strategies is discussed. The principles of effective project management and human resource management are also covered.

• Human and Biological Factors in Workplace Health and Safety

  This course applies principles of human function and considers the application of cognitive and behavioural psychology to workplace health and safety practice.

• Identification, Assessment and Control of Hazards and Risks

  This course provides advanced knowledge about practice and performance in workplace health and safety risk management.

• Principles of Health and Safety Management

  This course will provide advanced knowledge of management systems, organisational culture, and the integration of legal, regulatory and societal factors in the context of health and safety management.

• Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene

  This course will provide advanced knowledge of the principles and practice of work related health – health protection, health promotion and wellbeing. It provides knowledge and understanding of the main work-related health hazards, and the practices to recognise, assess, control and monitor risks.

• Professional Role and Functioning

  This course provides advanced knowledge about the role and function of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. The professional role and ethical framework for the workplace health and safety professional is described. Theories of communication and fostering teamwork are also explored.