Occupational Health and Safety Management Cape Breton University

Overview

Students at Occupational Health and Safety Management programme offered by Cape Breton University  will gain competencies to provide coaching and guidance and the abilities to identify, assess and communicate on matters relating to occupational health, safety and organizational risk. 

Key facts

• The diploma further provides an introduction to approaches for working with various stakeholders, workplace diversity, human rights and working within an Indigenous context.

• Upon graduation from the OH&S Management diploma, students will be prepared for roles in any industry; particularly the public sector and compliance services, business and insurance project management and construction, safety supervision, environmental industry, oil and gas and many more roles where advanced education in these areas is highly valued and in demand.

What skills will I gain from this program?

• Develop an advanced understanding of occupational health, safety, and organizational risk applicable to any industry.

• Gain strategies and methods for developing collaborative relationships among stakeholders to achieve greater health, safety and risk outcomes and to better inform culturally responsive approaches.

• Develop competencies to provide coaching and guidance and the abilities to identify, assess and communicate on matters relating to occupational health, safety and organizational risk.

Possible Career Paths

• Corporate Health and Safety Manager

• Governmental Occupational Health and Safety Inspector

• Health Risk Manager

• Health Safety and Environment Manager or Coordinator (HSE)

• Occupational Health & Safety Coordinator/Officer

• Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Manager or Coordinator (SHEQ)

• Wellness Coordination Manager

Accreditation

• CBU’s Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety Management is recognized by the Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)/Professionnel en sécurité agréé du Canada (PSAC)as an approved program eligible for CRSP certification. 

• The CRSP certification is considered a benchmark in the OH&S profession and the certification of choice for OH&S professionals.