Workplace Health and Safety Manager Certificate Program

Understand the tools and processes in monitoring industrial hygiene. In this overview of instruments and methods, you will learn about the theories, techniques and procedures associated with the use of instruments to measure air contaminants and physical agents, such as noise, heat and related exposures. This course, designed for those responsible for employee safety and health, includes lectures and hands on laboratory exercises addressing the methods and procedures of using common industrial hygiene monitoring instruments, sample collection and laboratory analysis, interpretation of results and the limitations of these techniques will also be discussed. By the end of this course, students will have an overview of how occupational health hazards are measured.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the techniques and capabilities to measure occupational health hazards, such as chemicals, dusts, noise, heat and other common hazards associated with occupational environments
• Operate hand held instruments to measure volatile chemicals, noise and heat
• Interpret the results of sampling and measurements, and to recognize the need to control excessive exposures
• Understand the major limitations of each measurement technique

Skills You Will Gain

• Noise measurement
• Air Sampling
• Analytical Chemistry
• Handheld instruments

This is a required course for the Workplace Health and Safety Manager Certificate.

If your employees experience problems with lifting, repetitive motion or overexertion, their improper work practices may cause serious and long-term disabilities. In this course, workplace health professionals will learn the fundamentals of ergonomics in industrial and office workplaces. Discuss medical issues, regulatory strategies, engineering solutions and productivity improvements with a focus on problem solving in real-world situations. A review of safe work practices with a focus on basic ergonomics may help your organization. By the end of this course, students will develop ergonomic recognition and identification skills necessary for implementation of an overall injury prevention strategy.

Learning Outcomes

• Learn the fundamentals of ergonomics in the industrial and office workplace
• Understand the role of ergonomics in quality and productivity
• Design a complete and ergonomic workstation system
• Become aware of ergonomic legislation and trends

Skills You Will Gain

• Office ergonomics
• Anthropometry
• Ergonomics program development

This is a required course for the Workplace Health and Safety Manager Certificate.

Fire safety awareness is key in workplaces of all kinds. Through real-world case-based learning, discover the types of built-in fire protection features and fire and life safety hazards common to the educational and workplace environments. This course, designed for workplace safety professionals, discusses "passive" versus "active" fire protection features, maintenance of exits, knowledge and use of fire extinguishers, impact to and from other occupants, human behavior before and during an emergency, proper storage techniques and services potentially available through local fire departments. By the end of this course, students will understand fire prevention and response practices and techniques for the workplace.

Learning Outcomes

• Describe “passive” and “active” fire protection features
• Understand how humans react during fire situations
• Describe proper storage techniques
• Understand common fire and life safety hazards to the educational and workplace environment

Skills You Will Gain

• Fire prevention
• Fire response
• Fire extinguisher use
• Exit maintenance

This is a required course for the Workplace Health and Safety Manager Certificate.

Is your organization prepared for emergency situations? Through real-world case studies and interactive learning, workplace health and safety professionals will gain insight into being more proactive in emergency preparedness by developing strategies to help prevent and mitigate hazards, as well as for response and recovery efforts. By the end of this course, students will improve their abilities and understanding of disaster notifications, crisis management skills, decision making under pressure, effective communication techniques and media and public relations factors.

Learning Outcomes

• Develop effective emergency preparation plans for an organization.
• Identify and assess risks and potential hazards that could cause or worsen emergency situations.
• Correct or remediate hazards to reduce risks and potential impacts.
• Respond to emergency situations in an appropriate manner.

Skills You Will Gain

• Emergency management
• Incident management and command systems
• Flood and disaster preparation
• Action planning

This is a required course for the Workplace Health and Safety Manager Certificate.

When an incident occurs, identifying the root cause and providing an effective solution is key in preventing future incidents. In this real-world, interactive course, workplace safety professionals will acquire the knowledge, practical skills and tools you need to conduct incident investigations. Designed with both the novice and seasoned professional in mind, this course covers principles of incident investigation and responsibilities in the investigation process. By the end of this course, students will understand investigation planning and preparation, the seven steps of initial response and tools and techniques for investigation.

Learning Outcomes

• Conduct an effective incident investigation from start to finish
• Understand the seven-step approach to the initial response
• Perform effective interventions to assess the problems identified by the incident
• Know the processes for collecting physical evidence in an investigation

Skills You Will Gain

• Incident investigations
• Interviewing Techniques
• Systemic cause analysis techniques (SCAT)
• Physical evidence collection

This is a required course for the Workplace Health and Safety Manager Certificate.

Designed for individuals who have interests in, or responsibilities for, administering occupational health and safety programs, learn the relevant laws and regulations pertaining to occupational health and safety. Topics include Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA; criminal considerations, such as supervisors’ and managers’ responsibilities; workers’ compensation jurisdiction, claims and benefits; the claims process and program administration; and legal liability. Through interactive case studies, illustrate common issues and demonstrate ability to solve simple and complex problems. By the end of this course, students will demonstrate working knowledge of workplace safety laws and regulations.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand CAL/OSHA and OSHA operations, compliance, standard setting and consultation
• Become aware of criminal sanctions used in health and safety violations
• Understand worker’s compensation insurance
• Awareness of professional liabilities health and safety practitioners are exposed to

Skills You Will Gain

• OSHA and CAL/OSHA compliance
• Professional liability
• Worker’s compensation adjudication
• Sanitation, fire safety and building codes

This is a required course for the Workplace Health and Safety Manager Certificate.

Identifying and removing hazards can prevent workplace incidents before they occur. In this course designed for safety consultants and managers, expand your understanding of industrial safety hazard control by identifying and assessing hazards in the workplace. Through hands-on learning and case studies, understand how to recognize priority hazards as well as strategies for removing them. By the end of this course, students will understand how to use regulations as tools to identify and control hazards.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand how to identify and apply OSHA, Cal/OSHA and other relevant regulations relevant to industrial operations.
• Gain the ability to assess industrial workplace hazards and identify violations of regulations.
• Learn how to identify and implement corrective measures and engineering controls to protect worker safety.

Skills You Will Gain

• Fall protection
• Vehicle, machine, fire and explosion hazard prevention

This is a required course for the Workplace Health and Safety Manager Certificate.

There are numerous methods to designing health and safety programs tailored to your workplace. Designed for health and safety managers and consultants, this course explores the various approaches to health and safety management, including methods to obtain and maintain top management support; methods to obtain and maintain employee/union support; how to determine the real cost of accidents; behavior modification practices; the success and failure of rewards and recognition programs; and techniques for system-based auditing. Through real-world based education, students will learn how to investigate the causes of accidents, organize health and safety committees and develop health and safety training programs.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify effective health and safety program elements
• Describe accident investigation process
• Understand how to obtain management support for health and safety programs
• Review of regulatory requirements of HPP, Hazard Communication, and HAZWOPER

Skills You Will Gain

• Dupont STOP
• Behavior modification
• Rewards and recognition

This is a required course for the Workplace Health and Safety Manager Certificate.

Industrial hygiene involves the process of recognition, evaluation and control of occupational health hazards. Individuals with workplace safety responsibilities will learn methods to anticipate and recognize such hazards, including basic principles of toxicology, occupational health hazards, biological agents and exposures to physical agents. Through hands-on, interactive learning, students will understand how to measure or evaluate exposures to these agents, and how such exposures are controlled by the use of personal protective equipment and engineering methods.

Learning Outcomes

• Ability to identify and control occupational health hazards
• Ability to understand occupational exposure limits
• Ability to identify the need for protective equipment, and select appropriate equipment
• Awareness of engineering controls for chemical and physical agents

Skills You Will Gain

• Exposure evaluation methods
• Assessment and control of physical agents
• Noise hazard measurement
• Controlling chemical and dust exposures

This is a required course for the Workplace Health and Safety Manager Certificate.