Workplace Safety Expertise

Designed for working professionals, the Graduate Certificate in Occupational Safety Management prepares you to build core competencies in safety and health management. The certificate gives you a competitive edge by equipping you with the knowledge and skills to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, prevent and control workplace safety and occupational health hazards within numerous industries to protect people, property, the environment and organizational operations.

Program Details

Offered at the Worldwide & Online Campus

The Graduate Certificate in Occupational Safety Management will prepare you to effectively manage the occupational safety and health function within a variety of industries and justify occupational safety and health programs, initiatives and control efforts through business and risk management metrics.

The online platform's flexibility and highly relevant content, applications and assessment protocols make the Graduate Certificate in Occupational Safety Management ideal for working professionals.

The Occupational Safety Management Certificate provides the educational requirements for these Army Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) Credentials:

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Career Opportunities

Occupational safety offers the potential to protect workers, prevent workplace hazards and create safer, healthier environments across industries.
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What You’ll Learn

What You’ll Learn

In this program, you’ll learn about safety and health legislation, hazard control methods, occupational safety and health management and industrial hygiene.
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Example Careers

Example Careers

Example roles in this field include:
  • Director of Safety 
  • Environmental Health and Safety Compliance Officer
  • Loss-Control Manager
  • Safety Manager
  • Safety and Health Consultant
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Example Employers

Example Employers

Example employers in this field include:
  • The Boeing Company
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Johnson and Johnson
  • Tesla

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