About Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
Course Description
Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS) is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people at their job site or different occupation. The course content details the requirements learners need to understand how an occupational health and safety management system should be designed and implemented. This course is designed for health and safety practitioners and managers, management system auditors, managers with health and safety responsibilities, employees or professionals with an interest in occupational health and safety.
Course Objectives
The course Occupational Health and Safety has as objective to impact learners with skills and knowledge to be able to recognize and evaluate occupational safety and health hazards in the workplace, and to determine appropriate hazard controls following the hierarchy of controls. The course intends to expose the learner to preventative and protective measures for safe and healthy working conditions that mitigate against workplace related accidents.
Why Choose This Program
Our Community
Join a community of people who have zeal to learn new things and help you with support, inspiration and imagination. Our communities organize various events such as panel discuss and events.
Customized Follow-ups
Every students will work closely with qualified and experienced instructors. We strongly believe that effective training needs human support.
Our Educational Platform
Our platform permits our students to get their training at anytime, coordinate their timetable with their instructors, evaluate their performance and recognize areas for development.
Rich and Intuitive Content
We work with experienced tutors in the field to develop content for our programs. we also give room for students to express their thoughts and worries privately.
- Two lessons per week (2 hours per lesson)
- Attendance is mandatory
- Practical lessons and exercises(quiz)
- Final exams and project.
- A portable computer with necessary applications
- Occupational health and safety gadgets
- A notebook, Pen/Pencil
- PC
- A Projector
Course outline
MODULE A: MANAGING HEALTH AND SAFETY
Learning Units | Title | Duration |
Unit 1 | Principles of OHS management | Week 1 |
Unit 2 | Regulating OHS | Week 2 |
Unit 3 | Loss causation and accident investigation | Week 3 |
Unit 4 | Measuring and reviewing OHS regulations | Week 4 |
Unit 5 | Risk identification, assessment, control and evaluation | Week 5 |
Unit 6 | The role of the health and safety professionals | Week 6 |
Module B: HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
Learning Units | Title | Duration |
Unit 1 | Managing OHS | Week 7 |
Unit 2 | Identification, assessment and evaluation of hazardous substance | Week 8 |
Unit 3 | The control of hazardous substance | Week 9 |
Unit 4 | The monitoring and measurement of hazardous substances
| Week 10 |
Unit 5 | Biological agents, radiation, noise and vibration
| Week 11 |
Unit 6 | Mental ill-health and dealing with violence and aggression at work
| Week 12 |
Unit 7 | Musco-skeletal risks and controls
| Week 13 |
Unit 8 | Workplace and work equipment | Week 14 |
MODULE C: WORKPLACE AND WORK EQUIPMENT SAFETY
Learning Units | Title | Duration |
Unit 1 | Workplace welfare equipment | Week 15 |
Unit 2 | Fire safety and management at workplace | Week 16 |
Unit 3 | Management of dangerous substance | Week 17 |
Unit 4 | Work equipment and workplace machinery | Week 18 |
Unit 5 | Working at height and lifting | Week 19 |
Unit 6 | Construction safety | Week 20 |
Unit 7 | Transport safety | Week 21 |
NB: Requirements to sit for final exams
Candidate should put in a minimum of 90% attendance to appear for the examinations.
Teaching Methods (Learner centered method)
- Lecture discussion method/Participatory method
- Lecture demonstration method
- Discovery Learning.
- Role Play
Grading Individual
- Projects/Test/Quizzes 20%
- Homework and Class Participation 10%
- Final Course exam 70%
Prices and Funding
Pay and join us!
250 000 XAF
NB: No other payment will be demanded during and after the course program.
Payment options
- At our campus: You can make an appointment to pay directly on campus, tarred road bonduma gate buea, opposite EPN church.
- Wire Transfer: Call us and receive the necessary information you need to make payment from your bank or mobile money (MoMo).
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