Health and safety certifications canada

“ Being a stu­dent in the OH & S pro­gram was a very pos­i­tive and reward­ing expe­ri­ence that helped me with my career.”

Expo­sure to dif­fer­ent areas in the OH & S field helped Ian in his role as Health and Safe­ty strategist

The Occu­pa­tion­al Health and Safe­ty Cer­tifi­cate, one of the most advanced in Cana­da, is a cor­ner­stone for safe­ty in the province. Whether you are cur­rent­ly a prac­tic­ing occu­pa­tion­al health and safe­ty pro­fes­sion­al or some­one who aspires for a career in health and safe­ty, this pro­gram pre­pares prac­ti­tion­ers with skills and knowl­edge to cre­ate, imple­ment, and eval­u­ate health and safe­ty pro­grams in a wide vari­ety of occu­pa­tion­al settings.

Indus­try and pro­fes­sion­al asso­ci­a­tion recognition

The cours­es in our cer­tifi­cate pro­gram are close­ly aligned with the Board of Cana­di­an Reg­is­tered Safe­ty Pro­fes­sion­als’ Cana­di­an Reg­is­tered Safe­ty Tech­ni­cian ( CRST ) accred­i­ta­tion require­ments (see: OHS — BCR­SP CEU equiv­a­len­cy). This align­ment serves two pur­pos­es: it allows us to meet indus­try needs and, at the same time, gives our grad­u­ates a more straight­for­ward path to build their health and safe­ty careers.

Career oppor­tu­ni­ties

Alum­ni from the pro­gram include envi­ron­men­tal health offi­cers, pub­lic health inspec­tors, con­struc­tion and pro­duc­tion fore­men and super­vi­sors, main­te­nance super­in­ten­dents, indus­tri­al hygien­ists, occu­pa­tion­al health nurs­es, engi­neer­ing and instru­ment tech­ni­cians, and chem­i­cal technologists.

Our grad­u­ates are employed across a wide range of indus­try sec­tors, includ­ing oil and gas, avi­a­tion, con­struc­tion, edu­ca­tion, health care, man­u­fac­tur­ing, munic­i­pal­i­ties, min­ing, forestry, gov­ern­ment agen­cies, and pri­vate businesses.

Class loca­tions

This part-time pro­gram is offered in flex­i­ble and acces­si­ble for­mats and taught by indus­try experts.

NEW : Impor­tant Updates to the Program

Effec­tive July 1 , 2020 , updates are being made to our OHS cer­tifi­cate pro­gram require­ments. These updates include increas­ing core course require­ments while reduc­ing required elec­tive and enrich­ment sem­i­nar hours, which in turn may reduce the over­all com­ple­tion time for the program.

These changes con­tin­ue to sup­port and align seam­less­ly with the Board of Cana­di­an Reg­is­tered Safe­ty Pro­fes­sion­als’ CRSP accred­i­ta­tion require­ments, meet­ing employ­er needs and help­ing our grad­u­ates build their health and safe­ty careers.

Because the instruc­tors actu­al­ly work in the ​ “ real world,” they can take their expe­ri­ences and make them relat­able to the course mate­ri­als. That helped me learn immensely. Occupational Health & Safety Certificate student

The instruc­tion is great but, to be hon­est, I also enjoyed learn­ing from oth­er stu­dents. I haven’t worked in the indus­try yet, so hear­ing from class­mates on their chal­lenges or suc­cess­es was cru­cial for me to oper­a­tional­ize what we were learn­ing in a real-world environment. Occupational Health & Safety Certificate student

Great instruc­tors, good pro­gram lay­out, and flex­i­ble learn­ing options. Occupational Health & Safety Certificate student

The UAlberta advantage: earn a credential from a Top 5 Canadian university that is recognized as a world leader in higher education.

Courses qualify for the continuous professional development requirements of AMHSA, APEGA, BCRSP, CPHR, CRBOH, MHSA, and CSSE.

Part-time studies designed to meet the needs of working professionals with courses offered online; daytime and weekend formats.