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Ergonomics Foundations (required)

Begin at any time and set the course schedule that is right for you. This course is for occupational health and safety professionals and allied health professionals who aim to prevent and reduce musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in their own, or their clients workplaces. Many occupational health and safety practitioners are often faced with ergonomics issues as they deal with the negative outcomes from poor physical design of workstations and workplaces. The course will focus on resolving the issues that may arise from un-ergonomic design of the workplace.

Total Quality Management

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TQM embodies the goal of continuous improvement with the spirit of empowerment, which are primary shifts required in the emerging economy. Effective health, safety and environmental leadership programs will recognize and apply the strengths of TQM to address issues in those work areas.

Due Diligence and Compliance

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Litigation for workplace losses can reach into the corporate boardroom, and cut deeply into the corporate treasury. Basic principles of applying due diligence and compliance with health, safety and environmental standards are provided.

Effective Workplace Training (required)

Begin at any time and set the course schedule that is right for you. People sometimes referred to as "human capital" are the most under-utilized resource in the developed world. People are our most valuable resource, yet we often do not do a good job of equipping them with the intellectual and practical skills they need to perform optimally. We believe that effective workplace training tools and the ability to implement intelligent training strategies are key tools for effective leadership.

Environmental Management Foundations

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Without question, we must all learn new skills to enable appropriate stewardship of our environment. This may well be one of the most important challenges facing this generation across the globe! An effective health, safety and environmental management program integrates stewardship of people, property, environment and processes into one seamless entity.

Approaches to Safety Management

Begin at any time and set the course schedule that is right for you. A fundamental requirement of any management system is the establishment of means to adequately prevent losses to the organizations resources. In most jurisdictions, a primary focus of any safety program is compliance with regulatory standards. This is typically an ineffective approach to reducing workplace losses. The field of health and safety has matured, and offers a variety of approaches to accomplishing this prevention goal.

Accident Causation and Investigation

Begin at any time and set the course schedule that is right for you. What an organization believes about the causes of accidents drives the corrective actions they take, or don't take. Traditional causation models focus largely on unsafe acts and conditions. These models often result in labour/management confrontations with management blaming workers and workers blaming management. In this course, learners will learn a systems-failure model that engages all stakeholders, and shifts from a blame-based approach to a more progressive and effective accident causation belief system.

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