Occupational safety and health, also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety, occupational health, or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at occupation.
Below are the Occupational Health And Safety Schools In Ghana
University of Ghana
AIT – Accra Institute of Technology
Wisconsin University Colleges Kumasi campus.
UCC
What qualifications do you need to be health and safety officer?
Entry requirements
Health and safety officers have a qualification in health and safety.
To join the NHS as a health and safety officer you often need a degree level qualification.
This could be, for example, the International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety,
What does occupational health and safety do?
OHS, or Occupational Health and Safety, is a multidisciplinary practice dealing with all aspects of health and safety in the workplace, with a strong focus on preventing workplace hazards.
What is an occupational health and safety program?
Occupational Health and Safety training courses are designed to help managers and workers better understand OHS legislation and learn strategies and techniques for the implementation of procedures that help to ensure a safer work environment.
NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Health and Safety Leadership Excellence (HSL)
Course Duration: 1 Day including assessment
Prerequisite:
No formal previous health and safety knowledge is required. However, NEBOSH recommends students have an underpinning knowledge of health and safety issues.
English language skill level 6 or higher in IELTS, or equivalent is recommended, but not mandatory, for those whose first language is not English.
Course content:
This qualification covers the following topics:
What health and safety leadership means
The moral, legal and financial reasons for good health and safety leadership
The links between health and safety leadership and culture
What the different leadership styles are
How human failures can impact performance and culture
The Health & Safety Executive(HSE’s) model of effective Health and Safety Leadership
How leaders can build effective relationships with the workforce.
Who can benefit from this course?
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the UK’s Health and Safety Regulator, has joined forces and developed this new one-day Health and Safety qualification for managers, senior business leaders, or employees who are aspiring to this position.
The interactive, thought-provoking content shows how leaders can influence health and safety performance and culture through their actions and behaviors.
It highlights the moral, legal, and financial reasons for good Health and Safety Leadership. It offers guidance on the key areas to focus on to make a difference and how leaders can become better advocates and influencers in relation to Health and Safety.