Certificate In Ergonomic Program Management

The Certificate in Ergonomic Program Management has been created for individuals who are responsible for an occupational health and safety program and/or the creation and management of an ergonomics program for their company or organization. 

The increasing need for due diligence in preventing accidents and injury while demonstrating financial benefits in doing so puts great importance on the establishment of an effective ergonomics program within any health and safety program.

What Will You Learn?

• Necessary skills to incorporate ergonomics into their occupational health and safety program
• The ability to develop an ergonomic program appropriate for their workplace
• How to identify risks factors in their workplace that place employees at risk of injury and develop solutions to reduce the risk
• The ability to cost-justify ergonomic initiatives to management
• Skills to assess the effectiveness of ergonomic interventions to improve their company or organization's bottom line

Who Should Take This Certificate?

• Those responsible for occupational health & safety within office spaces, manufacturing operations, processing industries, business service sectors, transportation industries, and healthcare facilities including:
• health & safety co-ordinators
• OH&S nurses
• physiotherapists
• occupational therapists
• industrial hygienists
• engineers
• managers
• supervisors
   

How Will You Benefit?

• identify basic hazards that can lead to injury in the workplace. 
• utilize advanced hazard identification tools to identify variables that affect the safety of employees’ jobs.
• identify areas within your workplace where there is room for organizational improvement.
• develop strategies for establishing an infrastructure from which an ergonomics program will function.
• examine strategies for involving management, union, supervisors, and employees in a program.
• facilitate the interpretation and communication of cost-benefit data to appropriate decision-makers.