Occupational Health and Safety Leadership

Prepare yourself for leadership roles, responsibilities, and management in the field of occupational health and safety (OHS). Learn from industry experts to enhance your OHS knowledge and learn to lead from a management perspective.

The courses in this program focus on project management, leadership, ethics, and disability management to prepare you to become an OHS leader.

By completing this program after the Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety and the Certificate in Advanced Safety Management, you will meet the educational requirements to write the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP) exam to become a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP). This is one of the few certificate programs in Ontario that meets CRSP educational requirements.

Industry and Careers

This certificate can lead to career paths in roles such as:

• Compliance officer

• Disability management professionals

• OHS director

• OHS manager

• OHS officer

• Risk manager

• Vice president, health and safety

According to the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP), becoming a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) can help you:

• increase your earning potential

• enhance your employability and mobility

• enhance your professional credibility

Who Should Get This Certificate?

This program is for individuals who have completed the Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety and/or the Certificate in Advanced Safety Management and want to take their OHS career to the next level.

If your goal is to work as a leader in the OHS field, or if you’re already working in a leadership position and want to formalize your education and build on your skills, this certificate is for you.

What will you learn?

After completing this certificate, you will be able to:

• lead best practice in OHS planning and management

• address integrated disability management

• navigate government legislation and regulations

• implement fundamentals of project management

• apply OHS business perspectives

• understand ethical leadership

• interpret OHS return on investment, cost, and savings

Courses are drawn from Toronto Metropolitan University’s Bachelor of Applied Science in Occupational and Public Health (BASc).  Courses completed as part of this certificate may be recognized towards the completion of the BASc. Offered through the School of Occupational and Public Health, the BASc is the only degree-level program of its kind in Canada.