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The Technical Certificate in Occupational health and Safety covers the essential skills and knowledge required to embrace a career in health and safety. This entry level Certificate is designed for health and safety trainees and apprentices interested in junior roles.
At technical level, you are learning about the fundamentals of working in health and safety and acquiring knowledge about health and safety legislation and risk and incident management.
IOSH Accredited Programme
The level 3 Technical Certificate is accredited
by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
Students can access IOSH Student Membership for the duration
of their studies.
IOSH Associate/Technical Membership
Successful graduates meet the academic requirements for Associate (AIOSH) or Technical (Tech IOSH) membership of IOSH.
Course Content
The Technical Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety course enables you to gain an understanding of health and safety practices in a working environment. It provides an insight into how to manage workplace issues and covers the areas you would encounter in a health and safety role. Core modules include: Health and safety principles, risk and incident management and maintaining a safe working environment.
Level
The Technical Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety is accredited to level 3 (England) which is comparable to level 5 (Republic of Ireland) and is awarded by OTHM qualifications. OTHM are approved and regulated by Ofqual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation).
Progression
Successful Graduates can progress to the IOSH accredited Level 6 Certificate and Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety.
Certify as a Health & Safety Assistant
Every successful graduate will receive a digital Occupational Health & Safety Career badge . This immediately verifies to employers you have achieved the technical competencies and skills to become a Health and Safety assistant.
Graduate demand
Our graduates are in high demand across several industries and sectors, but particularly, Construction, Pharma, healthcare and others. 88% of successful graduates acquire new opportunities as, Health & Safety Assistants, Health & Safety officers, Safety officers (Construction) and Lead EHS Advisers (Pharma).
A unique approach, that gets you the result
CMI's unique incremental approach to learning provides you with the pathway to success. There is no need to worry about exams. Each week you will attend live online classes and will submit scheduled assignments and will receive feedback and recommendations for improvement.
There are 3 units, totaling 30 ECTS credits, 10 credits per unit.
What you will receive:
- ebook for each unit
- Access to CMI learning platform
- Live online weekly classes
- Tutor support
- Feedback on Assignments
- Excellent study material and resources
Unit 1: Health and Safety Principles in the Working Environment (10 credits)
Unit 2: Maintaining a Healthy and Safe Working Environment (10 credits)
Unit 3: Principles of Risk and Incident Management in the Working Environment (10 credits)
Live Online classes : Now - €2,450.00
Includes:
-Weekly live online classes
-OTHM registration fees
-eBooks
-Online platform and lots of study resources
-Tutor and assessment support.
Roy Scott is the Head of Environmental Health & Safety & Environmental Social Governance (ESG) for Turmec Engineering, an ISO 45001 certified company. As part of his current role, Roy is implementing a robust Sustainability Program for the company, with specific focus on EHS. Before joining Turmec, Roy was the Global Head of People Data Privacy at Facebook. Prior to this role, Roy worked across multiple compliance functions within Flex, including his role as Global Lead for EHS, covering 100 manufacturing facilities, across 100 countries, with 200,000 employees. He brings over 30 years of experience in the health and safety field, right through from being a hands-on safety office to a Global EHS Director. Roy teaches on several units on the Diploma in Health and Safety with CMI.
Niamh works as Head of Health and Safety in AIB across all branches throughout the Republic of Ireland. She holds a BSc in Environmental Health and an MSc in Occupational Health and Safety and Ergonomics She teaches Unit 1 Technical Certificate in Health and Safety with CMI.
Rachel Beirne: Occupational Health & Safety
Rachel began her career in food safety as a food safety manager and consultant. She then moved into the role of HSEQ Auditor, auditing contract catering, cleaning and facility sites against ISO 9001, 14001 and OSHAS 18001. In 2017 she took on the role of HSEQ manager for a large contract catering company where she heads up their strategic HSEQ planning as well as ensuring compliance and maintaining the company’s ISO standards across their 150+ sites.
She has a BSc & MSc in Environmental Health and safety Management, as well as 14 years industry experience. She is an affiliated member of the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD) and a graduate member of Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Rachel teaches unit 1& 2 Certificate and Diploma in Health & Safety.
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