An Introduction to Occupational Health, Safety and Ergonomics

You can start studying this course at any time of the year as soon as you have completed your registration, you can get started. There are no specific registration dates!

This course contains a CourseBookTM, which is an innovative fusion of the traditional textbook and online course, combining quality educational content with an interactive, social learning experience to promote success. The course has been broken into three Study Phases:

1. Study Phase 1 Quiz:
   • An introduction to occupational health and safety
   • Occupational safety: Occupational injuries and fatalities
   • Occupational health: Dealing with disease
   • Occupational health: Occupational stress
2. Study Phase 2 Quiz:
   • The law and occupational health and safety
   • Ethics and occupational health and safety
   • Fostering a safety culture
3. Study Phase 3 Quiz:
   • Promoting health through benefits
   • Ergonomics: An Introduction
   • Ergonomic design in the workplace

Work through the workbook. At the end of each Study Phase, there is a quiz to complete. You need to complete and pass each of the quizzes with a minimum of 70% to get a certificate. No restrictions on your attempts.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Identify occupational health and safety hazards, understanding their origins and organisational strategies to enhance workplace safety, focusing on prevention and management.
• Examine the effects of occupational injuries, diseases, and fatalities, emphasizing prevention, the importance of workplace violence awareness, and the implementation of support measures.
• Explain the impact and management of occupational stress, identifying sources, measuring, and reducing strategies to improve employee well-being and organizational productivity.
• Summarize key health and safety regulations, detailing employer and employee rights and duties, including the role of health and safety committees.
• Evaluate ethical considerations in occupational health and safety, incorporating ethics and morality into organizational decision-making processes.
• Discuss the development and influence of safety culture, comparing culture types and outlining methods to cultivate a positive safety environment.
• Outline employee health promotion through benefits, covering aspects of physical, mental well-being, work-life balance, and educational assistance.
• Define ergonomics and its application, focusing on implementing ergonomics programs and addressing physical and cognitive risk factors in the workplace.
• Evaluate ergonomic design principles for diverse work scenarios, designing for various postures, tasks, and special populations to ensure inclusivity and safety.
• Design and recommend health and safety programs, integrating strategies for a positive safety culture, leveraging leadership, and goal-setting for continuous improvement.