Diploma in Workplace Safety and Prevention Technician
Greater Sudbury, Canada
Diploma
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: This diploma trains you in occupational health and safety, risk management, accident prevention, safety audits, work refusals and industrial hygiene testing. You’ll study workplace wellness and HR management, learn with industry experts, and take core courses online with Lambton and Seneca Colleges. There’s a mandatory full-time 7-week placement in the fifth semester in key industries. Graduates qualify to write the Canadian Registered Safety Technician (CRST) examination.
Career Outcomes: You’ll be prepared for roles like safety technician, occupational health and safety officer, safety coordinator, safety inspector, loss-control specialist, industrial hygiene assistant, workplace wellness coordinator, compliance officer and HR health-and-safety advisor.
Employers across many industries are seeking trained specialists to promote healthier and safer workplaces. Build your knowledge and health and safety skills, including managing risk, accident prevention, safety audits, work refusals, and industrial hygiene tests. You’ll also join students from Lambton and Seneca Colleges online for many core courses.
Employers across many industries, including power generation, mining, forestry, construction, manufacturing, healthcare, and more are seeking trained specialists to promote healthier and safer workplaces. You’ll learn from leading industry experts from across the province to understand current occupational health and safety legislation and to identify, assess, and manage risks and hazards in a variety of work environments.
You’ll also train in areas of workplace wellness and human resource management. Learning will happen on campus, as well as virtually with several core courses delivered remotely in partnership with Lambton and Seneca Colleges. There is a mandatory full-time 7-week placement during the fifth semester in key industries. Graduates qualify to write the Canadian Registered Safety Technician (CRST) examination.
