Curriculum

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

Apply occupational health and safety legislation and enforcement measures to support workplace safety and compliance;

Assess hazards and controls related to workplace tools, substances, equipment, machinery, vehicles, and processes to protect workers;

Conduct basic workplace safety inspections, incident investigations and safety-related analyses as part of a safety program;

Conduct risk assessments, apply risk control processes, and implement hazard communication to protect workers;

Implement occupational hygiene prevention and protection programs in compliance with best practices to protect workers;

Implement workplace health and wellness practices and programs to achieve organizational goals;

Apply ergonomic practices in the workplace to support worker health and safety;

Implement basic fire safety programs and fire prevention procedures to protect workers and comply with relevant codes and legislation;

Communicate occupational health and safety information to meet the needs of internal and external audiences;

Deliver routine occupational health and safety training programs based on needs analyses and adult learning principles to support organizational goals;

Conduct basic health and safety audits of inspection systems, compliance systems and management systems to support continuous improvement;

Evaluate the role and obligations of certified occupational health and safety technicians in the application of ethics principles and relevant codes of practice to uphold professional standards.

Program Outcome

OSSD (with courses from the College (C), University (U), University/College (M), or Open (O) stream), or 

Students who do not have a high school diploma may wish to consider taking the Academic and Career Entrance (ACE) grade 12 Equivalency Certificate.

It is recommended that students in the Academic and Career Entrance Certificate (ACE) program take a Technical or Apprenticeship Mathematics course within the ACE program.

Where the number of eligible applicants exceeds the available spaces in the program, the Applicant Selection Criteria will be:

Preference for Permanent Residents of Ontario

Receipt of Application by February 1st (After this date, Fanshawe College will consider applicants on a first-come, first-served basis until the program is full)

Achievement in the Admission Requirements

Admission to the Fanshawe College Pre-Technology program does not guarantee admission in a subsequent year to the Welding Techniques program. Successful completion of the Fanshawe College Pre-Technology program, however, does enable the student to be given additional consideration when applying to the Welding Techniques program. The Pre-Technology program is the preferred designated preparatory program for admission to the Welding Techniques program.

Admissions Option 2

Certificate

Master

Engineering Studies

Safety Engineering

Occupational Safety and Health

Fanshawe College is a large, publicly-funded college located in London, Ontario, Canada – approximately a two-hour drive from Toronto and Niagara Falls. There are 21,000 full-time students, including more than 7,500 international students from more than 100 countries.

College Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety

Introduction

Curriculum

Level 1

Level 2

Program Outcome

Admissions

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