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Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
This short postgraduate course covers how to keep workplaces safe.
- How long it takes
- 1 year
- full time
- Level
- Graduate certificate
- University
- How you can study
- Online or on campus
- Taught by
- 2 providers
- NSW, WA
Is this course right for you?
What the Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety asks of you, and what you might want to check first.
It helps to have
- an interest in keeping people safe at work
- an eye for spotting hazards and risks
- good communication skills for talking with workers and managers
- a practical approach to solving problems
Before you start
Each provider sets its own entry requirements, so check the ones you are considering.
Where this course can take you
No job needs this course on its own, but it can help with the work below.
Jobs a degree can help with
None of these jobs needs a set qualification.
Injury Management Coordinator
Injury management coordinators run workers' compensation claims and keep an injured worker's recovery moving, working between the employer, the insurer and the treating doctors.
Median pay$59,800 (estimate)
Pay is the median for everyone in the job, and “In demand” means the job is on the national shortage list. Pay marked as an estimate is our own analysis, not a published figure.
Where you can study this course
There are 2 places you can study this course. When you compare them, check they teach it the way you want to study, how far you'd be from a campus, what it will cost you and what past students say about the teaching and support. They're listed by how often people search for them, and none of them pays to be here or to move up.
- Website for Curtin University (opens in a new tab)
Curtin University
Bentley, WA
4.2from 1,745 Google reviews
- How you study
- Online or on campus
- (full or part time)
What students like
- Staff are helpful and welcoming
- Support services help students through hard times
What to weigh up
- Enquiries can take a while to answer
- Course page for University of Wollongong (opens in a new tab)
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, NSW
4.3from 747 Google reviews
- How you study
- Online
- (full or part time)
What to weigh up
- Enrolment and admin can be slow
- Course and assessment changes can disrupt study
What you’ll learn
The main topics covered in the Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.
- Workplace risk management
- Safety management systems
- Workplace hazards and hygiene
- Ergonomics
- Accident prevention
Questions to ask before you enrol
Providers run this course differently, so the answers change from one to the next.
- When is the next intake, and how many are there each year?
- What is the total cost, including materials, checks and any placement costs?
- Can I study part time or online, and how does that change the length?
- Do the units count towards a higher qualification if I go on to study further?