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Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

A Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety covers how workplaces identify and control hazards, manage risk and meet their legal duties to workers.

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How long it takes
1 year
full time
Level
Graduate diploma
University
Leads on to
Safety Consultant
$118,800 median pay
Taught by
5 providers
4 states and territories

Is this course right for you?

What the Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety asks of you, and what you might want to check first.

Before you start

Each provider sets its own entry requirements, so check the ones you are considering.

Where this course can take you

Jobs this qualification is a recognised route into, and the study that can follow it.

Jobs you can do with it

  • Safety Consultant

    Safety consultants assess the hazards in a workplace and advise the business on the controls and systems it needs to meet work health and safety law.

    What else you need

    Consulting roles usually also look for several years of practical safety experience. Employer requirements vary.

    Median pay$118,800

  • Work Health and Safety Officer

    Work health and safety officers watch how work is actually carried out, spotting hazards on site and making sure the rules meant to prevent injuries hold up in practice.

    What else you need

    Complete the safety coursework and build workplace experience. Some industries and employers ask for additional site-specific tickets or licences.

    Median pay$118,800

  • Environment, Health and Safety Manager

    Environment, health and safety managers design and oversee the systems that keep workplaces safe and meet environmental obligations.

    A step towards this job. What else you need

    Median pay$96,200 (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 5 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.

What you’ll learn

The main topics covered in the Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety.

  • Work health and safety law
  • Hazard identification and risk assessment
  • Ergonomics and occupational hygiene
  • Safety management systems
  • Incident investigation

Questions to ask before you enrol

Providers run this course differently, so the answers change from one to the next.

  1. When is the next intake, and how many are there each year?
  2. What is the total cost, including materials, checks and any placement costs?
  3. Can I study part time or online, and how does that change the length?
  4. Do the units count towards a higher qualification if I go on to study further?

The Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS), published by the Australian Government Department of Education. Google reviews. Pay and shortage status from Jobs and Skills Australia.