Upskilling @ Strathclyde Principles of Occupational Health & Wellbeing

What you'll learn

This course will introduce learners to the fundamental principles of occupational health, and wellbeing within the workplace.

The course will cover:

• occupational health & occupational hygiene, & the significance of work-place ill health
• how ill-health occurs across a range of hazards
• assessing & controlling chemical & biological hazards
• assessing & controlling physical & psychosocial hazards
• recognising the relationships & differences between wellbeing & occupational health

Delivery

This course will be delivered online over five weeks from Monday 13^th November – Friday 15^th December 2023. You can study from your own home at whatever time you choose during this period.

You will work through a range of videos, documents, recommended reading, forum work, and self-assessment quizzes.

Assessment

• at the end of each week of learning, you will be required to write a 300-word blog relating to the learning that took place that week (70%)
• at the end of the class, you will complete an online multiple choice test (30%)

Who can apply?

This course will be of interest to a wide variety of audiences, particularly people who have no formal training in safety-related matters in the workplace and would like to add this to their skills set.

Fully-funded places are available for applicants living in Scotland supported by the Scottish Funding Council.

What will I get at the end of the course?

This course is worth 10 credits at SCQF Level 7.

This module can be taken as a stand-alone module or together with Principles of Health & Safety Risk Management and Introduction to Human Factors.

Sign me up!

To reserve a place on this course, or if you'd like more information, get in touch with us at cll-upskilling@strath.ac.uk.