Course Details
- Course Code: OS-TT-VDS301
- Mode of Delivery: Onsite
- Duration: 36 Months
- Price: On Request
Occupational Health & Safety
Course Overview
The programme is a three-year course. The first year is the foundation, where candidates are immersed in subjects like communication skills, soft skills, work ethics, engineering maths and science, as well as technical & practical skills relevant to their chosen field. These subjects will prepare them for more specialised units as they progress to the next year. Year 2 is the Core Specialisation which exposes students to a more specialised field of trade. Year 3 is the Advanced Specialisation which takes students further to their specialised units. Core and specialist units engage them to be more industry-ready or university qualified.
Those with a General Education Certificate who wish to pursue vocational studies.
Candidates looking for admission to the programme must have attained at least a General Education Diploma (Grade 12) from the Sultanate of Oman or its equivalent qualification approved by the Omani MoHERI (Ministry of Higher Education Research and innovation) In all cases, it is required for the candidates to undergo a pre-assessment to establish their current academic level, especially in English, Engineering Mathematics, Science and ICT.
Candidates on successful completion of the three-year programme are entitled to a ‘Vocational Diploma” attested by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
Other Details
Indicative Modules Only
Safe Working Procedures Module
- Safe work procedures
- Legal responsibilities for safe working procedures
- Developing safe working procedures
- Communicating safe working procedures
- Assessing safe working procedures
- Workplace information sources
- Dealing with, or promptly reporting relevant hazards and risks
Promoting HSE Culture in the Workplace Module
- Health, safety and environment culture and climate
- Indicators for determining health, safety and environment culture
- Barriers to a positive health, safety and environment culture
- Promoting a positive health, safety and environment culture
- Engaging and communicating with employees and others
- The main legal responsibilities for health, safety and environment
- Dealing with, or promptly reporting relevant hazards and risks
Investigating Incidents and observations at Work Module
- Reasons for investigating incidents and observations
- Incident reporting
- Incident causation models
- Which events should be investigated?
- Incident investigation teams
- Investigation tools and techniques
- Interviewing witnesses
- Improvement strategies and action planning
By the end of the course the candidate will be able: (Indicative Objectives Only)
- To communicate efficiently and effectively in an engineering environment.
- To communicate efficiently and effectively in an engineering environment through IT skills.
- To develop knowledge and practical application of statutory regulations and organizational safety requirements to enable them to work safely.
- To develop the required level of competence and understanding of different working environments.
- To develop the required level of competence and understanding of basic health, safety and environment.
- To develop their ability to promote a health, safety and environment culture in the workplace.
- To raise their ability to effectively communicate health, safety and environment systems information.
- To implement and review proactive monitoring systems for health, safety and environment.