The Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety are developed to provide learners who have or are looking to develop into a senior role in an organisation for managing health and safety policy and practice.
Learners will gain the skills and knowledge to understand the legal and regulatory background to occupational health and safety policy, to be able to assess policies, as well as to recommend and implement policy changes.
Learners will develop knowledge and skills relevant to putting policy into practice, utilising management systems, resources, risk and incident management, leadership, management and skills development.
Individuals successfully completing the diploma qualification will be eligible to apply for the Certified level of membership CertIOSH..
Entry requirements
For entry onto the OTHM Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety qualification, learners must possess:
English requirements: If a learner is not from a majority English-speaking country, they must provide evidence of English language competency.
ualification structure
The OTHM Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety consists of 7 mandatory units for
a combined total of 60 credits, 600 hours Total Qualification Time (TQT) and 220 Guided
Learning Hours (GLH) for the completed qualification
Mandatory units
Delivery
This course is delivered by tutor supported distance learning.
Learners have access to our learning management system (LMS) which contains:
Assessment
Each unit is assessed via submission of assignment tasks.
Duration
Learners have 18 months to complete this qualification.
Progression
Successful completion of a Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety provides learners with the knowledge, understanding and skills to be competent in a range of Occupational Health and Safety roles. Individuals who achieve the diploma qualification will be eligible to apply for Certified level of membership CertIOSH.
Those eligible for Certified membership can then undertake a period of Initial Professional Development which will require students to provide evidence of their practice skills in a skills development portfolio (IPD). At the end of this period there will be a professional review interview. After successful completion of this IPD process students will then be eligible for Chartered membership of IOSH (CMIOSH).
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