Safety Health & Wellbeing at Work

With society's focus intensifying on health, including workers’ health, the Centre for Safety and Health at Work (CSHW) continues to meet the needs of industry using blended online platforms and flexible teaching programmes to cover key contemporary issues.

The Higher Diploma in Safety, Health and Wellbeing at Work is especially suitable for persons with a professional interest in, and responsibility for, safety and health in the workplace. These include safety advisors, managers, engineers, occupational hygienists, physicians and nurses. The Higher Diploma is recognised by the UK Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) as an academic qualification for granting Chartered Membership of the Institution. See the IOSH website for further information.

The Higher Diploma programme is designed to be completed over two full years (6 trimesters), September to Mid July each year.

The provisionally scheduled Orientation day for 2024/25 intake, will be 6th September, 2024.

Lectures will normally be held on Fridays (9 am – 5 pm) in Year 1 and on Tuesdays (9 am – 5 pm) in Year 2.

Programme assessment strategies are normally work-related and include continuous assessment, assignments, projects and examinations. Assignments, project work and self-directed learning will be required during the summer trimester. between the two academic years of study and in the final summer trimester at the end of the programme.

You must pass Stage 1 before you can progress to Stage 2.

Modules include:

OSH Professional Skills 1
Safety and Health Legislation
Health and Safety Management
Occupational Health
Occupational Hygiene
OSH Literature Review
Statistics in Health and Safety
Human and Organisational Behaviour at Work
OSH Professional Skills 2
Chemical Safety and Toxicology
Safety Technology
Occupational Safety and Health Project

Applicants must be at least 23 years of age and have as a minimum 3 years work experience at the time of application.

Priority is given to those active in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH).

You should have educational qualifications of at least matriculation standard (Leaving Certificate with two honours, or equivalent) including demonstrable knowledge of Physics, Chemistry or Biology.

In exceptional cases, applicants who do not meet the matriculation requirements, but who have relevant work experience, may be considered on mature grounds. Such candidates will be asked to include a mature applicant portfolio to support their application. A portfolio would normally include evidence of successful completion of a course, which may approximate matriculation, and/or experience and training in OSH, and evidence of a good understanding of the basic sciences. Applicants applying on mature grounds must be working in the area of Occupational Safety and Health. If you are considering submitting a portfolio, contact the programme coordinator at cshw@ucd.ie

The following entry routes are available:

HDip Safety, Health and Well-Being at Work PT (SHS5)

Undergraduate Cert and Diploma

Duration 2 Years
Attend Part Time
Deadline 31-JUL-2024

You apply using the UCD online application system. The closing date for 2024/25 applications is 31st July 2024.

Simply click here and follow the instructions. Completed applications will be assessed promptly. Before you submit your application, please ensure you upload the relevant documents and provide information that is requested to support your application.

As part of the application process, you must submit the following online:

CV (maximum 2 pages).

Copies of leaving certificate (or equivalent) or post-leaving certificate diploma or degree parchments, as well as transcripts of associated results.

If you are applying on mature grounds, you must submit a mature student portfolio.

If your first language is not English, you submit the original certificate of completion of an English test.

Please note, your application will be reviewed after all the necessary documents are submitted. An online non-refundable application fee applies.

Canvassing by applicants, or any other person on their behalf, will disqualify.

2 years part-time.
MODE OF DELIVERY: Face-to-Face

NEXT INTAKE: 2024/2025 September.

Careers & Employability
There is currently an abundance of richly rewarding opportunities for those qualified in health and safety management. On completion of this programme, successful candidates will have met the academic competency requirements to manage occupational safety and health in a variety of workplace settings. Work experience and additional professional qualifications will determine the level of competency for any individual professional. Successful completion of the programme qualifies candidates to apply for graduate membership of IOSH and, subject to experience and other entry requirements, diplomates may become a chartered member of the Institute (CMIOSH) and use the title Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner.