Bachelor of Applied Management (Occupational Health and Safety Management major)
Business & Management
A course by
SIT
A three-year online bachelor's degree preparing graduates for management roles in occupational health and safety through a combination of business management and specialised OHS content.
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Core skills this course teaches
Develop professional and personal management skills
Be able to effectively communicate, solve problems, and present information in a business context.
Apply knowledge of occupational health and safety management
Understand and implement strategies, systems, and interventions to enhance safety and health in workplaces.
About This Course
The Bachelor of Applied Management (Occupational Health and Safety Management major) blends theoretical business management learning with practical occupational health and safety (OHS) expertise. The degree is designed to equip graduates with professional, interpersonal, and applied OHS management skills for success in diverse business environments. It emphasises soft skills (communication, business writing, presentation, problem solving) and specific knowledge in OHS strategies, systems, training, leadership, and intervention. The programme is delivered via distance learning and takes approximately three years full-time or up to ten years part-time.
Course Content
- Applied management principles
- Introduction to human resource management
- Applied marketing
- Accounting
- Business communications
- Quality management
- Workplace relationships
- Leadership
- Project management
- Occupational health and safety strategies and organisational systems
- OHS training strategies and evaluation
- OHS management practice leadership
- OHS strategic planning and performance measurement
- OHS intervention programme design and evaluation
- Risk management and quality
- Health and safety in employment
- Employment relations
- Organisational behaviour
- Strategic planning
- Research methodology
- Business ethics
- Occupational health strategic management
- Occupational safety strategic management
- Management research project or OHS internship
Entry Requirements
Build towards these roles
Occupational health and safety management rolesGeneral managementProduction managementHuman resource management
Build skills in these industries
Occupational Health and SafetyBusiness Management
