Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health
(DOSH)
An advanced one-year professional programme developing comprehensive expertise in workplace risk architecture, occupational hygiene, ergonomic audits, and safety leadership.
Programme Overview
The Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is a professionally oriented programme designed to develop advanced knowledge and practical skills in workplace safety and occupational health.
The programme covers hazard identification, risk assessment, accident prevention, OSH compliance, occupational hygiene, ergonomics, emergency preparedness, safety performance and emerging workplace safety challenges. It prepares learners to contribute effectively to the development and maintenance of safe, healthy and productive workplaces across a wide range of industries.
What You Will Learn
Module Overview
The programme comprises 20 rigorous modules addressing core principles, specialized scientific studies, legal compliance, and an applied Capstone Project workplace audit.
Learn the fundamentals of OSH, safety culture, workplace responsibilities and modern safety management principles.
Understand physical, chemical, biological, mechanical, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards and their effects on workers and organizations.
Learn about accident causes, prevention, reporting, investigation, root cause analysis and safety performance indicators.
Understand OSH legislation, employer and employee responsibilities, workplace inspections, documentation and compliance.
Develop practical skills in hazard identification, risk evaluation, risk matrices and selection of appropriate control measures.
Learn how to prevent and control hazards through engineering controls, administrative controls, PPE, safe work procedures and monitoring.
Understand human factors, workstation design, manual handling and methods of reducing ergonomic risks.
Learn the fundamentals of occupational hygiene, workplace exposure, air quality, ventilation, noise and health monitoring.
Develop knowledge of fire prevention, emergency response, evacuation and basic emergency management.
Learn how to promote worker wellbeing, positive safety behaviour, employee engagement and safety leadership.
Understand fatigue, workload, human performance, energy expenditure and workplace factors affecting work capacity.
Learn about hazardous substances, routes of exposure, health effects and methods of controlling toxic exposures.
Understand workplace behaviour, occupational stress, fatigue, motivation, productivity and psychological wellbeing.
Learn about occupational diseases, prevention, health surveillance, rehabilitation and return-to-work practices.
Understand OSH considerations for young workers, pregnant employees, ageing workers, shift workers and employees with special needs.
Develop skills in maintaining occupational health information, incident records, safety data and workplace reports.
Learn about safety audits, performance indicators, corrective actions and continuous improvement.
Explore emerging OSH challenges including digitalization, automation, artificial intelligence, remote work, climate risks and sustainability.
Develop communication, leadership, teamwork, ethical awareness and professional competencies.
Apply programme knowledge by conducting a workplace safety audit, identifying risks and developing practical recommendations.