Health and Safety - Professional Diploma

This programme qualifies for up to 100% funding under Springboard+. See fees section for more details. 

Springboard+ is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union. Please see www.EUFunds.ie for further details

Gain the expertise to promote and maintain health and safety in the workplace with UL’s one-year, part-time online Professional Diploma in Health and Safety. 

The programme equips students with the skills to prevent accidents and health problem by ensuring safety policies, practices and legislation are followed. 

It covers areas such as preparing health and safety policy, behavioural based safety, accident investigation, health and safety management systems, carrying out risk assessments, working with a range of people to provide a safe working environment and keeping up to date with new legislation. 

Lectures on the programme are delivered by Industry professionals sharing their expertise on day-to-day practices and future trends in the sector. 

This programme will earn 30 ECTS credits towards a Flexible Masters Pathway, allowing students to combine Postgraduate awards to achieve a Master’s over time. 

During this programme, you will:  

• Gain the skills to create, maintain and improve health and safety in the workplace.
• Develop an understanding of the principles and application of behaviour-based safety in managing workplace health and safety.
• Explore key legislative instruments of Irish occupational health and safety legislation and their application to several industrial sectors in Ireland.
• Learn how to integrate a health and safety management system into an organisation’s existing suite of management systems.