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Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety [from 2021]

Entry Requirements

Description
Five subjects CSEC/IGCSE/GCE 'O' levels, Grades I to III inclusive of English Language and Mathematics.
Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.
Mature candidates aged 21 years and older with lesser qualifications must pass the UG entrance examination before being admitted into the programme.
Persons with ten or more years’ experience in Occupational Health and Safety who provide a portfolio will be admitted to the programme.
Any other qualification considered acceptable by the University of Guyana.

Courses

First Year Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
OHS1001 Language and Communication for OHS Professionals 10
OHS1003 Legal Aspects of Occupational Health and safety 6
OHS1002 Fundamentals of Occupational Health and Safety 6
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
OHS1006 Industrial First Aid 6
OHS1005 Basic Chemistry & Environmental Science 6
OHS1004 Basic Physics and Wellbeing 6

Second Year Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
OHS2002 Safety Technology: Electrical Engineering 6
OHS2001 Safety Technology: Mechanical Engineering 6
OHS2003 Safety Technology: Civil Engineering 6
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
OHS2004 Human Anatomy And Hygiene 10
OHS2006 Behavioral Aspects of Health and Safety 6
OHS2005 Epidemiology and Industrial Hygiene 6