Occupational health and safety management officer

Occupational safety plays an important role in workplaces, because healthy and motivated employees are essential to a successful business. In this course, you will learn how to properly plan, implement, and further develop an occupational safety management system to prevent workplace accidents and provide employees with optimal protection.

  • Certificates: Certificate "Occupational health and safety management representative with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification"
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeit mit Abschlusspräsentation
    Arbeitsschutzmanagement-Beauftragte:r mit TÜV Rheinland geprüfter Qualifikation
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 4 Weeks

Fundamentals (approx. 4 days)

Legal Foundations/Corporate Responsibility

Requirements, Standards, and Structure in Accordance with DIN ISO 45001

Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems

Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities in Occupational Health and Safety Management

First Aid Log and Accident Reports

Operating Instructions and Training

Duties and Services of Workers’ Compensation Insurance


Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Workplace and Occupational Safety (approx. 1 day)

Digitalization and Its Significance for Occupational Safety and Health

Opportunities and Risks of Digital Technologies for Healthy Workplaces

Legal Framework for the Use of AI


Occupational health and safety management (approx. 2 days)

Introduction of an occupational health and safety management system

Integration into other management systems: Harmonized Structure (HS) in HSQE management systems


Assessment of Risks and Opportunities (approx. 4 days)

Assessment of Risks and Opportunities

Product Safety Act, Machinery Directive

Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH)

Selected hazard factors, e.g., noise, electricity, and psychological stress

Personal protective measures

AI-assisted creation and updating of risk assessments

Digital tools, sensor technology, and early-warning systems for preventive risk detection

Automation of safety processes


Planning an Occupational Safety and Health Management System (approx. 3 days)

Process Model Based on the PDCA Cycle

Organizational Context

Stakeholder involvement

Industrial Safety Regulation (BetrSichV), Workplace Regulation (ArbStättV)

Planning of Objectives, Measures, and Resources in Occupational Safety and Health


Implementation of an Occupational Safety and Health Management System (approx. 3 days)

Objectives and Key Performance Indicators in Occupational Safety and Health

Documented Information from an Occupational Safety and Health Management System and Its Control

Monitoring, Improvement, and Further Development

Predictive Maintenance

AI-supported creation of audit checklists

Audits and Certification


Project work, certification preparation and certification examination "Occupational health and safety management officer with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)



Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.

This course prepares you to plan, implement, and further develop an occupational health and safety management system. You will be familiar with relevant occupational health and safety regulations and will be able to confidently apply appropriate tools and methods. In addition, you will be able to integrate the occupational safety and health management system based on the Harmonized Structure (HS) into other management systems, and you will have an overview of the opportunities, risks, and legal framework surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in occupational safety and health.

Members of works councils and staff councils, personnel development learners, management representatives, employees of employers' liability insurance associations and occupational health and safety authorities, external consultants in occupational health and safety.

Occupational health and safety management officers are primarily employed in larger companies or public institutions. They are also often employed by health insurance companies or healthcare providers.

After the course, you will be able to demonstrate your new skills with a TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

We will gladly advise you free of charge.

0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm
free of charge from all German networks.

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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.