Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

Note: This programme may have an on-campus or in-person requirement and therefore requires that students submit a current My Vaccine Pass on enrolment.

Transfer your learning to your workplace

Occupational health and safety (OHS) has become an integral part of business in New Zealand. With a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) you can help improve the effects of the working environment on the health and wellbeing of workers.

We spend a third of our lives at work, so workplaces contribute significantly to our health. Injuries and ill-health are two problems all workers potentially face. If you want a career that helps to reduce that burden on individuals and the nation, then this is the qualification for you.

This is a professional qualification designed to provide advanced education in the fields of safety management, occupational health, environmental control, loss control, and occupational hygiene.

You will learn how to create healthy workplaces, including improving the inter-relationship of people at work, the work they do, and their working environment.

The Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety can lead to or enhance many careers. Our graduates are working as:

• health and safety managers
• staff of WorkSafe New Zealand and ACC
• occupational health and safety consultants
• occupational health nurses
• medical practitioners involved in occupational medicine
• environmental health, air pollution and noise control specialists
• occupational hygienists
• designing engineers
• human resource managers and advisors.

For information on prior learning, exemptions and transfer of credit or other questions:

• review the Recognition of Prior Learning regulations
• contact us through the Enquire button on this page.