Advance your expertise and organizational impact with our Professional Certificate programs! Designed for occupational health and safety practitioners seeking specialized skills, these courses cover advanced disciplines. They range from emergency response and industrial hygiene to total worker health and green chemistry sustainable practices.
Today's safety professionals must do more than manage hazards—they must lead people, influence decisions, and drive organizational change. Developed through a partnership between the University of Washington Occupational Safety & Health Continuing Education program and the University of Washington Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking, the Leadership Foundations certificate builds practical skills in leadership, team effectiveness, communication, trust, strategic thinking, and organizational change. Gain the tools needed to increase your influence, strengthen workplace culture, and create safer, more effective organizations across any sector.
Professional Certificate Programs
Build a solid safety foundation for incident command roles. Augment your FEMA training with the skills needed to protect workers during all phases of emergency response operations.
Leadership Foundations for Occupational Health and Safety
Leadership skills to effectively influence others and navigate workplace changes, even without formal authority. Designed for health and safety professionals across all sectors. Click the link below to register.
Learn to implement the Total Worker Health® approach. Understand key determinants of physical and psychological well-being at work to build safer, healthier interdisciplinary workplace teams.
Green Chemistry & Chemical Stewardship Online
Explore green chemistry principles and toxicology to reduce chemical hazards. Learn to implement sustainable business solutions and become an effective change agent in your workplace.