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
Emergency Safety Specialist Certificate
This certificate program provides a solid foundation in safety for Safety Officers, Assistant Safety Officers, and other positions in an incident command structure. This program is intended to augment training taken through FEMA, in order to provide skills and knowledge necessary to ensure the safety of workers participating in all phases of an incident/emergency response.
Leadership Foundations for Occupational Health and Safety Certificate
In today's fast-paced workplace, we are constantly adapting to new technology, evolving team dynamics, and frequent staff changes. Navigating these changes can be particularly challenging for Health and safety professionals especially when the need is to influence others sometimes without formal authority. This certificate program is designed to enhance leadership knowledge, skills, and practices in all sectors. Click the link below to register.
Total Worker Health Certificate
The Certificate in Total Worker Health ® is designed to offer occupational safety and health professionals and students an understanding of the Total Worker Health (TWH) approach, and to be competent to begin to implement its concepts within organizations. It provides information on the key determinants of physical and psychological health encountered at work, and how to be better equipped to act on these determinants as part of an interdisciplinary workplace team.
Green Chemistry & Chemical Stewardship Online Certificate
In this three-course program, take your competitive edge further by exploring the guiding principles of green chemistry and real-world examples of innovation. This certificate will cover key concepts in toxicology to better understand how to reduce hazards in chemical and product design. Examine the business drivers and barriers that influence the implementation of sustainable solutions along with leadership and engagement strategies to become an effective change agent in your workplace.