Post-bac Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Certificate Program Paul Bureau, AHS Lecturer CAHNR Workshop January 17, 2019

Need 2011 NIOSH Report A new report from NIOSH predicts that the national demand for occupational safety and health services will far exceed the number of professionals with the necessary training, education, and experience to provide them. The conclusion is based on a national survey. While employers plan to hire at least 25,000 OSH professionals in the next five years, only about 12,000 new graduates are expected from the academic programs that fill the need. According to NIOSH, these hiring estimates include new or replacement positions.

UCONN Post-bac OSH Certificate Program Online: 15 credits; 9 core and 6 elective Instructed by practitioners, most are adjunct faculty Student fees fund adjuncts Post-bac students ‘sit’ with undergraduate students Wide diversity of students Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD candidates Science & non-science academic backgrounds Some currently working in OSH, some not Numerous states, and Canada Spring 2019: 13 students in cohort

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Conclusions Program responds to a workforce development need Vast majority of conferred students are finding OSH work or taking on additional OSH responsibilities Adjunct faculty are financially supported by student fees CETL resources have been and are essential to program development, growth and success Very satisfying to assist non-traditional students in meeting career goals