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Securing a site now or building the HSE trade

Two answers to industrial safety, depending on where you stand. A certificate of a few months to hold the safety of a site you already supervise, or a two-year programme that builds the complete trade. Here are their real volumes and fees.

Two moments of one responsibility

The certificate addresses a supervisor already in post: it installs risk assessment, work permits, lockout, event reporting and action plans, on the site you know. The programme builds the whole trade: regulation, ergonomics, environment, management systems, auditing, team leadership and indicator steering. The first acts on your workshop this quarter; the second opens management roles.

The certificate and the programme

CriterionCertificate in Industrial Site Safety ManagementHealth, Industrial Safety and Environment
What is awardedProfessional certificateBachelor's degree
Duration6 months2 years
Weekly workload12 h per week20 h per week
Teaching blocks47
Supervised hours180 h1200 h
Credits18 credits120 credits
Fees3 800 000 GNF in total5 400 000 GNF per year

Week and total volume, in figures

Certificate in Industrial Site Safety Management

per week
12 h

Health, Industrial Safety and Environment

per week
20 h

Certificate in Industrial Site Safety Management

supervised in total
180 h

Health, Industrial Safety and Environment

supervised in total
1200 h

What each one makes you able to run

Certificate in Industrial Site Safety Management

  • Run a risk analysis on a real workstation and get it accepted
  • Deliver a safety induction people actually listen to
  • Keep a training record that stands up to an auditor
  • Handle a near miss: reporting, analysis, corrective action, follow-up

Health, Industrial Safety and Environment

  • Run a risk assessment on a workstation and document it
  • Issue a work permit and see it respected
  • Run a safety talk that actually changes a behaviour
  • Produce the records a regulatory inspection requires

How to decide in three points

  • A team to make safe right now on a site you know: the certificate
  • A complete HSE role to hold tomorrow: the programme builds it
  • Your current week: the table gives both weekly loads
  • Certificate first, programme next, forms a coherent progression
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