Higher Education and Continuing Education Courses

N.C. Industrial Commission webmaster Robert W. McDowell last updated this list of workers’ compensation- and safety-related Higher Education Courses and Continuing Education Courses on 21 July 2009. Please e-mail any comments and suggestions for additional sites to:

Robert.McDowell@ic.nc.gov/

Higher education and continuing education courses include:

Higher Education Courses

• N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University Occupational Safety and Health Program—http://www.ncat.edu/~sot/DEPARTMENTS/OSH/index.html
  “The program in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) is concerned with the anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of occupational safety and health hazards associated with mechanical systems, material handling, electrical systems, chemical processes, and illustrates controls through engineering revision, safeguarding and personal protective equipment.”

• N.C. Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center—http://osherc.sph.unc.edu/
  “One of 16 regional education and research centers (ERCs), the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center is situated in the North Carolina Institute for Public Health, part of the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers were established by NIOSH to assure an ample supply of well-trained professionals in the area of occupational safety and health.”
   
• Safety and Health Management Systems for Small Businesses (SHMS)—http://www.ies.ncsu.edu/safetyhealthmgmt
  “Now, any business of any size can invest in safety. This FREE classroom-quality, self-instructional training program on Safety and Health Management Systems for Small Businesses can help you implement an SHMS that ... easy to develop, inexpensive, can usually be done in-house, reflects your way of doing business, and based on specific needs of your workplace.”

• Continuing Education Courses will be posted when received.