OTHM stands for the Organization for Tourism and Hospitality Management, a UK-based awarding body offering various qualifications across multiple disciplines. OTHM qualifications are recognized globally and cater to students and professionals seeking to enhance their skills and advance their careers in different sectors. This article explores the full form of OTHM and provides an overview of some of the key diploma programs they offer.
OTHM Level 7 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management (GRADIOSH) – IOSH Accredited
Aspiring health and safety professionals can earn the OTHM Level 7 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management.
It is intended for students who are in charge of creating and implementing health and safety policies daily in an organization.
They are probably managers who want to expand their capabilities and knowledge.
The OTHM Level 7 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management is designed to help managers who have the power and personality to turn organizational strategy into successful operational performance strengthen their occupational health and safety management skills.
This certification represents contemporary methods in occupational health and safety management and allows learners to develop and enhance their knowledge of workplace occupational health and safety.
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The curriculum covers a wide range of interdisciplinary themes, including sustainability and ethics as well as health and safety management systems, strategic risk response, and workplace welfare methods.
In the framework of a health and safety setting, the Advanced Research Methods unit will enable learners to gain a critical grasp of the philosophical, practical, and ethical ideas of research.
With the right tools and incentives, learners will be able to become autonomous, self-directed learners who can keep growing, evolving, and reflecting on practice throughout their careers.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- The relevant qualifications are necessary for enrolment into the OTHM Level 7 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management program:
- a Level 6 qualification, such as the Occupational Health and Safety Management Level 6 Diploma, or an equivalent Level 6 qualification, at a minimum
- a degree with honours and sector competence in occupational health and safety.
- At the start of the course, learners must be 21 years of age or older.
English requirements: If a learner is not from a nation where English is the primary language, they must show proof of their proficiency in the language. Visit our English Language Expectations page at www.othm.org.uk for further details.
EQUIVALENCES:
On the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), the OTHM Level 7 diplomas are equivalent to master’s degrees. They are, however, shorter (120 credits), and students must continue with the institution through the dissertation stage (60 credits) to complete a full master’s degree.
QUALIFICATION STRUCTURE:
The 6 essential courses that make up the OTHM Level 7 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management include 120 credits, 1200 hours of Total Qualification Time (TQT), and 600 hours of Guided Learning (GLH) when the qualification is successfully completed.
MANDATORY UNITS:
DURATION AND DELIVERY:
The certification is flexible in how it is delivered to allow for part-time and distance learning in addition to being designed to be completed over the course of one academic year for full-time study.
The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.
ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION:
The centre conducts internal assessments of each unit for this qualification, and OTHM does an external verification. The credentials are based on the accomplishment of all the predetermined learning outcomes and are criteria referenced.
Learners must present proof that they have satisfied all learning outcomes and complete all assessment criteria requirements in order to receive a “pass” for a unit. The Assessor decides whether or not the Learners successfully met the assessment requirements.
An audit trail should be provided by the assessor to demonstrate the decision-making process used to determine the learners’ overall success.
PROGRESSIONS:
The OTHM Level 7 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management qualification enables learners to progress into or within employment and continue their further study.
This qualification is approved and regulated by Ofqual (Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulation), where appropriate learners are eligible to progress to Master’s top-up at many universities in the UK and overseas with advanced standing. For more information visit the University Progressions page on this website.
Links to Other OTHM Occupational Health and Safety Programmes
OTHM Level 3 Technical Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Health and Safety – Level 6 Qualifications – IOSH Accredited
Individuals who achieve the qualification will be eligible to apply for a Certified level of membership Grad IOSH. Those eligible for Certified membership can then undertake a period of Initial Professional Development which will require students to provide evidence of their practice skills in a skills development portfolio (IPD). At the end of this period there will be a professional review interview. After successful completion of this IPD process students will then be eligible for Chartered membership of IOSH (CMIOSH).