Qualified Registration MEN: 000347 of January 12, 2024
Expiration date: January 12, 2031
SNIES: 105064
Number of Credits: 35
WHY STUDY A SPECIALIZATION IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH?
Title
Specialist in Occupational Safety and Health
Duration
12 Months
Modality
Face-to-face
Encounters
Weekly
Fridays (5pm - 9pm) Saturdays (8am - 6pm)
Worth
$13.167.000 + Stamp 1%, applies to registration fee without discount

Meet our teaching staff
The Occupational Safety and Health specialist graduating from our institution will be characterized by:
- Identify and assess occupational risk factors that affect the worker's conditions.
- Design, implement and develop Occupational Health and Safety programs.
- Manage the insurance areas in Occupational Risk Administrators.
- To develop and create research projects on occupational risks that contribute to scientific production in the area of Occupational Safety and Health.
Once the academic program is completed, the student is able to opt for the respective degree through the Legal Act called DEGREE.
- Having completed and passed all valid subjects and modules required by the respective program.
- Having obtained a total weighted average of no less than three point five (3.5).
- Cancel the graduation fees required by the University, pro-culture stamp, photocopy of Identity Documents enlarged to 150% and be up to date with all concepts, with the University.
- Not to be involved in a disciplinary process or to be serving a serious sanction.
- Having completed the practical work and application required by the program.
- Comply with all the specific requirements of each program in addition to the general, mandatory requirements, which must be made known in a timely manner.
I SEMESTER
- Unisinú Chair
- Principles and Practice of Occupational Medicine
- Investigation methodology
- Occupational Health and Safety Standards
- Industrial Hygiene and Safety
- Occupational Diseases I
- Informatics and Biostatistics
- Epidemiology
- Ergonomics
II SEMESTER
- Thesis
- Occupational Health Surveillance
- Occupational Diseases II
- Occupational Respiratory Diseases
- Occupational medicine
- Occupational Health and Safety Management System
- Elective Practical Module
- Registration form duly completed, signed and with photos attached.
- Proof of payment for registration fees.
- Photocopy of Graduation Certificate and Professional Title Diploma. (Or certification that the graduation requirements are pending for undergraduate students of our University who choose the Coterminal option).
- Official transcript of grades for your entire undergraduate degree. (Not applicable if you are a graduate of our University).
- Photocopy of ID card enlarged to 150%.
- Resume with supporting documents. (Additional academic training and
work experience).
* Coterminal programs give undergraduate students at our university the opportunity to complete the first semester of a postgraduate program, whether a specialization or a master's degree, while finishing their undergraduate studies, fulfilling the graduation requirement to obtain their professional title and simultaneously advancing their postgraduate studies.
REGISTRATION AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN APPLICANTS
- Registration form: Completed
- Proof of payment: For registration fees.
- University degree: Undergraduate degree (professional career) apostilled by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the relevant entity in the country of origin, or
sealed by the Consul of Colombia, apostilled or with an apostille from The Hague. - Academic grades: Undergraduate transcript and grading scale
weighing. - Resume: Updated and verifiable supporting documents
- Language: If your native language is not Spanish, you must demonstrate proficiency in the
language, a B1 or B2 level of Spanish proficiency (upper-intermediate) certification
according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) - Specific requirements: Depending on the postgraduate program, an interview may be required.
ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGNERS
- Once admitted to the program, you must submit the following documents to formalize your application.
tuition: - Identity document: Copy of passport.
- Visa: Copy of the Visa (must allow higher education activities in
Colombia) and the Foreigner's Identification Card. - Health insurance: Health insurance policy with full coverage globally or in Colombia
for the entire duration of your studies
Important note! Documents issued in a language other than Spanish must include
official translation.
The Occupational Health and Safety Specialist can develop and ensure compliance with regulations and performs the following functions:
- Director or coordinator of occupational safety and health in companies
- Consultant or advisor to companies and institutions providing occupational safety and health services.
- Program Director for promotion and prevention in occupational risk management companies.
- Director in the areas of assurance in occupational risk management companies.
- Coordinator of research projects in occupational risks
The degree work for specializations is individual and aims to systematize and apply the skills accumulated in a topic of interest in the area of specialization.
All final degree projects for Postgraduate programs must comply with the rules and guidelines set out in the protocol for degree projects.
Everything related to the intellectual property of the original results obtained by the student in their final work or thesis must be in accordance with the provisions of national and international laws and the statutes of the University.
No student may receive a degree while under disciplinary probation or with outstanding financial obligations to the Institution.
- 100% Interview
Program Coordinator
Dr. Leidys Judith Salamanca Martínez
Dentist and Business Administrator, Specialist in Integrated HSEQ Management, Specialist in Health Services Management, Master in Management Systems, with 17 years of experience in the private sector / Consultant in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS), Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, advisor for the Uniform Registry of Contractors (RUC®), quality in health, in the public sector as a contractor for the development of OHSMS programs. Auditor of Integrated Management Systems under ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 18000:2015 standards. Undergraduate and postgraduate professor.
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