Specialization in Occupational Health and Safety Management

Specialization in Human Talent Management

SNIES: 111117
Qualified record: Resolución No. 007564 del 3 de mayo de 2022
Validity: 7 years
Duration: 2 Semesters
Number of credits: 28 credits
Value 2024: $7.813.260 per semester

The changes and policies generated by the International Labor Organization and the World Health Organization as well as the current legislation not only suggest the need, but also the duty to develop occupational health and safety management systems in companies focused on health promotion and prevention of work-related diseases and accidents with a management approach to facilitate the planning management organization and control of actions carried out and their impact in the business context.

The Specialization in Occupational Health and Safety Management given by The Fundación Universitaria María Cano seeks to train leading specialist in technical and management process in the Occupational Health and Safety Management System favoring the quality of life of the working populationand, therefore, the productivity of organizations, by improving the levels of competitiveness of the regions, the country, and the world.

Andrés Mauricio Zapata Escobar
Specialization Coordinator
E-mail : especializaciongsst@fumc.edu.co

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    Admission Profile

    El aspirante a ingresar a la Especialización Gerencia de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de la Fundación Universitaria María Cano deberá ser un profesional de áreas de las ciencias de la salud, ciencias sociales y humanas, ciencias administrativas e Ingeniería, que posea responsabilidad, compromiso, ética, con excelentes habilidades comunicativas y apropiadas relaciones interpersonales, las cuales le permitan interactuar con calidez y amabilidad con sujetos y grupos, así como trabajar en equipo, sensibilidad ante la singularidad del ser humano como ser social, espiritual y político, formación en valores que le permite actuar ética y cívicamente en sociedad.

    The applicant to the Specialization in Occupational Health and Safety Management of The Fundación Universitaria María Cano must be a professional in the areas of Health Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Management Sciences and Engineering who has responsibility, commitment, ethics, excellent communication skills and appropriate interpersonal relationships, which allow him/her to interact with warmth and kindness with individuals and groups, as well as teamwork, sensitivity to the uniqueness of human beings as social, spiritual and political beings, training in values that allows him/her to act with ethics and civic responsibility in society.

    Professional profile 

    The Specialist in Occupational Safety and Health Management graduated from the Fundación Universitaria María Cano is recognized for having management and leadership skills for the design, implementation, adaptation and evaluation of Occupational Safety and Health Systems in organizations, as well as making decisions and actions of anticipation and prevention and intervention of multifactorial problems, creating solutions, projects and innovative tools that allow the assurance of productivity, sustainability and business and social development of the country.

    Occupational Profile 

    The Specialist in Occupational Safety and Health Management of the Fundación Universitaria María Cano will be able to work as:

    • Manager, Director and/or coordinator or responsible for occupational safety and health systems in public, private and mixed organizations of all economic sectors.
    • Manager, Director and/or Area Coordinator of Labor Risk Administrators.
    • Members of National and Regional Boards of Disability and Occupational Medical Qualification of EPS, IPS, AFP, ARL, and exceptional regimes.
    • Specialized professional in the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Ministry of Labor.
    • Advisor or consultant in Occupational Health and Safety issues and in the design, implementation and control of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System.
    • Auditor of occupational health and safety systems.

    Curriculum

    Study Plan

    Content

    Financial Management 2
    Project Management 2
    Strategic Management 2
    Management Skills 2
    Epidemiology in Safety and Health at Work 2
    Theoretical and legal foundation of Occupational Health and Safety at Work 2
    Research Seminar I 1

    Credits: 13

    Innovation and Entrepreneurship Management 2
    Working Conditions 2
    Occupational Health and Safety Management System 2
    Occupational Medicine 2
    Integral Risk Management 2
    Ergonomic and Psychosocial Conditions 1
    Elective 2
    Research Seminar II 2

    Credits: 15