University of Quebec Trois Rivieres: The University of Quebec Trois Rivieres (UQTR), located in Trois-Rivieres, Canada, is a multidisciplinary institution known for its quality education and research. UQTR offers a wide range of programs in arts, sciences, business, health, and engineering. The university emphasizes practical training, research collaborations, and community engagement to enhance the learning experience and contribute to regional development.

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This program, unique in Quebec, promotes the technical approach in solving problems relating to the design and management of processes and organizations aimed at ensuring a healthy and safe environment for industrial workers. The correction at the source of any potential aggressor to the health and safety of workers occupies a prominent place in the vast majority of the lessons provided in the program. Risk prevention first assumes a fundamental identification and a scientific evaluation of the components of the industrial environment and a rigorous and effective control of the operations and processes involved. The program aims precisely to develop such skills in the student. The program is developed based on the requirements of the Canadian Council of Registered Safety Professionals (CCPSA) with the objective of facilitating the obtaining of the Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)/Professionnel en sécurité agréé du Canada (PSAC) certification. Program Objectives This program focuses on the acquisition of knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for the design and rational management of techniques, processes and organizations aimed at ensuring a healthy and safe environment for industrial workers. The acquisition of knowledge is aimed at the laws, regulations and standards aimed at the quality of the working environment, the interaction between man and the environment, industrial processes and operations, as well as the nature of the various components of the environment. industrial. The program also aims to develop the skills necessary for the evaluation and control of the components of the industrial environment, for the design and management of prevention programs and for the design of industrial operations and processes based on the well-being of the worker. The knowledge, skills and abilities acquired will allow the graduate of the program to work effectively in the The intervention of this specialist will be at the level of planning, management, development of techniques, processes and organizations aimed at improving the quality of life of the person at work by reducing the risks of accidents and industrial diseases. Show less

Compulsory courses (36 credits)

The student must take the following courses (36 credits):

ERN6004 Ergonomic design of tasks and workstations
GIA6010 Evaluation and control of physical agents in the workplace
GIA6022 Assessment of air quality in the workplace
GIA6025 Technical aspects of security
GIA6028 Thermal stress, ventilation and personal protection
GIA6029 Occupational health and safety legislation and management
GIA6060 Machine risk and safety analysis
GIA6091 Higher cycle integration internship in industrial safety and hygiene (9 credits)
GIA6092 Post-Graduate Synthesis Activities in Industrial Safety and Hygiene (6 credits)

Optional courses (6 to 9 credits)

The student must choose 6 to 9 optional course credits from the prescribed list of graduate-level activities.

ECL6008 Introduction to environmental issues
ECL6015 Introduction to environmental methods
ERN6005 Cognitive ergonomics and interface design
GAE6004 Strategic management of SMEs
GAE6010 Management of technology implementation projects
GIA6077 Asset management and optimization of reliability and maintenance systems
HRM6009 Manage staffing and mobilize human resources
MBA6004 Mobilizing leadership
MBA6007 Strategic human resource management
MBA6010 supply chain management
MBA6011 Social responsibility and sustainable development
MGP7112 Project design

Complementary courses (0 to 3 credits)

Depending on the number of optional courses taken, the student can choose up to three credits from other undergraduate or graduate activities at UQTR, with the approval of the program director.

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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