The Professional Diploma in Safety, Health and Environmental Management (SHEM) is designed for existing safety practitioners, and is the first diploma level program offered online at this academic level. Students will find themselves stretched by new critical thinking skills, and bring a much richer professional perspective to their daily practice.

The SHEM program will provide students with the knowledge required to develop, implement, and evaluate occupational health and safety programs and systems in the workplace. Demand for competent health and safety practitioners is increasing steadily and is forecast to accelerate in the future. In today's competitive workforce, practitioners must bring not just life experience and motivation, but real, tangible educational credentials and skills.

The University of Fredericton's Institute of Professional Learning is pleased to offer a new Professional Diploma in Safety, Health and Environmental Management to augment the skills and knowledge of graduates of our Certificate in Health, Safety and Environmental Process (CHSEP) program or recognized equivalent. Students will begin the diploma program with pre-existing skills in incident causation theory, risk assessment and physical workplace controls as typically achieved through a certificate-level program.

This diploma will not only add to your existing skills, but stretch your breadth and depth of health and safety knowledge, increase your critical thinking skills, and help separate you from others in the Safety, Health and Environmental Management vocation.

The curriculum will challenge you academically, develop you professionally, and prepare you for further opportunities as they become available.