AIHA’s Certificate in Management for Industrial Hygienists and Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Professionals
AIHA’s Certificate in Management program is comprised of three tracks: communications, leadership, and finance. The program offers core business competencies to industrial hygienists and occupational and environmental health and safety professionals who often have significant technical and scientific backgrounds, but request more offerings to improve their management skills so they can better manage the business aspects of their careers.
Add to your technical expertise by thinking and acting like a manager. Learn how to lead, how to communicate with staff and other managers, and how to think and speak in financial terms executive management can understand.
Courses may be completed in any order and formal recognition is offered once a participant has completed all core tracks.
Core Courses / Tracks
Management Course I
Improving Communication Effectiveness for the IH Manager and OEHS Professional
This communication course has helped thousands achieve greater success. Today, success in business and industry increasingly depends upon ability to communicate skillfully. This powerful action-oriented workshop establishes the ground rules for communication success early in the program. Participants learn to navigate the minefield of communication and develop crucial success skills for the job and organizational effectiveness.
Offered at AIHce 2007 June 2-3 in Philadelphia. Click here for more information
Management Course II
Action Tools for Successful OEHS Management and Leadership (formerly General Management and Leadership)
This course provides powerful action tools and best management practices to improve your leadership image, managerial effectiveness, and organizational results. You will learn to understand your role as a technical manager when leading a professional staff as well as learn to motivate scientists and technical professionals for top performance.
Offered at PCIH 2007 October 20-21 in Louisville.
Management Course III
Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting for NonFinancial Managers
This course focuses on helping industrial hygienists and occupational and environmental health and safety professionals develop an understanding and awareness of financial information. All business activity ultimately relates to having the appropriate financial information available and knowing how to use it intelligently—the keys to enhanced management performance. This course will look at ratios as financial indicators, the evaluation process for product and business profitability, return on investment analysis, financial communication, and analysis of customers and competitors.
Elective Course
Management Course IV
Finance and Accounting for NonFinancial Manager - Intermediate
This course builds on how to establish financial policy and report on the performance of your department in financial terms. Participants will learn to interpret and analyze financial data and convey credibility. With today’s income shortfalls and unmet forecasts, correctly interpreting financial information is critical to your success.