Occupational Safety Management and Risk Assessment
38.04.01 In Russian
Level of education Master
Type of instruction Full-time
Duration 2 years
Programme description
- The Master’s Degree Programme in «Occupational Safety and Occupational Risk Management» is based on the concept of the human-centred economy in the conditions of the digital transformation of business and the requirements of the transition to sustainable development of the economy and society, which requires not only the digital restructuring of production and business processes, but also the safe and effective involvement of people in them, ensuring economic growth in the conditions of a responsible attitude towards the natural and social environment
- The programme focuses on training and research in key OSH areas such as working conditions and safety, OSH legislation and industrial relations, digital culture, personality diagnostics in organisations, economic risks of post-industrial society, workplace design, ergonomics, organisational change management
- The market demands professionals who are able to calculate production and business processes based on their resource support, as well as to organise the economic process in a manner that considers human resources in a careful and rational manner. This can lead the company to a new stage of development
- The programme’s mission is to provide training for highly qualified specialists in occupational safety and occupational risk management, human resource management specialists who are prepared to assess sustainability risks on modern environmental, social and corporate governance agendas and identify economically viable solutions at various management levels (corporate, regional and state)
The programme is suitable for:
- Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s degree graduates in economics, management, sociology, jurisprudence and other social science majors who require a more in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of labour management and occupational safety. This programme is designed for those who wish to develop their careers Senior and middle managers
- Graduates of technical and IT specialities who require knowledge in economics and management
- HR managers seeking to enhance their expertise in occupational safety and occupational risk management
- Entrepreneurs
Main courses
- Economics and sociology of labour
- The legal framework governing labour protection and labour relations
- Digital culture: technology and security
- Occupational health and safety
- Social research methodology and techniques
- The health and hygiene of employees in the workplace
- Ergonomics and workplace organisation
- Sociology of risk and occupational safety
- Financial economics
Our advantages
- The programme is delivered by the Higher School of Occupational Safety and Health (HSOSH) of St Petersburg University, a leading institution for the training of highly qualified professionals with a strong foundation in occupational safety and health, the organisation of working conditions, and the management of anthropogenic risk
- A traditional university programme based on an interdisciplinary approach to the educational process and research practices
- Training competent specialists with knowledge of economics, management, sociology, law and the skills to address occupational safety issues comprehensively and to optimise occupational risks. Emphasis is placed on the multi-dimensionality of health and safety problems in production processes and the analysis of these aspects for optimal decision making
- Combines SPbU’s rich pedagogical traditions with project and innovative teaching technologies, individualisation of the educational process. Practising professionals involved in the educational process
Career opportunities
Graduates of the programme will be able to work in areas related to:
- real sector of the economy: in analytical, marketing, organisational, legal, information services
- development of the main directions of state policy, normative and legal regulation on labour conditions and labour protection issues
- development and implementation of occupational risk management mechanisms in health and safety management systems, as well as economic incentive mechanisms for employers aimed at continuous improvement of working conditions
- monitoring of labour conditions and safety
- accreditation of organisations providing occupational safety services and control of their activities
- certification of the right to perform work on special assessment of working conditions, issuing of an expert certificate of the right to perform work on special assessment of working conditions and its cancellation as a result of such certification
Primary career options:
- Head of Health and Safety departments, divisions, and services
- Public service specialist (expert) in the Department of Labour Conditions and Labour Protection of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
- Senior or mid-level manager of occupational health and safety management issues
- Business analyst in the field of professional risks
- Project manager in occupational safety and risk management
- Occupational health and safety expert or consultant
- Start-up organiser
- Entrepreneur
Internship organisations:
The largest public and private Russian and foreign companies, public organisations, state structures and federal subjects that have signed a cooperation agreement with SPbU.
The internship can be carried out in the form of SPbU clinical practice — in the Sociological Clinic of Applied Research, in the Centre for Applied Economic Research (Economic Clinic), in the Environmental Clinic, in the Legal Clinic; in the Psychological Clinic, in the Educational and Research Department of the SPbU Higher School of Labour Safety.