Course of Studies

Integrated Worksite Health & Safety

Course Name

IWHS 500 An Introduction to Integrated Worksite Health and Safety Online
IWHS 501 __ Introduction to Nutrition Science for the Workplace Online
IWHS 502 An Introduction to Movement Science for Worksite Health and Safety Online

Program Summary

Healthy employees are more productive, miss
fewer days and stay with an organization for longer.
Implementing a health and wellness program

can also translate directly into cost savings with
lower injury and accident rates. But how can an
organization effectively choose and support a
wellness program?

Designed to be completed by currently employed
Human Resource and Health and Safety personnel,
the program consists of three online modules.
Participants will gain the knowledge to evaluate the
specific needs of their worker population, and identify
and deliver a suitable health and wellness program.
Each module is 12-weeks in duration and requires a
six to eight hour per week commitment by the learner.

MODULE 1 - IWHS 500: AN
INTRODUCTION TO INTEGRATED
WORKSITE HEALTH AND SAFETY

Workplace health and safety related costs place a
substantial drain on many businesses. This course
covers the basics of a novel yet proven solution to the
problem. Learn strategies to determine what issues
need to be addressed in your workplace, how to
select an appropriate program and the best practices
required to ensure success of your program.

MODULE 2 - IWHS 501: INTRODUCTION TO
NUTRITION SCIENCE FOR THE WORKPLACE

This course will introduce students to the role of
evidence-based nutrition in health and disease as it
pertains to health and safety in the workplace. The
timing and nature of food intake as the fuel supply for
optimal performance of physical and mental tasks will
be examined.

MODULE 3 - IWHS 502: AN INTRODUCTION
TO MOVEMENT SCIENCE FOR

WORKSITE HEALTH AND SAFETY

This course is an introduction to physical activity
and movement science as they pertain to health
and safety in the workplace. Students will gain an
understanding of how the different components

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of physical activity can reduce fatigue and the risk
of disease, as well as the relationship between
workload and functional physical capacity in injury
prevention.

Program Courses

IWHS 500 - AN INTRODUCTION
TO INTEGRATED WORKSITE
HEALTH AND SAFETY

Workplace health and safety related costs place a
substantial drain on many businesses. Government
regulation of occupational health and safety has
helped to reduce the number of serious injuries, but
insurance costs are still high and there are many
workers who suffer from movement and stress
related issues that decrease productivity and create
costly medical claims. This course covers the basics of
anovel yet proven solution to the problem, Integrated
Worksite Health and Safety. The newly evolving field
of Worksite Health Promotion will be discussed along
with strategies to determine what issues need to

be addressed in your workplace, how to select an
appropriate program and the best practices required
to ensure success of the chosen program.

Pre-requisites: Currently employed in HR or OHS, fitness
or rehabilitation professional.

IWHS 501 - INTRODUCTION TO NUTRITION
SCIENCE FOR THE WORKPLACE

This course covers the basics of nutrition for optimal
health. Participants will learn the fundamentals of
nutrition science and evidence-based diet therapies.
The importance of nutrition in a healthy lifestyle and
the impact of nutritional strategies on safety in the
workplace will be emphasized.

Pre-requisites: Currently employed in HR or OHS, fitness
or rehabilitation professional.

IWHS 502 - AN INTRODUCTION

TO MOVEMENT SCIENCE FOR

WORKSITE HEALTH AND SAFETY

The American Kinesiology Association defines
Kinesiology as “the academic discipline which
involves the study of physical activity and its impact

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LENGTH OF STUDY:
Nine months (Three modules)

ACCREDITATION:
Citation

CAMPUS:
Online

on health, society, and quality of life”. This course
is an introduction to physical activity and movement
science as they pertain to health and safety in the
workplace. Students will become familiar with the
components of physical activity including endurance,
strength, agility, flexibility, and speed; the tools used
to evaluate these components of physical fitness;
and methods used to train for increased fitness.
The effects of physical activity on various body
systems will be discussed with an emphasis on the
maintenance of health and prevention of injuries in
the workplace.

Pre-requisites: Currently employed in HR or OHS, fitness
or rehabilitation professional.

Contacts

DELIA ROBERTS

Instructor, Biology, Workplace Training
Phone: 1.888.953.1133 ext 21388
Direct: 250.365.1388

Email: droberts@selkirk.ca

DAVID FELDMAN, B.A., M.A., M.SC.
Dean

Phone: 1.888.953.1133 ext 21331
Direct: 250.365.1331

Email: dfeldman@selkirk.ca

CARA-LEE MALANGE

Coordinator, Community Education and Workplace
Training & Mir Centre for Peace

Phone: 250.365.7292 ext 21261

Direct: 250.365.1261

Email: cmalange@selkirk.ca

TRACY KING

Enrolment Officer - Community Education &
Workplace Training

Phone: 250.365.7292 ext 21208

Direct: 250.365.1208

Email: castlegarce@selkirk.ca, tking@selkirk.ca

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