The OHS professional needs to be able to create plans for managing a range of OHS and integrated business projects and programmes, from simple to complex. This includes the ability to identify objectives, tasks, resources, risks and associated mitigation challenges, along with budgets, timelines, and project or programme governance. The audience is often broad and complicated, so skills in collaboration, communication and cooperation are key as OHS project managers often navigate the organization’s stakeholders. An OHS professional should demonstrate thorough understanding of the following concepts:

– Key requirements for successful projects
– Project conceptualization and design
– Project planning, including:
– Budgeting
– Implementation
– Monitoring
– Project evaluation