MSc Risk and Safety Management Professional Degree Apprenticeship (Risk and Safety Leadership)

Qualifications or experience

• Individual employers will set the selection criteria for their apprentices, liaising with the Faculty of Business and Law. Most applicants will be expected to hold an honours degree, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.
• All applicants will be required to complete a Skills Gap Analysis before completing an application form.
• All applicants will be invited to attend an interview.
• All applicants to the Degree Apprenticeship courses must have an acceptable Level 2 qualification in English and Mathematics. Acceptable qualifications include GCSE with grade C/4 or above and Functional Skills with Pass - please note that we are not able to accept all kinds of Level 2 qualifications, so if you are unsure whether you have a suitable qualification please get in touch. If you do not have an acceptable qualification you may be required to take an additional assessment during the application process.

English language requirements

• English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.

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You’ll be able to progress your career further using the knowledge and skill that you gain on this course, including going on to work in many risk and management related roles, such as:

• independent risk consultants
• risk officers
• healthcare risk managers
• crisis team managers for petrochemical companies
• risk managers within the military
• auditors
• chief finance officers
• senior managers
• senior project managers
• security managers
• risk and safety management consultants

Year 1

Core modules

• Crisis Management and Governance – 30 credits
• Risk and Safety in High Reliability Organisations – 30 credits
• Strategic Risk and Risk Behaviour – 30 credits

Year 2

Core modules

• Project and Research Methods – 30 credits
• Work Based Learning Project – 60 credits