Registered Health and Safety Manager (RHSM)

Upon completing the Registered Health and Safety Manager (RHSM) program, participants will be able to:

• Design and implement safety management systems aligned with ISO 45001, ANSI Z10, and OSHA Recommended Practices, applying the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle to establish, operate, and continuously improve the safety programme across the organisation.
• Build and lead the safety team: defining safety roles and responsibilities, hiring and developing safety professionals, establishing competency frameworks, conducting performance reviews, developing succession plans, and building team capability across diverse operational environments.
• Develop and manage the safety budget: operational expenditure (training, PPE, monitoring, inspection), capital expenditure (engineering controls, equipment, ventilation), ROI analysis for safety investments, EMR management, and presenting financial justification to executive leadership and finance.
• Architect contractor safety governance: pre-qualification systems, contract safety requirements, onsite monitoring frameworks, contractor performance scorecards, and multi-employer worksite compliance management.
• Direct safety performance measurement: designing dashboards with leading indicators (training completion, inspection scores, near-miss rates, observation counts) and lagging indicators (TRIR, DART, LTIFR, severity rate), benchmarking, trend analysis, and management review facilitation.
• Lead safety culture transformation: culture maturity assessment (Bradley Curve, Hudson Model), leadership engagement programming, just culture governance, reporting culture development, recognition systems, and multi-year culture improvement planning.
• Govern the incident investigation programme: investigation team composition, root-cause analysis quality assurance, corrective action lifecycle management, lessons-learned dissemination, and post-investigation programme improvement.
• Direct the enterprise audit programme: audit strategy, auditor competency management, audit execution against regulatory and management system standards, findings analysis, corrective action governance, and management review.
• Present safety strategy, performance, and investment recommendations to executive leadership and boards in the language of business value: cost avoidance, productivity impact, insurance optimisation, regulatory risk, ESG, and reputational value.
• Manage OSHA regulatory compliance at the programme level: maintaining the compliance framework, coordinating inspection response, managing citation abatement, and advising executive leadership on regulatory strategy.

Core Modules

• Safety Management System Design and Implementation: ISO 45001, ANSI Z10, OSHA Recommended Practices, PDCA cycle, gap analysis, implementation planning, documentation, certification readiness
• Safety Programme Architecture: policy, objectives, procedures, programme governance, training programme management, PPE programme governance, permit-to-work system design
• Safety Team Leadership and Development: organisation design, hiring, competency frameworks, performance management, coaching, succession planning, managing geographically dispersed teams
• Safety Budget and Resource Management: building budgets, capital vs operational expenditure, ROI analysis, EMR management, workers’ compensation, insurance programme management, executive financial justification
• Contractor Safety Governance: pre-qualification, contract safety specifications, onsite monitoring, performance scorecards, multi-employer compliance
• Safety Performance Measurement and Management Review: leading/lagging indicators, dashboards, benchmarking, trend analysis, management review per ISO 45001 Clause 9.3
• Safety Culture Assessment and Transformation: maturity models, leadership engagement, just culture, reporting culture, recognition, measurement, multi-year planning
• Incident Investigation Programme Governance: team composition, RCA quality assurance, corrective action lifecycle, lessons-learned, programme improvement
• Enterprise Audit Programme Management: audit strategy, auditor management, findings analysis, corrective action governance, regulatory readiness
• Executive Communication and Stakeholder Management: translating safety into business language, board reporting, cross-functional partnerships, crisis communication, ESG integration

• Safety managers and HSE managers seeking the “Registered” management designation to advance beyond the Certified (CHSM) level
• Senior safety officers and RHSO holders preparing for promotion to safety management positions
• EHS directors and corporate safety leaders seeking formal management certification alongside their operational experience
• Operations managers and plant managers assuming safety programme ownership as part of expanded responsibilities
• Safety consultants seeking the senior management credential that validates programme design and governance competency to clients
• Professionals targeting HSE Director and VP Safety positions where management system governance, team leadership, and executive communication are required
• International safety professionals seeking the most advanced OSHA-aligned management certification recognised across 42 countries

• 3 or more years of practical safety management experience is recommended
• The CHSM, RHSO, CSS, or equivalent provides an excellent foundation
• No formal academic degree is required
• All instruction in English; professional proficiency required

• CSSP: Certified Safety Supervisor
• CSHT: Certified Safety and Health Trainer
• CSS: Certified Safety Specialist
• CHSO: Certified Health and Safety Officer
• CHSM: Certified Health and Safety Manager

• RHSO: Registered Health and Safety Officer
• RHSM: Registered Health and Safety Manager — YOU ARE HERE
• RHSP: Registered Health and Safety Professional
• RSP: Registered Safety Professional

Participants receive online training delivered through leading delivery platforms and the institute's Learning Management System (LMS). Training is provided directly by American Institute of Safety Professionals as well as through its network of Accredited Training Providers (ATPs), all backed by expert instruction and official study materials. Assessments are conducted online, and successful participants are awarded internationally recognized certificates.

To suit individual needs and schedules, participants can access training through the student dashboard and choose from a range of flexible delivery options, including blended learning, e-learning, remote and distance learning, and face-to-face instruction.