The University of Florida and University of South Florida offer online certification programs in risk management. For students wanting to attend classes, Florida International University offers an accelerated four-month health care risk management certification program.
Risk management certification program classes cover topics including law, liability, safety, finances, logistics and ergonomics. Students learn how to go through the process of how to assess risks and make adjustments based on them.
Employees with risk management certifications not only benefit their employer, but can apply the certification to their own life. Knowing how to assess the risks of any situation that arises make a program graduate a better decision-maker, in the workplace and everyday life.
Certification programs should take no loner than one year to complete; degree programs, however, will take longer. Risk management employees can expect to earn $45,000 to $87,000 annually (as of September, 2010).
Program graduates can enter expecting to find employment in the health care, financial and business and insurance fields and as a risk management specialist for any company seeking to hire one.